Question

fill in the blank and dropdown menus to form a true statement below.
the polygon above has \boxed{} sides. it is a

Explanation:

Step1: Count the vertices (or sides) of the polygon.

Looking at the polygon, we can see that it has 5 vertices (the dots), and since a polygon's number of sides is equal to its number of vertices, we count the sides. By visually inspecting the figure, we can see there are 5 line segments forming the polygon.

Step2: Determine the number of sides.

After counting, we find that the number of sides is 5.

Answer:

5