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A plane shape (one drawn on a flat surface) which is composed of straight sides is called a polygon (see Section 5.2). Examples are shown in Figure 6.1.
Figure 6.1
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Buckwell, G. (1997). Length, area and volume. In: Mastering Mathematics. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14131-9_6
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