Tiling The Plane

Geometry Level 2

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A polygon can tile the plane if congruent copies of the polygon cover the plane without any gaps or overlaps. Which of the following regular polygons can tile the plane?

I. Equilateral Triangle
II. Square
III. Regular Pentagon
IV. Regular Hexagon

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