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Explain why not all regular polygons will tessellate.

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No other regular polygon can tessellate because of the angles of the corners of the polygons. In order to tessellate a plane, an integer number of faces have to be able to meet at a point. For regular polygons, that means that the angle of the corners of the polygon has to divide 360 degrees.

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