Chains of Polygons by https://padlet.com/rsummit/205npc956540 How many matchsticks? en-us 2018-03-12 04:49:23 UTC 2018-03-12 06:11:01 UTC hello@padlet.com How many matchsticks are needed? rsummit https://padlet.com/rsummit/205npc956540/wish/240691964 Chain of triangles
Chain of squares
Chain of pentagons
Chain of hexagons
Chain of n-sided polygon]]> 2018-03-12 04:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rsummit/205npc956540/wish/240691964 Matchsticks for Triangles https://padlet.com/rsummit/205npc956540/wish/240695245 If m = number of matchsticks and t = number of triangles
Then m = 2t + 1]]> 2018-03-12 05:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rsummit/205npc956540/wish/240695245 Matchsticks for Squares https://padlet.com/rsummit/205npc956540/wish/240696789 If m = number of matchsticks and s = number of squares
Then m = 3s + 1]]> 2018-03-12 05:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rsummit/205npc956540/wish/240696789 Chain of n-sides polygon https://padlet.com/rsummit/205npc956540/wish/240699322 If  m =  number of matchsticks
n = number of sides of the polygon
p = number of polygons in the chain
Then m = p(n-1) + 1]]> 2018-03-12 06:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rsummit/205npc956540/wish/240699322