The value of pi lies between those two lengths. By doubling the number of sides of the hexagon to a 12-sided polygon, then a 24-sided polygon, and finally 48- and 96-sided polygons, Archimedes was ...

Each polygon will always divide into two triangles fewer than the number of its sides. A hexagon will have four triangles. An octagon will have six triangles. So the sum of the interior angles of ...

They have two dimensions – length and width. A polygon is a closed 2D shape with straight sides that meet at vertices. Polygons can be regular or irregular. If all the straight sides of a shape ...

By doubling the number of sides of the hexagon to a 12-sided polygon, then a 24-sided polygon, and finally 48- and 96-sided polygons, Archimedes was able to bring the two perimeters ever closer in ...

Which means she has drawn a hexagon. Remember, a polygon is a 2D shape with straight sides that meet at vertices. Some of these shapes have sides that aren't straight, so they can't be polygons.