
In geometry, a shape formed by joining straight lines is called a polygon. A polygon can have any number of sides, the smallest being a triangle which is a three-sided polygon. Polygons are geometric shapes named on the basis of a number of sides. For example,
and so on depending on the number of sides and interior angles.
Note: A circle is known as a polygon that has an infinite number of sides.
A heptagon is a closed polygon consisting of seven interior angles. It comprises of seven sides and is also known as a septagon. For example,
The above polygon is a heptagon with sides AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, FG and GA.
A heptagon has 14 diagonals as AD, AE, BE, BF, CF, CG, DA, DE, EA, EB, FB, FC, GC and GD in the figure given below.
Some of the common properties of heptagon are as below:
The angle sum property of a heptagon is 900 i.e. the sum of all the interior angles of a heptagon is 900°. It can be calculated by the formula
(n – 2). 180°
where n is the number of sides.
For a regular polygon, the measure of each interior angle can be calculated by
[(n – 2) . 180°]/n.
The perimeter of a heptagon is the measure of the total boundary length of the heptagon. It is calculated by adding all the sides of the given heptagon. For a regular heptagon, the perimeter of the heptagon is obtained as the product of measure of one of its sides by 7.
Perimeter of a regular heptagon = 7 . length of a side
The area of a regular heptagon can be calculated by the formula
Area = 7/4 . side². cotπ/7
On simplifying the given values
Area = 3.634 . side²
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