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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can a regular quadrilateral be used by itself to make a tessellation?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

a regular polygon is a polygon with all equal sides

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

a regular quadrilateral is a quadrilateral with all 4 sides equal

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

so this is a square

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

can you use a square to tessellate?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Actually, it is a parallelogram; yes, they can be tessellated.

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

more specifically, it's a square

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

I should have added that all angles are congruent as well

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Does regular indicate all angles equal? I suppose it might.

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yes regular polygons have all sides congruent and all angles congruent

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok, square. They will tessellate. Parallelograms will as well.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I clearly need to practice more geometry...

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

its fine, we all need practice

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