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A pentagon has five side and the lengths do not all have to be the same, apentagon which ahs all five side the same is sometimes called a "true pentagon"
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A pentagon has five side and the lengths do not all have to be
the same, a pentagon which has all five side the same is sometimes
called a "true pentagon"
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Must a regular pentagon have 5 equal sides?
In short, yes. A regular pentagon is a 5 sided regular polygon. A regular polygon has all equal sides. So a regular pentagon has 5 equal sides.
What is the difference between a regular pentagon and an irregular pentagon?
A regular pentagon has all its sides of equal length and all its angles equal. An irregular pentagon does not. Several other differences follow from this distinction.
What shape that has 5 sides?
The shape that has 5 sides is called a pentagon, from pent meaning 5 and gon meaning side. If all these sides are the same length, and all angles in the pentagon are equal, it is a regular pentagon. Otherwise, it is an irregular pentagon.
Is a pentagon irregular or regular?
A pentagon is a five sided figure. If the five sides are all the same length, then the pentagon is a regular pentagon; if they are not all the same length, then it is an irregular pentagon. * * * * * Only partially correct. In addition to equal sides, a regular polygon must also have equal angles.
What is the name of a pentagon with equal angles and equal sides called?
A regular pentagon
What is a shaped called with 5 sides?
A pentagon if all sides are equal - if they are not it is called a polygon
Is pentagon equal sides?
pentagon has five equal sides
What shape has all 5 sides equal?
A pentagon has 5 sides. Look at a photo of the pentagon building in Washington D.C. and you will see that all 5 sides are equal.
What has 5 sides and all equal?
pentagon
Do all pentagons have 5 equal sides?
A regular pentagon has 5 equal sides. An irregularpentagon has 5 sides that are not all equal.
What is the name of a 5 sided 2D shape?
A regular pentagon has 5 sides and all sides are equal. Therefore 2 of the sides are also equal.
Must a regular pentagon have 5 equal sides?
In short, yes. A regular pentagon is a 5 sided regular polygon. A regular polygon has all equal sides. So a regular pentagon has 5 equal sides.
What is a shape with 5 equal sides all the sides are triangles?
A pentagon
How many equal sides does pentagon has?
A regular pentagon has 5 equal sides.
What is the difference between a Pentagon and regular pentagon?
a pentagon has 5 sides, a regular pentagon has 5 EQUAL sides A Regular Pentagon is a shape that has equal angles and side lengths. It is type of Pentagon. Pentagons do not have to have equal sides and lengths.
Should a pentagon have to have equal sides?
A pentagon is a FIVE sided plane figure. Those five sides can be all the same length ; hence it is a REGULAR pentagon. or the five sides can be of different lengths ' hence it is just pentagon.
Does a pentagon have equal sides?
An equilateral pentagon has equal sides but htere are other pentagons which do not.
