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Activity 3.8
Assignment 3.1
Polygons
Objectives
Identify and name polygons.
Name the vertices and sides of polygons
Draw, name, and count diagonals of polygons.
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Assignment 3.9
About Geometry Worksheet Assignment 3.1:
Assignment 3.1 is an introduction to polygons.
Prerequisite Skills: Name points (Assignment 1.1). Name and draw line segments (Assignment 1.12).
Definitions: A polygon is a plane figure made of line segments that enclosed exactly one region. The endpoints of ech line segment are shared by exactly one
other line segment.
Each line segment of a polygon is a side of the polygon. The common endpoints of the sides are the vertices of the polygon.
A diagonal of a polygon is a line sgment that is not a side of the polygon and has endpoints that are vertices of the polygon.