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Shown below is a seven sided convex polygon built from 2 squares and 3 triangles.........Create your own convex polygon.

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Shown below is a seven sided convex polygon built from 2 squares and 3 triangles. 12 matchsticks were used to achieve this. The outside angles are all greater than 180 degrees as illustrated with angle "a" above.

Create your own convex polygon. The following rules apply:

  1. Polygon must have 8 sides
  2. 17 matchsticks to be used
  3. All outside angles to be greater than 180 degrees
  4. There must be 6 equal sized triangles
  5. There must be 2 equal sized squares
  6. All matchsticks must be flat on the surface.

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posted Apr 15, 2020 by Ritika

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answer Apr 17, 2020 by Hanifa Mammadov



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