# wanting the Xs to connect to the next and previous one

**URL:** <https://cl.desmos.com/t/wanting-the-xs-to-connect-to-the-next-and-previous-one/7736>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/wanting-the-xs-to-connect-to-the-next-and-previous-one/7736 "2025-02-10T14:19:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nicholas\_Schneider](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/nicholas_schneider/32/6651_2.png) [@Nicholas\_Schneider](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Nicholas_Schneider)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/wanting-the-xs-to-connect-to-the-next-and-previous-one/7736/1 "2025-02-10T14:19:39Z")

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[Random Chart | Desmos](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/kvhr3lzrbt) is my graph and I want every x to connect to the next and previous while still having a polygon, how would I do that

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Grubbs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/daniel_grubbs/32/719_2.png) [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/wanting-the-xs-to-connect-to-the-next-and-previous-one/7736/2 "2025-02-10T14:57:39Z")

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I’m not entirely sure I understand, but is [this](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/dlbful2hrq) what you’re looking for? I believe your graph is creating a list of pentagons, where (b,a) is the third vertex of each, and the other four vertices are constant.

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**Author:** ![Guzman\_Tierno](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/guzman_tierno/32/6149_2.png) [@Guzman\_Tierno](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Guzman_Tierno)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/wanting-the-xs-to-connect-to-the-next-and-previous-one/7736/3 "2025-02-10T15:05:08Z")

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or maybe this:  
[https://www.desmos.com/calculator/dpwsjxyoxu?lang=it](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/dpwsjxyoxu?lang=it)

you can also write it like this:  
[https://www.desmos.com/calculator/amv2mqoxet?lang=it](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/amv2mqoxet?lang=it)

or like this:  
[https://www.desmos.com/calculator/2xfd1ewsb3](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/2xfd1ewsb3)

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Grubbs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/daniel_grubbs/32/719_2.png) [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/wanting-the-xs-to-connect-to-the-next-and-previous-one/7736/4 "2025-02-10T16:42:24Z")

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Oh, if you just want them connected like some of @Guzman_Tierno’s samples, you can just turn on lines in the table like [this](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/lejfgzd2to) and not use polygons at all. Lines will connect from start to finish, while polygons are essentially the same, but connect back to the first element as well.