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if seema decided to use a regular pentagon as her base shape the pattern would not follow a straight line but would courve until it joined itself up. how much lines would she need

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It is to be noted that Seema would require five lines to connect each vertex to the regular pentagon, thus creating a patter with a closed curve.

Recall that a pentagon is a five-sided geometrical form with five angles. "Penta" stands for five, while "gon" stands for angle. One of the kinds of polygons is the pentagon. A regular pentagon's internal angles add up to 540 degrees.

Geometry is the study of many sorts of forms. A polygon is a two-dimensional object made up of straight lines and internal angles. Polygon examples include:

  • Triangle (polygon with three sides)
  • Quadrilateral (polygon with four sides)
  • Pentagon (polygon with five sides)
  • Hexagon (polygon with six sides)
  • (seven-sided polygon) heptagon
  • Octagon (eight-sided polygon), for example.

Hence, what Seema needs is five lines.

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