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Once you start looking at the connecting lines in a
decagon it gets very complicated as you will discover
if you attempt to do it. Connecting lines on a polygon
has applications in communications networks. For
example, if there are 7 nodes (users) the colour lines
are used to prioritise the communication and it also
shows how some direct links are excluded. From the
diagram there is no direct link between A and D or
between B and F. But you will notice there is a direct
link between G and all the other nodes. So if E wanted
to communicate with C, they would have to go
through one of the other nodes.
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