circumscribed means the polygon is drawn around a circle, and inscribed means the polygon is drawn inside the circle. See related links below for polygon circumscribed about a circle and polygon inscribed in a circle.
Because the word polygon means many sides.
It means drawing a circle around a polygon in such that each vertex of the polygon is on the circumference of the circle.
Because an heptagon is a 7 sided shape and the word polygon means many sides.
A polygon can be convex, which means Convex Polygon: A polygon that has all interior angles less than 180° Concave Polygon A polygon that has one or more interior angles greater than 180° A Complex polygon is neither convex or concave. A star polygon is an example of a complex polygon. If you look in google images, there are tons of pics of them.
A five sided polygon is called a pentagon because pentagon means five sided polygon I think.
Poly means many and polygon means shape of many sides
Poly means many and polygon means shape of many sides
circumscribed means the polygon is drawn around a circle, and inscribed means the polygon is drawn inside the circle. See related links below for polygon circumscribed about a circle and polygon inscribed in a circle.
Polygon means "many sides."
Because the word polygon means many sides.
It means 'many' sides
The Greek word polygon means 'many sides'
It means drawing a circle around a polygon in such that each vertex of the polygon is on the circumference of the circle.
Because it has 4 sides and the word polygon means many sides
There is no such thing as an exterior polygon. "Exterior" means outer. Polygons can have exterior angles, but that is about it!A regular polygon can have 3 or more sides - up to infinitely many.There is no such thing as an exterior polygon. "Exterior" means outer. Polygons can have exterior angles, but that is about it!A regular polygon can have 3 or more sides - up to infinitely many.There is no such thing as an exterior polygon. "Exterior" means outer. Polygons can have exterior angles, but that is about it!A regular polygon can have 3 or more sides - up to infinitely many.There is no such thing as an exterior polygon. "Exterior" means outer. Polygons can have exterior angles, but that is about it!A regular polygon can have 3 or more sides - up to infinitely many.
A polygon is not a specified shape, the word polygon actually means many sides; so a triangle and a decagon are both polygons.