answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

That is correct, a polygon must have at least 3 sides. So the simplest polygon is the triangle. There is no upper limit to the number of sides that a polygon can have, although when the number of sides becomes very large, a regular polygon increasingly resembles a circle.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Is a polygon a 3 sided shape and more?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

How much sides a polygon have?

A polygon is a shape with 3 or more sides therefore a 2 sided shape isn't a polygon


What is a 3 side of polygon?

A 3 sided polygon is the shape of a triangle.


What are the names of a 3 sided shape?

A 3-sided shape is called a triangle.or Polygon in general.


Is a Polygon 8 sided?

A polygon can have 8 sides but does not have to. The word "Polygon" is made up of two words: "poly-" and "-gon" which have Greek roots which mean "many" and "angle" respectively; literally a "polygon" is a "many angled shape". A polygon is any shape that has 3 or more sides. An 8 sided polygon is called an octagon (literally "eight angles").


What is a 65 sided shape called?

a polyhedron (if the shape is 3 dimensional) a polygon if it is a planar shape.


Five sided shape 3-d?

Its called a pentahedron. Its a five sided or faceted polygon.


What is an 20 sided polygon?

Dodecahedron. <-- wrong a dodecahedron is a 3 dimensional shape having 12 faces. a 20-sided polygon is an icosagon


What is the sum of the interior angles in a 2 sided shape?

There is no such shape because shapes or polygons must have 3 or more sides and there are 3 interior angles in a 3 sided polygon which is a triangle that add up to 180 degrees.


Why is a triangle a special polygon?

It is the only polygon whose side lengths determine its shape.


How many diagonals does in a 3-sided polygon?

A 3-sided polygon is a triangle. There is no diagonal for that shape since all non-adjacent vertices share a line segment!


What is a regular n sided polygon?

It is a polygon (a shape with more than 3 sides) where all of it's lengths are the same, and all of its angles are the same size.


Are there any 3 sided shapes besides the triangle?

No because a polygon must have 3 or more sides and the next shape after the triangle is a 4 sided quadrilateral