SOLUTION: When putting points on a circle and labeling them with a letter to create a polygon then connecting them, why is it important to use each letter only once?

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Question 281232: When putting points on a circle and labeling them with a letter to create a polygon then connecting them, why is it important to use each letter only once?
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, richwmiller:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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For the same reason parents don't give the same name to more than one of their children.
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Answer: So we can distinguish the vertices.

Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Except George Foreman who named all of his boys and girls George