Angles In A 7-Pointed Star

Geometry Level 3

If all line segments are straight in the given figure, then sum of the angles at the corners marked in the diagram (in degrees) is


The answer is 540.

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12 solutions

James Shi
Mar 6, 2014

The sum of all of the angles of the 7 triangles on each side of the heptagon is 7 180 = 1260 7\cdot 180 = 1260 degrees.

The sum of the exterior angles of the heptagon is 360 360 degrees.

The sum of all of the angles of the 7 triangles excluding the angles at the corners is 2 times the sum of the exterior angles (2 sets of exterior angles), which is 2 360 = 720 2 \cdot 360 = 720 degrees.

The sum of the angles at the corners is 1260 720 = 540 1260-720=\boxed{540} degrees.

It's not a heptagon; it's a fourteen-gon.

Vivek Bhupatiraju - 7 years, 3 months ago

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He's talking about the inner one

Satvik Golechha - 7 years, 3 months ago

i made it 1260 - 720 = 360. 2 times and i gave up. lol

Hai Nam Le - 7 years, 3 months ago

i thought 630 :(

Elvin Soqueña - 7 years, 3 months ago

shoter way

x= inter angle of heptagon adjacent to <int1 y= inter angle of heptagon adjacent to int<2

  1. analyze only one triangle (preferably at A)

  2. x = -180 +<int1 ; y = -180 + <int 2

  3. <A = 180 - <int1 - <int 2 = 180 - (-180 +<int 1) - (-180 + <int 2)

  4. <A = 3(180) + <int 1 + <int 2 ; analyze

  5. sum(corner angles) = (n +1)180 - sum(int angles)

  6. sum(corner angles) = (7+1)180 - (n-2)180 = 1440 - 900 = 540....check

Dean Clidoro - 7 years, 3 months ago

I didn't understand triangle part where you excluded them.

shubham kr - 7 years, 2 months ago

Fastest method:- outer triangles = 180x7 | sum of exterior angles = 360x2 =180x4| difference = 180x(7-4) = 180x3 = 540

Rishabh Raj - 7 years, 2 months ago

= 180(n-4)=3 * 180=540 (you can use this to prove that the least number of angels of a star is five)

Hafez Ahmed
Mar 6, 2014

Sum of the 7 interior angle of the heptagon = (7-2) 180 = 900 Value of one interior angle = 900/7 = 128.6 Value of one exterior angle of the heptagon = 180 - 128.6 = 51.4 Corner angle = 180 - 51.4 2 = 77.14 Sum of 7 corner angle = 7*77.14 = 540 degrees

how is 180-51.42=77.14 in your solution??

Ashray Aman - 7 years, 2 months ago

a + c + g +e = 360 -x b+d +f=180 +x

Adding the above solves it. x is the interior angle of triangle with vetrex G and triangle with vertex A (oppsite angles)

i did the same way

vaishnav garg - 7 years, 3 months ago

i too solved in this way

Lava Addepalli - 7 years, 3 months ago
Artur Zanon
Mar 6, 2014

Try to see seven triangles and a heptagon. The sum of the external angles of the seven triangles is 6300 (900 each). The sum of the internal angles of the heptagon is 900. The external angle of the corners (A - G) is nothing more then 360 - the corner internal angle, and the sum of the external angles of the other corners of the seven triangles is nothing more then 360 * 7 + 2 * Sum of the internal angles of the heptagon (900). That makes an equation:

6300 = 360 * 7 - (A + B + C + D + E + F + G) + 360 * 7 + 2 * 900

6300 = 360 * 14 + 1800 - ( A + B + C + D + E + F + G)

(A + B + C + D + E + F + G) = 540

Anitha Raj
Mar 6, 2014

Assume the picture as a 3D. It would be like a triangle(interior angle sum=180) cut through a quadrilateral (sum of interior angles=360). Hence its 540.

I don't quite understand what you are saying. Can you explain?

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years, 3 months ago

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Look like she glanced it as a triangle overlapping a quadrilateral , just like me, so we quickly came up with the answer (540). Must be coincidence that it is correct answer...

Micah Wood - 7 years, 3 months ago

@Anitha Raj w0w so easy!! Anitha Raj

SOUVIK PAL - 7 years, 2 months ago
Cesar Conterno
Apr 5, 2014

formei 7 quadriláteros com 3 ângulos nas letras e uma ângulo no heptágono do interior do desenho. Somei tudo e deu: 900 + 3(A+B+C+D+E+F+G) = 7*360. Logo A+B+C+D+E+F+G= 540 graus

Kartik Tyagi
Mar 11, 2014

Name the intersection of GB and AC as O..

name all the angles as there corners like \angle GEC = \angle E

now \angle G + \angle E + \angle C + \angle GOC = 360' --------- 1

Now Join BA

\angle B + \angle A + \angle F + \angle D + \angle OAB + \angle OBA = 360' ---------------2

\angle GOC = \angle AOB (v.o.a)

Add eq 1and 2

\angle A+ \angle B+ \angle C+ \angle D+ \angle E+ \angle F+ \angle G + \angle AOB + \angle OAB + \angle OBA = 360' + 360'

\angle AOB + \angle OAB + \angle OBA = 180' , as they are angles of triangle)

\angle A+ \angle B+ \angle C+ \angle D+ \angle E+ \angle F+ \angle G = 720' - 180'

\angle A+ \angle B+ \angle C+ \angle D+ \angle E+ \angle F+ \angle G = 540'

Thanks kartik!

rugved dhore - 7 years, 2 months ago
Billybob Jenkins
Mar 10, 2014

Since the specific angles are not specified, assume that this is a regular heptagonal star. The angles of each of the equal angles in the triangles will be 360/7. So the angle of the odd angle out is 180 - 2(360/7). We get:

180 -720/7 1260/7 - 720/7 540/7. And since there are seven of these, our answer for the total is 540.

Sonu Singh
Mar 7, 2014

there are 7 triangle let we have to find the angle A,B,C,D,E,F,G Also, there are triangle APQ,BQR ,CRS ,DST , ETU , FUV ,GVP triangle APQ, angle A = 180 - <1-<2 triangle BQR ,angle B = 180 - <2 - <3 triangle CRS , angle C = 180 - <3- <4 triangle CST , angle D = 180 - <4 - <5 triangle ETU , angle E = 180 - <5 - <6 triangle , FUV , angle F = 180 - <6 - <7 triangle , GVP , angle G = 180 - <7 - <1 SO , angle (A+B+C+D +E+F+G) = 1260 - 2(1+2+3+4+5+6+7) -----------------------------------------------(1) = 1260 - 2(180 -<A + 180 - <C + 180 - <F + <5) = 1260 - 2(540) - 2(angle A+C+F -< 5) = 1260 - 1080 - 2(angle A+C+F - <5) ------------------------------------------(2) also, in quadrilateral , ACTF, angle (A+C+<CTF + F) = 360 angle (A+C)+(180-<5)+ F = 360 angle (A+C+F) - < 5 = 180 ----------------------------------------------------(3) putting, Eqn. (3) into (2) , we get , angle ( A+B+C+D+E+F+G) = 540

Glenn Urtola
Mar 6, 2014

360+180

since the figure is composed of a triangle and a quadrilateral overlapping each other, therefore, we will just add the total measure of interior angles of a quadrilateral and that of the triangle. For quadrilateral, it is 360 degrees and for triangle is 180 degrees. Now, we can get the answer, 540 degrees.

Glenn Urtola - 7 years, 3 months ago

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How is it a triangle overlapping a quadrilateral? What are the vertices of the triangle and quadrilateral?

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years, 3 months ago

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I'm so sorry. . .i wasn't able to look at it closely. .

Glenn Urtola - 7 years, 3 months ago

Look closely, it is not a triangle and a quadrilateral overlapping each other.

This should clear it up

Micah Wood - 7 years, 3 months ago
Abdus Shamim
Mar 6, 2014

corner angle = pi - (pi - adjacent interior angle of inner 7 sided polygon) - (pi - other adjacent interior angle of inner 7 sided polygon).

summation(corner angle) = 2 summation(interior angles) - 7 pi = 15 pi - 7 pi = 3*pi = 540 degrees

Heptagrammic prism (7/2)
the formula is : = 180(p-2q)= 540 ; p=7,q=2

ana ber - 7 years, 3 months ago

sorry that is 10pi-7pi. 2summation(interior angles)=2 (n-2) pi=2 (7-2) pi=10pi. The first step is on the outermost triangle of the figure containing the corner angle. The second step sums up all these corner angles.

abdus shamim - 7 years, 3 months ago

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