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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Look at the two polygons below.
Which polygon is concave?
Polygon 2
Neither Polygon 1 nor Polygon 2
Both Polygon 1 and Polygon 2
Polygon 1
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
what do u think
OpenStudy (anonymous):
i don't know honestly.
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
therez a easy way to test if a polygon is concave
OpenStudy (aripotta):
to remember what concave means think of something caving in. based on that, which polygon looks caved in?
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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
if you could draw a segement whose endpoints lie within in the polygon, but the segment goes outside of polugon, then its a concave polygon.
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Is it polygon 2 then?
OpenStudy (aripotta):
yes
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
yes and no. polygon1 is concave too
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OpenStudy (aripotta):
oh crap, realleh
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
:)
OpenStudy (aripotta):
oh right, i remember my teacher told me that all irregular polygons are concave...
OpenStudy (anonymous):
?
How are all irregular polygons concave?
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
not all irregular polygons are concave
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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
I hope his teacher didn't really say that then!
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
yea thats the problem
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