2006-10-15 23:48:11 · 15 answers · asked by barbara w 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
quadridecagon is 14 sided
i wouldn't know the name for 40 sided figure
i found it is tetracontagon
2006-10-15 23:55:54 · answer #1 · answered by raj 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
40 Sided Shape
2016-11-05 04:07:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Nothing prevents you
from having such a shape
2006-10-15 23:52:57 · answer #3 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can have any number of sides of course
if you had been referring to faces, they if you wanted a solid made of identical faces there are only 5 possibilities (in 3D space).
but sides, no limit.
as for the NAME? polygons use Greek roots (hexagon, heptagon, octogon). So a 40-sided shape would be a tetracontagon.
hope this helps
2006-10-16 00:42:30 · answer #4 · answered by AntoineBachmann 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. if we can have a 4 sided shape, and a 360 sided circle, we most certainly can have something with 40 sides
2006-10-15 23:56:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends if you are looking at regular polyhedra. if you are, then, the shape must satisfy the equation F+V-E=2, which is known as Euler's formula on convex polyhedra. In fact there are only 5 regular polyhedra, known as the platonic solids. Wikipedia source below may be of interest.
2006-10-16 00:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by tsunamijon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No reason except that with so many facets the sides would be so small that it look like a circle. Go to calculus and this very situation can be proved.
2006-10-16 03:53:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yesthere is such a thing but not on faces
2006-10-16 12:03:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. A shape can have any number of sides.
2006-10-16 00:17:35 · answer #9 · answered by msm1089 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2014-01-08 11:31:12 · answer #10 · answered by jingyang 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋