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	Regular and irregular polygons		2011-03-10
		From thaera: the difference between regular shape and irregular shapes. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Sides and diagonals of a polygon		2010-11-25
		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.
	Intersecting polygons		2010-11-17
		From Laura: How can I estimate the amount of intersection (area or better a normalized number) between two polygons if I have the cartesian coordinates of their vertices? Thank you in advance, regards, Laura Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Polyhedra and polygons		2010-04-26
		From Brandon: What is the difference between a polyhedra and a polygon? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Polygons, diagonals and the sum of the measures of the angles		2009-12-18
		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.
	Diagonals of a polygon		2009-02-16
		From Julie: How many diagonals can be drawn from one vertex in a 12-sided polygon? Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
	Joining vertices in a polygon		2008-08-18
		From Megan: I'm trying to develop a relationship between the number of points of a regular polygon and the (a) number of lines you could draw between those points, (b) number of triangles you could draw, (c) number of quadrilaterals, etc. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Some 4 sided polygons		2008-04-11
		From kathy: I am a 4th grade student and need to complete this question: I need to draw 2 polygons with 4 sides and 2 right angles. Please help. Thanks Answered by Penny Nom.
	Polygons		2007-12-09
		From Nicholle: a polygon with all sides the same length and all angles the same measure is called a ---- polygon. What word goes in the blank. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Triangles, squares and pentagons?		2007-09-04
		From Malea: How do you find the nth term in a set of triangles, squares and pentagons? Answered by Harley Weston.
	A 13 sided figure		2007-04-12
		From Kiara: I was wondering what you call a 13 sided figure. I'm in 6th grade and my teacher said i could get extra credit if I figure this out. Thanks a lot for your help.When I get extra credit I will be sure to mention you guys! Thanks! Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Can you characterize ALL polygons by the number of diagonals it has?		2006-12-17
		From Katie: Can you characterize ALL polygons by the number of diagonals it has? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Circles and polygons		2006-12-11
		From Irene: Can you define a circle as a polygon with an infinite number of sides which are infinitely small? If you can, can you then define a cylinder as a prism? The sides would be rectangles or parallelograms with one length infinitely small? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Subdividing a polygon into triangles		2006-01-26
		From Adam: is there an algorithm to divide a regular polygon into N equilateral triangles having the same area (no limit on N), or if not, an algorithm to divide a regular polygon into N triangles having the same shape and size? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Interior and external angles of a polygon		2006-01-17
		From Anthony: In a regular polygon, the ratio of the interior angles to the exterior angles is 3:1. (a) Find the measure of the interior angle. (b) How many sides are there Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a polygon		2005-12-31
		From Rahul: I have problem in finding area of polygons. I don't know the formula to find area of pentagon, hexagon and so on. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Resizing a polygon		2005-11-26
		From Anthony: I am currently working on a mapping program in which polygons, rectangles, circles, etc... are rotated, moved, and resized. Recently, I used the rotation conversion formula to rotate the items n degrees/radians by using the point and the center point of the shape. Currently, I am working on resizing the shape (length and/or width) while still trying to maintain the integrity of the shape. I basically want to decrease or increase the y value by 1 in order to resize the length and I want to decrease or increase the x value by 1 in order to resize the width. The corresponding x and y values either increase by 1, stay the same, or decrease by 1. Is it possible to use just the point and center of the shape in order to calculate this resizing? What can I use to accomplish this task? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	What is the sum of the measures of the angles of a decagon?		2005-10-15
		From Dianna: What is the sum of the measures of the angles of a decagon? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A line segment connecting two vertices of a polygon		2005-02-02
		From James: What is a line segment (not a side) connecting two vertices of a polygon called? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Nonconvex shapes		2004-02-18
		From Merrill: Draw 4, 6 and 8 sided shapes so that ONE straight line can be drawn through each side Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	Diagonals in an octagon		2003-08-04
		From Amanda: How many diagonals are in an octagon??? What would be a drawing of those diagonals??? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A regular polygon		2003-02-26
		From Melissa: The measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon is eight times that of an exterior angle of the polygon. How many sides does the polygon have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Constructions of polygons		2003-01-03
		From Garrett: Our teacher just finished the constructions unit, and he mentioned briefly about odd sided figures such as pentagons and septagons, only that they're very hard. My question is, how do you draw, with a compass and a straight edge, a pentagon and septagon? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The average of two polygons		2001-10-23
		From Irene: How can I prove that the average of two polygons will give me another one? Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	A polygon		2001-09-11
		From Sueling: what is the smallest polygon. what is a polygon. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A 91-gon		2001-09-10
		From Ashley: Hi! My name is Ashley and I am an 8th grader and I couldn't find the name of a polygon with 91 sides. i was a question from my math teacher. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Names of the polygons		2001-03-15
		From Sami: I was asked to find out what the names for different polygons were. The only two I cannot find are the names for a polygon with 30 sides and a polygon with 40 sides. I would really appreciate it if you could help me. Thank you very much. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Undecagon		2001-02-21
		From Karen: I need to know what kind of a polygon an undecagon is and how many sides it has. This is a problem in my math book. Answered by Penny Nom and Michael Tsatsomeros.
	Angles in a polygon		2001-02-17
		From Joan: How many sides does a polygon have if its smallest interior angle is 120 degrees and each sucessive angle is 5 degrees greater than the predecessor? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sum of the angles in a polygon		2001-01-23
		From A student: What is the sum of the measures (interior angles) in an octagon ... heptagon ... decagon. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Area of shapes		2000-10-14
		From Melanie: What is the formula to calculate the area of different shapes? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Names of the polygons		2000-01-29
		From Janemath: I have been doing research on the names of polygons with 11 to 20 sides. I have found conflicting names for some of them . for example 18 sided-octadecagon and octokaidecagon. 11sided-undecagon and hendecagon. Why is this? Is one more correct than another? Or are they equally acceptable? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Two 12-sided polygons		1999-09-25
		From Kelly Boulton: Two 12-sided polygons are similar. A side of the larger polygon is 3 times as long as the corresponding side of the smaller polygon. wHAT IS the ratio of the area of the larger polygon to the area of the smaller polygon. Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	Angles in Polygons		1999-01-21
		From Jen: How do u find the interior angles of a pentagon when you are given 4 of the angles and you need to find the fifth? If you are given the measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon, how do you figure out how many sides the polygon has? i need all information on polygons and how to find their angles!!! Answered by Jack LeSage.
	Tessellations of non-polygons		1998-02-24
		From Ellen Goldwasser: Hi! My name is Ellen Goldwasser. I'm a seventh grade student and I'm doing a prodject on tessellation. My question is: why will certain shapes (not polygons) tessellate? Thanks for your help! Answered by Penny Nom.
	Names of the Polygons		1997-03-04
		From Manuel: What do you call a 13 sided polygon? Is there a list of the different names? Answered by Walter Whiteley and Harley Weston.
	Sides in a Regular Polygon		1996-12-06
		From Rick Moss: If you are given the measure of each interior angle (162 degrees) of a regular polygon. How many sides does the polygon have? Answered by Penny Nom.

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