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Expert: Azeem Hussain - 3/25/2009


Question
what are the names of the polygons eleven through twenty?

Answer
Hi Felisha,

11-Hendecagon
12-dodecagon
13-triskaidecagon
14-tetrakaidecagon
15-pentakaidecagon
16-hexakaidecagon
17-heptakaidecagon
18-octakaidecagon
19-enneakaidecagon
20-isocagon

Other names are accepted also.  Essentially, tridecagaon, and 14-19 omitting the "kai" syllable.

Thanks for asking,
Azeem

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Azeem Hussain

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I can answer mostly any kind of question dealing with of Math 536 and below, my forte being in parabolic functions and analytical geometry.

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Drop-in tutor at Champlain College since 2010. I am neither a professor nor a teacher of this subject. I am merely a student who is good at mathematics and enjoys being of service to his community. I frequently tutor people in math and the results are usually great.

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Presently enrolled in Materials Engineering at McGill University. Diploma of Collegiate Studies; Pure and Applied Science, Champlain College Saint-Lambert. Diploma of Secondary Studies from Chambly Academy High School. Being a Quebecer, I am fluent in English and French and can respond to questions easily in both languages.

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