What is the apothem of a polygon? Thank you very much....
1 Answer
Mar 26, 2016
Defined only for regular polygons, apothema is a segment from a center of a polygon to a midpoint of any side.
Explanation:
Here is the apothema of a regular octagon:
Apothema is also a radius of an inscribed circle and the shortest segment that connects a center of a regular polygon with points on its sides.