What is the maximum number of sides a regular polygon can have such that its interior angles (in degrees) are integers?
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The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon with n sides is given by the formula 1 8 0 ( n − 2 ) . Since there are n interior angles we want n 1 8 0 ( n − 2 ) = 1 8 0 − n 3 6 0 to be an integer which means that n = 3 6 0 .