What is the difference between a radius and an apothem?

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aaliyahfairgood · Answer

An apothem of a regular polygon will always be a radius of the inscribed circle. It is also the minimum distance between any side of the polygon and its center.

agl202 · Answer

A radius is something you pretty much only find in circles and spheres. When you start at the center point and go to a point on the surface, the line segment you made is always the same length, the radius. 

The apothem is used in polygons. This is because when you draw a line segment between the center of a polygon and a point on the edge, it can take on different lengths. The apothem though is the one that's perpendicular to a side.

Hope this helps!!!

aaliyahfairgood · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Thanks you two!

anonymous · Answer

@aaliyahfairgood Ikr? Smh.

aaliyahfairgood · Answer

;p you are welcome