Number of sides of a regular polygon

Geometry Level 2

The measure of a regular polygon’s interior angle is four times the measure of its exterior angle. How many sides does the polygon have?


The answer is 10.

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The sum of interior angles of a polygon is S = ( n 2 ) ( 180 ) S=(n-2)(180) . The sum of exterior angles of a polygon is 360 360 . Let n n be the number of sides of the regular polygon, θ \theta be the measure of one interior angle of the regular polygon and β \beta be the measure of one exterior angle of the regular polygon.

Then,

θ = 4 β \theta=4\beta

S n = 4 360 n \dfrac{S}{n}=4\dfrac{360}{n}

( n 2 ) ( 180 ) n = 1440 n \dfrac{(n-2)(180)}{n}=\dfrac{1440}{n}

n 2 = 1440 180 n-2=\dfrac{1440}{180}

n 2 = 8 n-2=8

n = 10 n=10

Roger Erisman
Apr 24, 2017

Let x = exterior angle. Then 180 - x = interior angle.

180 - x = 4x

180 = 5x

36 = x

360 / 36 = 10 sides

Might be worth mentioning that it's 360/36 because of the fact that 1 angle in the center is found by 180-4x=36.

Peter van der Linden - 4 years, 1 month ago

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