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Question 1:
Draw rough diagrams to illustrate the following:
(i) Open curve
(ii) Closed curve
Answer:
(i) Open curve: A curve in which the beginning and the end points does not cut each other or are different.
(ii) Closed curve: A curve in which the beginning and the end points are the same and cuts each other.
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Question 2:
Classify the following curves as open or closed:
Answer:
Open curve: A curve in which the beginning and end points are different or do not cut each other.
Closed curve: A curve in which the beginning and end points are the same and cut each other.
By the above definitions, we can classify the given figures as follows:
(i) Open curve
(ii) Closed curve
(iii) Closed curve
(iv) Open curve
(v) Open curve
(vi) Closed curve
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Question 3:
Draw a polygon and shade its interior. Also draw its diagonals, if any.
Answer:
In polygon ABCD, AC and BD are the diagonals.
Page No 15.6:
Question 4:
Illustrate, if posible, each one of the following with a rough diagram:
(i) A colsed curve that is not a polygon.
(ii) An open curve made up entirely of line segments.
(iii) A polygon with two sides.
Answer:
(i) Polygons are made up of straight lines, not curves.
(ii) An open curve made up entirely of line segments:
(iii) Not possible because polygons are closed figures.
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Question 5:
Following are some figures: Classify each of these fugures on the basis of the following:
(i) Simple curve
(ii) Simple closed curve
(iii) Polygon
(iv) Convex polygon
(v) Concave polygon
(vi) Not a curve
Answer:
(i) It is a simple closed curve and a concave polygon.
(ii) It is a simple closed curve and a convex polygon.
(iii) It is not a curve; hence, it is not a polygon.
(iv) It is not a curve; hence, it is not a polygon.
(v) It is a simple closed curve but not a polygon.
(vi) It is a simple closed curve but not a polygon.
(vii) It is a simple closed curve but not a polygon.
(viii) It is a simple closed curve but not a polygon.
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Question 6:
How many diagonals does each of the following have?
(i) A convex quadrilateral
(ii) A regular hexagon
(iii) A triangle
Answer:
An n-sided convex polygon has diagonals.
(i) A quadrilateral has diagonals.
There are 2 diagonals in the convex quadrilateral.
(ii) A regular hexagon has diagonals.
There are 9 diagonals in a regular hexagon.
(iii) A triangle does not have any diagonal in it.
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Question 7:
What is a regular polygon? State the name of a regular polygon of
(i) 3 sides
(ii) 4 sides
(iii) 6 sides
Answer:
A polygon that has equal sides and equal angles is called a regular polygon.
(i) Equilateral triangle:
(ii) Square:
(iii) Regular hexagon:
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