Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - Circles and Related Segments and Angles - Exercises - Page 287: 22

Answer

A regular pentagon results from the 5 points. A regular polygon with n sides results from a circle divided into n equal parts.

Work Step by Step

When you divide a circle into equal parts and join the points it always forms a regular polygon because the figure will have equal sides and equal angles.
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