# Regular Polygon

Written by Jerry Ratzlaff on . Posted in Plane Geometry

• Regular polygon (a two-dimensional figure) is a polygon where all sides are congruent and all angles are congruent.
• Circumcircle is a circle that passes through all the vertices of a two-dimensional figure.
• Congruent is all sides having the same lengths and angles measure the same.
• Inscribed circle is the largest circle possible that can fit on the inside of a two-dimensional figure.
• Polygon (a two-dimensional figure) is a closed plane figure for which all sides are line segments and not necessarly congruent.
• See Geometric Properties of Structural Shapes

## Types of Regular Polygon

• Triangle - 3 sides - 60° interior angle
• Quadrilateral - 4 sides - 90° interior angle
• Pentagon - 5 sides - 108° interior angle
• Hexagon - 6 sides - 120° interior angle
• Heptagon - 7 sides - 128.571° interior angle
• Octagon - 8 sides - 135° interior angle
• Nonagon - 9 sides - 140° interior angle
• Decagon - 10 sides - 144° interior angle
• Hendecagon - 11 sides - 147.273° interior angle
• Dodecagon - 12 sides - 150° interior angle
• Triskaidecagon - 13 sides - 152.308° interior angle
• Tetrakaidecagon - 14 sides - 154.286° interior angle
• Pentadecagon - 15 sides - 156° interior angle
• Hexakaidecagon - 16 sides - 157.5° interior angle
• Heptadecagon - 17 sides - 158.824° interior angle
• Octakaidecagon - 18 sides - 160° interior angle
• Enneadecagon - 19 sides - 161.053° interior angle
• Icosagon - 20 sides - 162° interior angle

### area of a Regular Polygon formula

$$\large{ A_{area} = \frac{a^2\;n}{4 \; tan \; \left( \frac{180}{n} \right) } }$$

$$\large{ A_{area} = \frac{R^2 \;n \; sin \; \left( \frac{360}{n} \right) }{2} }$$

$$\large{ A_{area} = r^2 \;n \; tan \; \left( \frac{180}{n} \right) }$$

Where:

$$\large{ A_{area} }$$ = area

$$\large{ r }$$ = inside radius (apothem)

$$\large{ R }$$ = outside radius

$$\large{ n }$$ = number of edges

$$\large{ P }$$ = perimeter

$$\large{ a }$$ = edge

### Central Angle of a Regular Polygon formula

$$\large{ CA = \frac{360}{n} }$$

Where:

$$\large{ CA }$$ = central angle

$$\large{ n }$$ = number of edges

### Circumcircle Radius of a Regular Polygon formula

$$\large{ R = \frac{a}{2 \; sin \; \left( \frac{180}{n} \right) } }$$

Where:

$$\large{ R }$$ = outside radius

$$\large{ a }$$ = edge

$$\large{ n }$$ = number of edges

### Edge of a Regular Polygon formula

$$\large{ a = 2 \; r \; tan \; \left( \frac{180}{n} \right) }$$

$$\large{ a = 2 \; R \; sin \; \left( \frac{180}{n} \right) }$$

Where:

$$\large{ a }$$ = edge

$$\large{ r }$$ = inside radius (apothem)

$$\large{ R }$$ = outside radius

### Inscribed Radius of a Regular Polygon formula

$$\large{ r = \frac { a }{ 2\; tan \; \left( \frac{180}{n} \right) } }$$

$$\large{ r = R \; cos \; \left( \frac{180}{n} \right) }$$

Where:

$$\large{ r }$$ = inside radius (apothem)

$$\large{ R }$$ = outside radius

$$\large{ n }$$ = number of edges

$$\large{ a }$$ = edge

### Number of Diagonals of a Regular Polygon formula

$$\large{ D' = \frac{ n \; \left( n - 3 \right) }{2} }$$

Where:

$$\large{ D' }$$ = diagonal

$$\large{ n }$$ = number of edges

$$\large{ a }$$ = edge

### Perimeter of a Regular Polygon formula

$$\large{ P = a \;n }$$

Where:

$$\large{ P }$$ = perimeter

$$\large{ n }$$ = number of edges

$$\large{ a }$$ = edge