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What is a regular tessellation? How many regular tessellations are possible? Why aren’t there infinitely many regular tessellations?

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What is a regular tessellation?

A regular tessellation is a pattern made by repeating a regular polygon. In simpler words regular tessellations are made up entirely of congruent regular polygons all meeting vertex to vertex.

How many regular tessellation are possible?

There are only 3 regular tessellation.

1. Triangle

2. Square

3. Hexagon

Why aren't there infinitely many regular tessellations?

Not more than 3 regular tessellations are possible because the sums of the interior angles are either greater than or less than 360 degrees....

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