Diagonals and Angles

Geometry Level 3

A regular polygon has 2774 2774 diagonals. Find the measure of an interior angle of the polygon (in degrees).


The answer is 175.2.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
May 28, 2021

Since every two vertices of n n -sided polygon form a line. The total number of lines formed by n n vertices is ( n 2 ) \dbinom n2 , subtract away the n n sides, we get the number of diagonals. Therefore we have:

( n 2 ) n = 2774 n ( n 1 ) 2 n = 2774 n 2 3 n 5548 = 0 ( n 76 ) ( n + 73 ) = 0 Since n > 0 n = 76 \begin{aligned} \binom n2 - n & = 2774 \\ \dfrac {n(n-1)}2-n & = 2774 \\ n^2 - 3n - 5548 & = 0 \\ (n-76)(n+73) & = 0 & \small \blue{\text{Since }n > 0} \\ \implies n & = 76 \end{aligned}

An n n -sided regular polygon is formed by n n congruent isosceles triangles with a common vertex which is the center of the regular polygon. Each the sum of three interior angles of each triangle is 18 0 180^\circ . Therefore the sum for n n triangles is 18 0 n 180^\circ n , subtract away 35 0 350^\circ at the center, we get the measure of the n n interior angles of the regular polygon. Let the measure of interior angle be θ \theta^\circ . Then we have:

θ = 180 n 360 n = 74 180 76 = 3330 19 17 5 \theta = \frac {180n - 360}n = \frac {74 \cdot 180}{76} = \frac {3330}{19} \approx \boxed{175^\circ}

Saya Suka
May 27, 2021

√(2 × 2774) ≈ 74.485
2774 = n(n – 3) / 2
n = 76

Answer
= 180° – (360° ÷ n)
= 180° – (360° / 76)
= 175.263158°

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