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1.6 Classify Polygons. Identifying Polygons. Formed by three or more line segments called sides. It is not open. The sides do not cross. No curves. NOT POLYGONS. POLYGONS. Terms.
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Identifying Polygons • Formed by three or more line segments called sides. • It is not open. • The sides do not cross. • No curves. NOT POLYGONS POLYGONS
Terms • Convex: a polygon is convex if no line that contains a side of the polygon contains a point in the interior of the polygon. • Concave: a polygon that is nonconvex.
Definitions • n-gon: a polygon with n number of sides. • Equilateral: a polygon whose sides are all congruent. • Equiangular: a polygon whose angles are all congruent. • Regular: a polygon whose sides are equilateral and whose angles are equiangular.