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