The pentagon symbolizes the five human senses (as the pentagon has five points). These senses include sight, hearing, taste, touch, as well as smell.
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Pentagon ("pent" means five).
A five sided polygon is called a pentagon because pentagon means five sided polygon I think.
Equilateral just means equal sided. An equilateral pentagon is therefore a pentagon with all its sides of equal length. If an equilateral pentagon is also an equal-angled pentagon then it is called a regular pentagon.
A pentagon has 5 sides. Penta in latin means 5.
saying the question is how many sides on a pentagon, there are 5 sides on a pentagon. (the prefix "penta" means 5)
yes. The word "pentagon" itself means 5 sides.
A pentagon has five (5) sides. The root "penta-" means five.
''pent'' means five so its five
a pentagon is a six sided figure with equal sides. pentagonal means six sides or with a pentagon
Because it is a building that has five sides to it and the word pentagon means a five sided shape.
I think it's because Penta means five and a pentagon is 5 sided and the pentagon building when looked from above has 5 sides try wikipedia images