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A pentagon is a FIVE sided plane figure.

Those five sides can be all the same length ; hence it is a REGULAR pentagon.

or the five sides can be of different lengths ' hence it is just pentagon.

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Pentagons don't have to have equal sides. The definition of a pentagon is simply a polygon with 5 sides and 5 interior angles. This means that as long as some shape has 5 sides and 5 interior angles (not necessarily all equal), then it is a pentagon.

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Is pentagon equal sides?

pentagon has five equal sides


Does a pentagon have equal sides?

If it is referred to as a REGULAR pentagon, then it has equal length sides. An Asymmetric pentagon has NON-equal length sides.


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What is the difference between a Pentagon and regular pentagon?

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