Formulas of Polygon

By Anand Pandey|Updated : May 10th, 2019

Today we will be covering a very important topic from the quantitative aptitude section that is – Polygon. These formulas will be helpful for your upcoming Exams like RRB JE Exam . If you like it let us know.

Polygon

A closed figure in a plane with 3 or more sides and common endpoints.

Polygons are two-dimensional geometric figures with these characteristics:

  • They are made of straight line segments.
  • Each segment touches exactly two other segments, one at each of its endpoints.
  • They are closed they--divide the plane into two distinct regions, one "inside" and the other "outside" the polygon.

These shapes are polygons:

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  • These shapes are not polygons:

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Types of polygons based on the number of sides

  • Quadrilateral:             4 sides

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  • Pentagon:                                     5 sides

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  • Hexagon:                                     6 sides

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  • Heptagon:                                    7 sides

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  • Octagon:                           8 sides

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  • Nonagon:                                     9 sides

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  • Decagon:                          10 sides

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  • N-gon:                               n sides

Polygons with more than 10 sides are not usually given special names. A polygon with 11 sides is described as an 11-gon, a polygon with 12 sides as a 12-gon, and so on. Each of the polygons below is a 17-gon.

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  • A regular polygon is a convex polygon with all sides and angles congruent.

Convex pentagon                                             Concave pentagon

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A. Area of a regular polygon =image014

B. Area of a Hexagon =  image015

C. Area of an Octagon = image016

Example 1: Find the area of a regular hexagon whose side measures 9 cm.

Solution:

Area of a regular hexagon=image017

Here, a = 9 cm

image018sq. cm = 210.4 sq. cm approx

Example 2: Find the nearest metre the side of a regular octagonal enclosure whose area is 1 hectare.

Solution:

Now, image019hectare

image020sq.m    or, image0212071 sq. approx.

a=46 metres approx

  • The sum of the angles of a triangle is 180o. What is the sum of the angles of a quadrilateral?  Break polygon up into triangles to get formula:

Sum of angles = 180(n - 2)

  • What is the sum of the angles of a pentagon? = (540)
  •  What is the sum of the angles of a nonagon? = (1260)
  • If a pentagon is regular what is the measure of each interior angle?=  (108)

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