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A simple polygon has only one boundary, and it doesn't cross over itself. A complex polygon intersects itself!
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Simple Polygon (this one's a Pentagon) | Complex Polygon (also a Pentagon) |
A convex polygon has no angles pointing inwards. More precisely, no internal angles can be more than 180°.
If there are any internal angles greater than 180° then it is concave. (Think: concave has a "cave" in it)
Vertical Angles are the angles opposite each other when two lines cross
They are called "Vertical" because they share the same Vertex (or corner point)
In this example, a° and b° are vertical angles. The interesting thing here is that vertical angles are equal: a° = b°(in fact they are congruent angles) | ![]() |
If it is a Regular Polygon.. | |||
Name | Sides | Shape | Interior Angle |
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Triangle (or Trigon) | 3 | ![]() | 60° |
Quadrilateral (or Tetragon) | 4 | ![]() | 90° |
Pentagon | 5 | ![]() | 108° |
Hexagon | 6 | ![]() | 120° |
Heptagon (or Septagon) | 7 | ![]() | 128.571° |
Octagon | 8 | ![]() | 135° |
Nonagon (or Enneagon) | 9 | ![]() | 140° |
Decagon | 10 | ![]() | 144° |
Hendecagon (or Undecagon) | 11 | ![]() | 147.273° |
Dodecagon | 12 | ![]() | 150° |
Triskaidecagon | 13 | 152.308° | |
Tetrakaidecagon | 14 | 154.286° | |
Pentadecagon | 15 | 156° | |
Hexakaidecagon | 16 | 157.5° | |
Heptadecagon | 17 | 158.824° | |
Octakaidecagon | 18 | 160° | |
Enneadecagon | 19 | 161.053° | |
Icosagon | 20 | 162° | |
Triacontagon | 30 | 168° | |
Tetracontagon | 40 | 171° | |
Pentacontagon | 50 | 172.8° | |
Hexacontagon | 60 | 174° | |
Heptacontagon | 70 | 174.857° | |
Octacontagon | 80 | 175.5° | |
Enneacontagon | 90 | 176° | |
Hectagon | 100 | 176.4° | |
Chiliagon | 1,000 | 179.64° | |
Myriagon | 10,000 | 179.964° | |
Megagon | 1,000,000 | ~180° | |
Googolgon | 10100 | ~180° | |
n-gon | n | ![]() | (n-2) × 180° / n |