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What regular polygon can be used to form a tessellation?
which regular polygon can be used to form a tesselation?
How many sides can a polygon have that will not form a regular tessellation?
There are non-regular polygons with a wide range of sides which will tessellate.
What two identical six sided polygons form the basis of this solid?
hexagonal prism
What are all parallelograms?
Parallelograms are a special form of quadrilaterals (four sided polygons). Parallelograms have 2 sets of parallel sides. So you could say that all parallelograms are quadrilaterals. Or you could say that all parallelograms are polygons. I'm not sure what you are asking.
Is a regular polyhedron a pyramid?
There are five regular polyhedra, also known as the Platonic solids. They are three-dimensional shapes where all of the faces are made up of the same regular polygon.They are:Tetrahedron with four faces (this one is like a pyramid, but with an equilateral triangle for the base and all of the faces)Cube with six faces (all squares)Octahedron with eight faces (all equilateral triangles)Dodecahedron with 12 faces (all regular pentagons)Icosahedron with 20 faces (all equilateral triangles)A square pyramid (like the Egyptian pyramids) is not a regular polyhedron, because it has two different types of regular polygons for faces.
Is it possible to create a regular tesselation with a regular polygon?
Certain polygons, yes. Squares, Triangles and Hexagons are all shapes which, in their regular form, can tessellate. Other polygons cannot.
What regular polygon can be used to form a tessellation?
which regular polygon can be used to form a tesselation?
What are the properties of a tesselation?
What is a tesselation? The answer is very basic. Tesselations are a shape, whether regular or unregular, placed in a repeated fashion. For example, hexagons, a regular shape, is placed in a tesselation, on a soccer ball. The properties of a tesselation, is that the same as, what is a tesselation? I guess the properties of a tesselation are just shapes or objects fitting into each other to form a tesselation. Hope it helped! By audreeso
What does tessellated mean?
A sub-division of space into discrete elements. Raster surfaces sub-divide space into regular tessellations such as pixels. Polygons are examples of irregular tessellations.
Is there such thing as a 3D hexagon?
No. Regular hexagons tessellate and cannot form a 3-d shape.No. Regular hexagons tessellate and cannot form a 3-d shape.No. Regular hexagons tessellate and cannot form a 3-d shape.No. Regular hexagons tessellate and cannot form a 3-d shape.
How many sides can a polygon have that will not form a regular tessellation?
There are non-regular polygons with a wide range of sides which will tessellate.
What is the least number of equilateral triangles that can come together at each vertex to form a solid?
Four, in order to form a tetrahedron; this is alos the simplest possible 3-dimensional object constructed of regular polygons.
What are the similarities between regular polygon and a concave polygon?
A regular polygon is a special kind of convex polygon - one in which all the sides are of the same length and all the angles are equal. Convex and concave polygons form disjoint sets: so no concave polygon can be regular.
What is the intersection of 2 side of a polygon called?
polygons must be closed and two lines cannot form a closed shape. There is not such thing as a two sided polygon.
How can you be certain that the angle you create form a square inside the circle?
You cannot. The size of an angle is not sufficient to define a square - it could be one of many other polygons.
What the polygons that form a polyhedron are called?
They are its faces.
What shape cannot be used by itself to form a tessellation?
A regular pentagon is one example.
