why do each letter in the polygons name can only be used once??? why do each letter in the polygons name can only be used once???
squares are a type of rectangle
This sounds like you are talking about a pyramid. Pyramids in Geometry are not restricted to the square pyramids you may be used to seeing in pictures of from Egypt. Pyramids are named after the type of polygon that make up their base. In Egypt, since the bases of those pyramids are squares, they are known as square pyramids. If you had a pyramid with a pentagon for a base, then it would be a pentagonal pyramid. Pyramids always have triangles for sides that meet at a common point at the top which is known as the apex.
They are triangles with 3 equal sides and 3 equal interior angles or triangles that are congruent in shape
Concave quadrilateral.
A bow-tie type connection of 2 triangles.
Triangles are one type of polygon
Triangles, squares, hexagons, and octagons all tessellate
It is a polygon consisting of 5 unit squares that are attached to one another along a length.
rectangles and triangles
Equilateral triangles, squares, regular pentagons.
Nearly every object is some type of rectangle or triangle. Typically squares,triangles,and hexagons are the most common of polygons. I'm not sure if circles count as a polygon but they are probably as popular as squares. Plenty of rectangles which are not squares such as bricks or wooden boards are also used. Another example might be cardboard boxes.
All triangles will tessellate. All quadrilaterals will tessellate There are 15 classes of convex pentagons (the latest discovered in 2015) which will tessellate. Regular hexagons will tessellate. In addition, there are 3 classes of irregular convex hexagons which will tessellate. No convex polygon with 7 or more sides will tessellate.
Triangles are the strongest type of shape. It is very sturdy, but takes up little space. It is the best for building bridges.
Actually, tessellations that use more than one type of regular polygon are called semi-regular or Archimedean tessellations, not regular tessellations. Regular tessellations consist of only one type of regular polygon repeating in a pattern. Examples of regular tessellations include those formed by equilateral triangles, squares, or hexagons. Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different types of regular polygons while still covering a plane without gaps or overlaps.
the type of polygon that has 7 sides is the type of polygon that is called a heptagon.
this depends on what type of polygon it is.. if it is a regular triangle, then all interior angles measure up to 180 degrees. So, a triangles interior angles would measure 60 degrees each.
No, but a trapezium is a type of polygon.