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Stop signs are octagons so they will be very easy to recognize, even when partially obscured by vegetation, snow, etc. The stop sigh is the ONLY traffic sign that uses this shape.
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What are octagons used for?
Stop signs
Are all stop signs octagons?
yes
Is a octagon regular or irregular?
Octagons can be irregular or regular. It depends on the measure of the angles and the length of a side. An octagon is a shape with 8 sides, not necessarily the regular octagon that stop signs are shaped like.
How many perpendicular lines do octagons have?
Octagons have no perpendicular lines.
Is a octagon regular shape?
There are regular octagons, and irregular octagons.
What are octagons used for?
Stop signs
Are all stop signs octagons?
yes
Stop signs are octagons?
Stop signs are octagons so they will be very easy to recognize, even when partially obscured by vegetation, snow, etc. The stop sigh is the ONLY traffic sign that uses this shape.
What are some items that are octagons?
Stop signs are one example.
How does a stop sign have to-do with the number 8?
Stop signs are octagons--so 8 sides.
Is the shape of a stop sign a hexagon?
It depends on where you are. For example: Canada has 8 sided stop signs (octagons). If you really want to know go outside and look.
Is a octagon regular or irregular?
Octagons can be irregular or regular. It depends on the measure of the angles and the length of a side. An octagon is a shape with 8 sides, not necessarily the regular octagon that stop signs are shaped like.
Do octagons have only obtuse angles?
No, not if it is a randomly-drawn 8-vertex shape. Octagons only have all- obtuse angles if it is a regular octagon, like the shape of a stop sign.
How many perpendicular lines do octagons have?
Octagons have no perpendicular lines.
Is a octagon regular shape?
There are regular octagons, and irregular octagons.
How many sides does eight octagons have?
There are 64 sides in eight octagons.
Why do we humans have stop signs?
if we had no stop signs then we would probably have car accidents all the time! stop signs are really important.
