A tessellation is an arrangement of repeating shapes that have what characteristic?

1 Answer
Feb 7, 2017

A tessellation is an arrangement of shapes closely fitted together, especially of polygons in a repeated pattern without any gaps or overlapping.

Explanation:

A tessellation is an arrangement of shapes closely fitted together, especially of polygons in a repeated pattern without any gaps or overlapping.

Among regular polygons, equilateral triangles, squares and hexagons can form such an arrangement as their angles are factors of #360^@#.

These form arrangements of beautiful tiles and other decorations, some of which are used for decorating pavements. An example is shown below:
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