Maximum number of sides of a regular polygon

Geometry Level 2

What is the maximum number of sides a regular polygon can have such that its interior angles (in degrees) are integers?


The answer is 360.

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2 solutions

Romain Bouchard
Jan 29, 2018

The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon with n n sides is given by the formula 180 ( n 2 ) 180(n-2) . Since there are n n interior angles we want 180 ( n 2 ) n = 180 360 n \frac{180(n-2)}{n} = 180 - \frac{360}{n} to be an integer which means that n = 360 n = \boxed{360} .

David Vreken
Feb 1, 2018

If the interior angle of a regular polygon is an integer, than the exterior angle will be an integer, too (since both angles add up to the integer 180 180 and addition is closed for integers). The exterior angle of a regular polygon with n n sides is 360 n \frac{360}{n} , so the greatest value of n n where 360 n \frac{360}{n} is still an integer would be the greatest factor of 360 360 , which is 360 360 .

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