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The diagonals of a polygon |
2016-01-29 |
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From Sofia: What are diagonals and if you drew an octagon and drew all the diagonals how many would there be? Please explain because this is pretty confusing! Thank you! Answered by Harley Weston. |
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The diagonals of a cube |
2016-12-02 |
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From Peter: when u have a cube and the inner diagonal is 41.6 how long is the outside diagonal Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The diagonals of a cube |
2014-09-04 |
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From Rukshanth: How many diagonals does a cube have? Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Intersection points and diagonals |
2013-09-11 |
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From Kenneth: I was wondering, is there a relationship between the number of sides of a regular n-gon and the number of times its diagonals intersect?
Ie:
4 sides=1 intersect (center, diagonals form an 'X' )
5 sides=5 intersects (diagonals form a star)
6 sides=13 intersects
And so on. Answered by Chris Fisher. |
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The diagonals of a parallelogram |
2011-02-17 |
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From ginger: Find the diagonals of parallelogram where the the side is 40 and the bottom side is 15. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Sides and diagonals of a polygon |
2010-11-25 |
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From nicky: The sum of sides of two polygons is 12 and the sum of their diagonals is 19. What kind of polygon are they? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The diagonals of a rectangle |
2010-03-30 |
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From Tabatha: The diagonals of a rectangle are 8 units long and intersect at a 60 degree angle. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Polygons, diagonals and the sum of the measures of the angles |
2009-12-18 |
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From jason: find the set of polygons in which the number of diagonals is greater than the sum of the measures of the angles Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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The sides of a parallelogram |
2009-03-17 |
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From Sami: If ABCD is a parallelogram, prove that line AB is congruent to line CD. Clearly state your reasons and conjectures. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A shape with 10 sides |
2009-03-03 |
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From Sandra: One of my son's math questions is as follows:
Suppose I have a shape with 10 sides. I choose a vertex then draw lines to the other vertices that dont share sides with the first vertex. How many vertices will that be and why? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Diagonals of a polygon |
2009-02-16 |
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From Julie: How many diagonals can be drawn from one vertex in a 12-sided polygon? Answered by Leeanne Boehm. |
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The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid |
2008-11-14 |
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From hazel: how to solve the diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid? what is the formula? Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Perimeter, area and diagonals of a rectangle |
2008-04-03 |
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From jenea: I have to find the perimeter as well as the area of a rectangle when given the diagonals are 12 units long and they intersect at a 60 degree angle. how do i find both the area and perimeter; do i use the 30 60 90 triangle rule? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom. |
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The diagonals of a hendecagon |
2008-03-10 |
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From karan: How many diagonals does a hendecagon have? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The diagonal of a rectangle |
2008-02-21 |
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From tim: is there a formula for finding the diagonal of a rectangle? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A line between 2 vertices |
2007-10-28 |
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From robert: what do we call a line between 2 vertices which are not next to each other Answered by Walter Whiteley. |
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The diagonal of a square |
2007-09-23 |
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From Nasreen: A(7,2) and C(1,4) are two vertices of a square ABCD
find in the form ax+by=c the equation of the diagonal BD Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Diagonals on a cylinder |
2007-08-10 |
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From John: I have a cylinder that is 37.5" width X 25.25" circumference. I need to create a repeating diagonal lined pattern on the cylinder so that when it prints it joins perfectly at the circumference repeat. The design must follow these specs.
Black diagonal lines need to be 1.250" max width X 1.5" max spacing between the black lines.
Please Help Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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How many diagonals does a polygon have? |
2007-07-18 |
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From Edna: how do you find the numbers of diagonals of a polygons? Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Diagonals of a rectangular grid |
2007-02-21 |
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From matthew: in a rectangular grid 3600x288 (or any large rectangle with an even number of units) how can I determine the number of vertices a diagonal line will pass through? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom. |
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How many diagonals does a hexagon have? |
2007-02-03 |
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From Marsha: How many diagonals does a hexagon have? Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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The diagonals of a parallelogram are mutually bisecting |
2007-01-21 |
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From Greta: I am having trouble proving that the diagonals of a parallelogram are mutually bisecting. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Can you characterize ALL polygons by the number of diagonals it has? |
2006-12-17 |
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From Katie: Can you characterize ALL polygons by the number of diagonals it has? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The diagonals of a trapezoid |
2005-11-11 |
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From Chris: Is there ever a case where the diagonals of a trapezoid bisect each other? Answered by Walter Whiteley. |
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The diagonals of a hexagon |
2005-08-15 |
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From Brittany: are all of diagonals in a hexagon has same length Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A line segment connecting two vertices of a polygon |
2005-02-02 |
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From James: What is a line segment (not a side) connecting two vertices of a polygon called? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Probability |
2004-12-04 |
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From A parent: Consider a 30 sided polygon. If three diagonal are selected at random, what is the PROBABILITY that they share a common endpoint? Answered by Denis Hanson. |
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Diagonals in a regular dodecahedron |
2004-05-15 |
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From Joshua: A dodecahedron has twelve faces, all of which are regular pentagons. Three edges meet at each vertex of the dodecahedron. An interior diagonal is a segment connecting two vertices such that the segment is not an edge or along a face of the dodecagedron. How many interior diagonals does a regular dodecahedron have? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Diagonals in an octagon |
2003-11-13 |
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From Glenn: Question 1. What is the probability of choosing the longest diagonal in an octagon? Question 2. Probability of choosing the shortest? Answered by Andrei Volodin and Penny Nom. |
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Diagonals in an octagon |
2003-08-04 |
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From Amanda: How many diagonals are in an octagon??? What would be a drawing of those diagonals??? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Diagonals in a polygon |
2002-04-10 |
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From Murray: If you have a regular polygon with n sides and you draw all (n-3)n/2 diagonals how many intersection will they form with each other and how many sections will they devide the polygon into. Answered by Caude Tardif and Chris Fisher. |
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