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Heptagon

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File:Heptagon.svg
A heptagon

A heptagon/septagon or 7-gon is a shape with 7 sides and 7 corners.

Regular heptagon[change]

All sides of a regular heptagon are the same length. Each corner is about 147.27°. All corners added together are about equal to 6840°.

Area[change]

The amount of space a regular heptagon takes up is

<math>A = \frac{7}{4}a^2 \cot \frac{\pi}{7} \simeq 3.634 a^2.</math>

a is the length of one of its sides.