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Polygons of Equal Area
In polygon dissections, the starting and ending polygons need to have equal areas. This Demonstration shows two such polygons where you can vary the number of sides. You can drag one and rotate either.
Contributed by:
Ed Pegg Jr
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Dissection
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Area of a Pentagon
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Wolfram Demonstrations Project
)
Area of a Polygon
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Wolfram Demonstrations Project
)
Area of a Triangle
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Wolfram Demonstrations Project
)
Polygon Dissections
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Wolfram web resource
)
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Ed Pegg Jr
"
Polygons of Equal Area
"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/PolygonsOfEqualArea/
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Published: August 29, 2023
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