SOLUTION: Two polygons having the same number of sides and corresponding angles equal are similar or not

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Question 1094689: Two polygons having the same number of sides and corresponding angles equal are similar or not
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
They are not necessarily similar.

For instance look at a square and a rectangle that isn't a square:



Both are polygons having the same number of sides, 4, and all 
corresponding angles are equal to 90°, but the two polygons are 
not similar.

Edwin
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