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Determine the number of regular n n -gons with integer interior angles in degrees.


The answer is 22.

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Andrei Li
Dec 8, 2019

The sum of the interior angles of an n n -gon, in degrees, is 180 ( n 2 ) 180(n-2) . The value of the interior angles of a regular n n -gon is thus θ = 180 ( n 2 ) n = 180 ( 1 2 n ) = 180 360 n \theta=\frac{180(n-2)}{n}=180(1-\frac{2}{n})=180-\frac{360}{n} In order for θ \theta to have an integer value, n 360 n\vert360 . The prime factorization of 360 360 is 360 = 2 3 × 3 2 × 5 360=2^3\times3^2\times5 There are thus ( 3 + 1 ) ( 2 + 1 ) ( 1 + 1 ) = 24 (3+1)(2+1)(1+1)=24 distinct factors of 360 360 . Discounting the degenerate values of n = 1 , 2 n=1,2 , we have that there are 24 2 = 22 \large{24-2=\boxed{22}} possible regular n n -gons with integer interior angles, in degrees.

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Mahdi Raza - 12 months ago

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Andrei Li - 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Mr. India
Dec 9, 2019

Interior angle is integer \Rightarrow exterior angle is integer

Exterior angles of n-side regular polygon are all equal to 360 n \frac{360}{n} ...... ( 1 ) (1)

This means n n is factor of 360 360

360 = 2 3 × 3 2 × 5 360=2^3×3^2×5 ,

Therefore ( 3 + 1 ) ( 2 + 1 ) ( 1 + 1 ) = 24 (3+1)(2+1)(1+1)=24 factors but out of these, 180 180 and 360 360 have to be excluded as then ( 1 ) = 2 , 1 (1)=2,1 and polygon must have atleast 3 sides.

Therefore answer = 24 2 = 22 =24-2=\boxed{\boxed{22}}

Factors are 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 12 , 15 , 18 , 20 , 24 , 30 , 36 , 40 , 45 , 60 , 72 , 90 , 120 , 180 , 360 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12,15,18,20,24,30,36,40,45,60,72,90,120,180,360

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