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?
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The sum of interior angles of a polygon is S = ( n − 2 ) ( 1 8 0 ) . The sum of exterior angles of a polygon is 3 6 0 . Let n be the number of sides of the regular polygon, θ be the measure of one interior angle of the regular polygon and β be the measure of one exterior angle of the regular polygon.
Then,
θ = 4 β
n S = 4 n 3 6 0
n ( n − 2 ) ( 1 8 0 ) = n 1 4 4 0
n − 2 = 1 8 0 1 4 4 0
n − 2 = 8
n = 1 0