Angle

Geometry Level 2

what is the total interior angle of a dodecagon?


The answer is 1800.

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5 solutions

Armain Labeeb
Aug 5, 2016

A dodecagon is a polygon with 12 12 sides and 12 12 angles. The interior angle of any polygon can be found out by the formula:

k = 180 ( n 2 ) \huge k=180(n-2)^{\circ} where n n is the number of sides or angles of the polygon and k k is the sum of the interior angles of the polygon.

Substituting n = 12 \large n=12

We have,

k = 180 ( n 2 ) = 180 ( 12 2 ) = 180 × 1 0 = 180 0 \begin{aligned}k&=180(n-2)^{\circ}\\&=180(12-2)^{\circ}\\&=180\times10^{\circ}\\&=1800^{\circ}\end{aligned}

i guess the formulae is 180(n-2)/n

abhishek alva - 4 years, 9 months ago
Ashish Menon
May 10, 2016

Dodecagon has 12 12 sides.
Now, we know that a n-sided pokygon can be divided into (n - 2) non-overlapping triangles. If you dont know that then observe, a quadrilateral can be divided into 2 non-overlapping triangles, a pentagon into 3 non-overlapping triangles, a hexagon into 4 and so on.
So, a 12-sided figure can be divided into 12 2 = 10 12 - 2 = 10 non-overlapping triangles.
Now, we know that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 ° {180}^° So, the sum total of all the interior angles of 10 triangles = 10 × 180 = 1800 ° = 10 × 180\\ = \boxed{{1800}^°}


Note \text{Note} :- All the non-overlapping triangles formed here are not degenerate.

A dodecagon has 12 sides.

Formula: s = ( n 2 ) ( 180 ) s=(n-2)(180)

Substitute:

s = ( 12 10 ) ( 180 ) = 10 ( 180 ) = 180 0 s=(12-10)(180)=10(180)=\boxed{1800^\circ}

Syed Hamza Khalid
Apr 22, 2017

It is simple. We can use the formula

( n 2 ) 180 = **(n-2)180=** sum of interior angles

Then Plug the values

180 ( 12 2 ) 180(12-2)

= 1800 ° =1800°

Lorenz Navales
May 9, 2016

NOTE: DODECAGON = 12 ANGLES AND 12 SIDES

(N-2)180=TOTAL INTERIOR ANGLE

N=12 (12-2)180=1800

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