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The perpendicular distance from the center of a regular polygon to a side of the polygon?
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A line segment drawn from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to a side of the polygon?
apothem
The distance from the center of a regular polygon to a side of the polygon?
A Apothem
Area of a polygon?
If it's a regular polygon, and you know the length of the perpendicular from the center to the middle of a side, and the length of a side, A = LNS, where L is the length of the perpendicular, N is the number of sides, and S is the number of sides. See the link for a more detailed explanation of various ways to compute the area of regular polygons.
The center of a regular polygon is the common center for the inscribed and circumscribed circles of the polygon?
Correct.
What is an apothem in geometry?
The apothem is the distance from the center to the middle of any side on a regular polygon. That is, a shape with every single side and angle the same.
Segment from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to a side?
That is called the apothem. The definition is: An Apothem is the distance from the center of a regular polygon to the midpoint of a side
Which word describes the perpendicular distance from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon?
apothem
What is a segment from center of regular polygon perpendicular to side?
Apothem.
Segment from center of regular polygon perpendicular to side?
Apothem.
A line segment drawn from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to a side of the polygon?
apothem
Do apothems of a regular polygon is the distance from the center of the polygon to one of the vertices?
No, it is the distance from the center of the polygon to the centre of one of its sides.
In a regular polygon what is the name of the segment drawn from the center of the polygon to a side that is perpendicular to that side?
Apothem!
What is an apothem?
The line drawn from the center of a regular polygon and perpendicular to a side.
The distance from the center of a regular polygon to a side of the polygon?
A Apothem
How can you find the center of a regular polygon?
You can find the intersection of the angle bisectors or the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of each side.
What do you call the distance between the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides?
the radius
How is an apothem different from a radius?
An apothem is a line drawn perpendicular to a side of a regular polygon from the center of the polygon. A polygon is not a circle so it cannot have a radius. The radius of a circle is drawn from the center to any point in the circumference of the circle. You can draw a circle which encloses the regular polygon touching all vertices. The polygon is said to be inscribed in the circle. The apothem will be less than the radius because the radius is not perpendicular to any side, it can be drawn to a vertex but the apothem is perpendicular to a side, so it is shorter. Ex: draw a square with a circle which inscribes it. You can see that the apothem will be less than the radius.
