Determine the number of regular n -gons with integer interior angles in degrees.
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Interior angle is integer ⇒ exterior angle is integer
Exterior angles of n-side regular polygon are all equal to n 3 6 0 ...... ( 1 )
This means n is factor of 3 6 0
3 6 0 = 2 3 × 3 2 × 5 ,
Therefore ( 3 + 1 ) ( 2 + 1 ) ( 1 + 1 ) = 2 4 factors but out of these, 1 8 0 and 3 6 0 have to be excluded as then ( 1 ) = 2 , 1 and polygon must have atleast 3 sides.
Therefore answer = 2 4 − 2 = 2 2
Factors are 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 1 0 , 1 2 , 1 5 , 1 8 , 2 0 , 2 4 , 3 0 , 3 6 , 4 0 , 4 5 , 6 0 , 7 2 , 9 0 , 1 2 0 , 1 8 0 , 3 6 0
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The sum of the interior angles of an n -gon, in degrees, is 1 8 0 ( n − 2 ) . The value of the interior angles of a regular n -gon is thus θ = n 1 8 0 ( n − 2 ) = 1 8 0 ( 1 − n 2 ) = 1 8 0 − n 3 6 0 In order for θ to have an integer value, n ∣ 3 6 0 . The prime factorization of 3 6 0 is 3 6 0 = 2 3 × 3 2 × 5 There are thus ( 3 + 1 ) ( 2 + 1 ) ( 1 + 1 ) = 2 4 distinct factors of 3 6 0 . Discounting the degenerate values of n = 1 , 2 , we have that there are 2 4 − 2 = 2 2 possible regular n -gons with integer interior angles, in degrees.