Ch. 13 Class Notes

Question 1

Describe a Convex Polygon

Answer 1

Pick any two points in the interior of a polygon. If. you connect them, the line segment is always inside. This is called a _______polygon.

Question 2

Describe a Concave Polygon

Answer 2

If you can find two points in the interior of a polygon, which, when connected does not lie enteirely inside the polygon, this is called a _______polygon.

Question 3

Describe the three attributes of a polygon

Answer 3

Every polygon has:

a side, which is considered a line segement

an angle, which is the union of two line segments with a common endpoint

a vertex, which is any numeer of lines haveing a common endpoint.

Question 4

Define Side

Answer 4

What is the line segment of a polygon called?

Question 5

Define Angle

Answer 5

What is the union of two line segments with a common endpoint in a polygon called?

Question 6

Define Vertex

Answer 6

What is a commmon endpont in a polygon called?

Question 7

Define Triangle

Answer 7

What is a three sided polygon?

Question 8

Define equilateral triangle

Answer 8

In which type of polygon are all three sides the same?

Question 9

Define Isoceles triangle

Answer 9

In which polygon are atleast two wides the same length?

Question 10

Define Scalene Triangle

Answer 10

In which polygon are all three sides different?

Question 11

Which type of Triangle is a special Isoceles triangle?

Answer 11

An equilateral triangle is the only _________ isoceles triangle.