A simple closed curve made up of only line segments is called a polygon.
We have all the diagonals inside the Polygon
We don’t have all the diagonals inside the Polygon
A regular polygon is both ‘equiangular’ and ‘equilateral’. So all the sides and angles should be same
(a) So square is a regular polygon but rectangle is not
(b) Equilateral triangle is a regular polygon
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Important Formulas: Understanding Quadrilaterals
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We classify polygons according to the number of sides (or vertices)
1. Quadrilateral
A quadrilateral is a four-sided polygon with four angles. There are many kinds of quadrilaterals. The five most common types are the parallelogram, the rectangle, the square, the trapezoid, and the rhombus.
2. Angle Property of Quadrilateral
3. Parallelogram: A quadrilateral which has both pairs of opposite sides parallel is called a parallelogram.
Its properties are:
4. Trapezium: A quadrilateral which has one pair of opposite sides parallel is called a trapezium.
5. Kite: It is a quadrilaterals having exactly two distinct consecutive pairs of sides of equal length
Here ABCD is a Kite
AB=BC
AD=CD
6. Rhombus: Rhombus is a parallelogram in which any pair of adjacent sides is equal.
Properties of a rhombus:
7. Rectangles: A parallelogram which has one of its angles a right angle is called a rectangle.
Properties of a rectangle are:
8. Square: A quadrilateral, all of whose sides are equal and all of whose angles are right angles.
Properties of square are:
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