2006-06-29 12:02:12 · 16 answers · asked by Heuromeshi1989 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
0OPS NOT PENTAGON POLYGON GOMEN (SORRY)
2006-06-29 12:24:24 · update #1
tetracontaheptagon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygon
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2006-06-29 15:11:32 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ The One You Love To Hate♥ 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think you mean a polygon, not a pentagon. A pentagon has 5 sides. A polygon has any number of sides. Polygons with 12 or fewer sides have names. After that, you just call it an n-gon. In the case of your 47-sided figure, it would be a 47-gon (pronounced "forty-seven-gon").
2006-06-29 19:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by mathsmart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it has 47 sides, it's not a pentagon. Pentagons have five sides by definition. It comes from the Greek "penta" meaning five and "gon" meaning side or angle.
"Polygon" means "many sides" and is the generic term for plane figures with straight sides.
There's probably a fancy name derived from the Greek for "forty-seven", (sarantaeptagon is my guess based on a website on greek counting numbers) but I'd just call it a "47-sided polygon".
2006-06-29 19:09:18 · answer #3 · answered by Berry K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would not be a pentagon anymore, for a pentagon hasonly 5 sides!
A 47 sided POLYGON exists, but not a 47 sided pentagon!
2006-06-29 19:08:28 · answer #4 · answered by Tony Montana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pentagon is a pentagon. Penta meaning 5.
2006-06-29 19:07:46 · answer #5 · answered by catmanbigwil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pentagon can only ever have five sides.
A shape with 47 sides would be a quaddecasepthedron ( pronounced : quad-deca-sept-hedron). Quad = 4 deca = 10, sept = 7 and hedron means shape.
2006-06-29 19:08:51 · answer #6 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a polygon a 47 sided figure or a tatraseptagon i think or maybe its a quadraseptagon... not sure which
2006-06-29 20:37:06 · answer #7 · answered by fire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a pentagon. 47 sided kluge.
2006-06-29 19:07:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pen·ta·gon (pnt-gn) KEY
NOUN:
A polygon having five sides and five interior angles.
2006-06-29 19:07:58 · answer #9 · answered by Sancira 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer ball
2006-06-29 19:10:36 · answer #10 · answered by UncleGeorge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not a pentagon anymore
2006-06-29 19:05:38 · answer #11 · answered by lordofthebooks95 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋