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An \(n\)-gon is a set of \(n\) vertices \(P_0, P_1,\dots,P_{n-1}\) in a Euclidean space \(E^d\); its sides are the segments \(P_0P_1, P_1P_2,\dots,P_{n-1}P_0\). The indices are taken mod \(n\), and the dimension of a polygon is the dimension of the space spanned by its vertices. An \(n\)-gon is \(k\)-equilateral if \(| P_j-P_{j+m}| =d_m\) for all \(j=0,1,\dots, n-1\) and \(m=1,2,\dots, k\), where the \(d_m\) are some constants. An \((n-1)\)-equilateral polygon is called a regular polygon. In this paper it is proved that an arbitrary regular polygon of dimension \(d\) can be expressed as the sum of \(d/2\) regular polygons of dimension \(2\) lying in pairwise orthogonal planes, if \(d\) is even, or as the sum of \((d-1)/2\) regular polygons of dimension \(2\) lying in pairwise orthogonal planes and one polygon of dimension 1 lying on a line orthogonal to all of these planes, if \(d\) is odd. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1048.51001].