From: robjohn9@idt.net (Rob Johnson) Subject: Re: Area of regular polygon vs. irregular Date: 14 Mar 2000 14:18:46 GMT Newsgroups: sci.math Summary: [missing] In article <8ajvkn$lnr$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, desther4@yahoo.com wrote: >Why must the area of a regular polygon (of n sides) alway sbe greater >than the area of an irregular polygon (of n sides)? I assume you mean that for a given perimeter, the area of a regular polygon is greater than the area of any other polygon. If that is the case, then take a look at http://idt.net/~robjohn9/math/isopoly.html Rob Johnson robjohn9@idt.net