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Geometry Level 3

The interior angles of a convex polygon are in A.P. The smallest angle is 120 and the common difference is 5. Find the number of sides of the polygon.

NOTE. All angles are in degrees.

11 6 16 9

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1 solution

Here a = 120, d =5 . Let no. of sides be, n .

Then by geometry, sum of interior angles of the polygon = (2n - 4) × \times 90 .

Also, since the interior angles are in A.P.

so, there sum = n 2 [ 2 × 120 + ( n 1 ) 5 ] \frac { n }{ 2 } \left[ 2\times 120+\left( n-1 \right) 5 \right]

equating both the equations, we get n 2 [ 5 n + 235 ] = ( 2 n 4 ) 90 \frac { n }{ 2 } \left[ 5n+235 \right] \quad =\quad \left( 2n-4 \right) 90

on further solving, two values of n are 9 and 16.

But when n=16 ,

greatest interior angle, t 16 { t }_{ 16 } = a + 15d = 120 + 75 = 195 > 180

which is not possible,

\therefore n = 9

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