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Hectagon
A hectogon

A hectogon or hectagon is a shape with 100 sides and 100 corners.

Regular hectogon

All sides of a regular hectogon are the same length. Each corner is 176.4°. All corners added together equal 17640°.

Area

The amount of space a regular hectogon takes up is

The area of a regular hectogon of side length a is given by

A = 25a^2 \cot \frac{\pi}{100} \simeq 795.513 a^2


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  • Symmetries of hectogon

    The symmetries of a regular hectogon. Light blue lines show subgroups of index 2. The 3 boxed subgraphs are positionally related by index 5 subgroups.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Hectágono para niños

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