Centre of a Regular Polygon

Centre of a Regular Polygon

Meeting point of the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a polygon.

Property

The centre of a regular polygon is the centre of the inscribed circle and the centre of the circumscribed circle of the polygon.

Examples

  • The centre O of various regular polygons is shown below:
  • The point O is the centre of the regular pentagon ABCDE.

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