2006-10-03 14:35:33 · 11 answers · asked by rlyne823 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
A pentagram is not a solid object, it is a 5 pointed star made up of 5 'lines' and is usually drawn unbroken from start to finish, so you could either say that it has 5 sides or if you wanted to be totally exact it has 12 'sides' 2 sides each for the 5 lines and a top and a bottom which makes 12.
Incidently, if you want to draw an exact Pentagram then simply draw a circle with 60 minutes on it, and put your points every 12 minutes, ie:
12 minutes
24 minutes
36 minutes
48 minutes
& 0 minutes
now join 0 to 24 to 48 to 12 to 36 then back to 0
Easy - isn't it.
Oh and the meaning of the points are
(top) Self (conscience)
middle (Fire and air)
bottom (earth and water)
the message being YOU use those elements but do not use them for destruction or to pollute.
2006-10-03 14:52:04 · answer #1 · answered by Master U 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-10-03 14:36:56 · answer #2 · answered by Poncho Rio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-03 14:37:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A regular pentagon, sides x metres in length (we'll say 16m for now), is lined on a grass or astroturf pitch. In the middle, a smaller pentagon is constructed, with goalposts extending up 6 feet on each corner. Two sets of crossbars at 3 feet and 6 feet connect the posts. Lines are drawn from the corners of the small pentagon to the corners of the large pentagon, effectively dividing the field into fifths, with a goal area in the centre. Surrounding the inner pentagon is a circle into which no players may penetrate.
2006-10-03 14:39:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-10-03 14:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by jack b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pentagram is a star-shaped geometric figure with 5 points.
A pentagon is a geometric figure with 5 sides.
2006-10-03 15:03:31 · answer #6 · answered by starlight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10. From the Greek word "penta", meaning "five", a pentagram is a five-pointed star. Each point has two sides.
2006-10-03 14:38:57 · answer #7 · answered by marbledog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only has five sides. Christians once used the pentagram to represent the five wounds of Jesus.
2006-10-03 14:41:12 · answer #8 · answered by knownothing 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Draw a star. Count all the lines that are on the outside that aren't broken.
2006-10-03 14:38:33 · answer #9 · answered by sixgun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.
2006-10-03 14:39:26 · answer #10 · answered by Horsecraz4eva 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋