A Huge Sum of Interior Angles

Geometry Level 1

The sum of the measures of the interior angles of an n n -gon is 234 0 2340^\circ . How many sides does this n n -gon have?


The answer is 15.

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1 solution

Galen Buhain
Mar 4, 2016

To solve this problem, you need to know the following formula:

Sum of the angles in an n n -gon = ( n 2 ) × 18 0 (n - 2)\times 180^\circ .

n is the number of sides. So just plug in the numbers and solve

234 0 = ( n 2 ) × 18 0 234 0 = 18 0 n 36 0 234 0 + 36 0 = 18 0 n 360 ° + 36 0 2700 ° = 18 0 n 270 0 18 0 = 18 0 n 18 0 (Dividing both sides by 18 0 ) 15 = n \begin{aligned} 2340^\circ& = (n - 2)\times 180^\circ\\ 2340^\circ& = 180^\circ n - 360^\circ\\ 2340^\circ + 360^\circ & = 180^\circ n - 360° + 360^\circ\\ 2700° &= 180^\circ n\\ \frac{2700^\circ}{180^\circ} &= \frac{180^\circ n}{180^\circ }\;\; \text{(Dividing both sides by} 180^{\circ})\\ 15& = n \end{aligned}

Therefore,the n n -gon has 15 \boxed{15} sides

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