Question

On environment day, class-9 students got five plants of mango, silver oak, orange, banyan and amla from soil department. Students planted the plants and noted their locations as (x, y).

$\begin{array}{cccccc}& \text{Mango}& \text{Silver Oak}& \text{Orange}& \text{Banyan}& \text{Amla}\\ x& 2& 3& 0& -3& -2\\ y& 0& 4& 7& 4& 0\end{array}$

Plot the points (x, y) in the graph and join them in the given order. Name the figure you get.

Answer 1

The given trees (points) are Mango (2, 0), Silver Oak (3, 4), Orange (0,7), Banyan (-3, 4) and Amla (-2, 0). The location of these trees are shown in the graph. On joining the points of mango, silver oak, orange, banyan and amla in order, the figure so formed is a regular pentagon.