Question

1. Explain what a polygon is and how it is classified. Give more than one example to justify your answer.

2. What is a one-hundred sided polygon called? Why?
3. Tell whether the following is or is not a polygon and justify your answer:

Answer 1

1. Polygons are flat figures formed by a closed polygonal line and its interior. Any plane figure that is made up of “straight sides” is a polygon.

2.A 100-sided polygon is called a hectogon, centagon or 100-gon. In general, any n-sided polygon with over 12 sides is called an n-gon. While there are other conventions for naming polygons with any number of sides, it is most common to use the n-gon form.

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