Trigonometry/For Enthusiasts/What Tessellations are Possible with Regular Polygons
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A tesselation or tiling means a pattern or arrangement of polygons that can (by indefinite repetition) be made to cover an arbitrarily large area of the plane with no gaps.
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Investigate what tessellations are possible with regular polygons |
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Did you consider polygons that had a mix of different types of polygon, e.g hexagons and squares? |
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Can you be sure that you haven't missed any out? Can you prove it? |