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Three types of polygons

Figure 2: The points of a plane that are not on a polygon are separated by the polygon into two regions, the “inside” and the “outside.”

Figure 1: A polygon whose vertices are lattice points.

Platonic solids

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Three types of polygons

Three types of polygons

The three simplest polygons are the triangle, which has three sides; the quadrilateral,...

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Figure 2: The points of a plane that are not on a polygon are separated by the polygon into two regions, the “inside” and the “outside.”

Figure 2: The points of a plane that are not on a polygon are separated by the polygon...

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Figure 1: A polygon whose vertices are lattice points.

Figure 1: A polygon whose vertices are lattice points.

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Platonic solids

Platonic solids

The Platonic solids—the only geometric solids whose faces are composed of regular,...

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