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Geometry Level 3

How many regular polygons exist such that their angles (in degrees) are multiple of 10 10 ?


The answer is 7.

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2 solutions

Yash Ghaghada
Jan 31, 2018

so required is 2x, 2x=180-360/n

180-360/n=10k => n=36/(18-k)

factors of 36 are 1,2,3,4,6,9,12,36

for 18-k,36 is not permissible as n>2

so other than 36 there 7 factors

David Vreken
Feb 10, 2018

If an interior angle of a regular polygon is a multiple of 10 10 , then the exterior angle of a regular polygon must also be a multiple of 10 10 (since both add up to 180 ° 180° , another multiple of 10 10 ).

Since each exterior angle is 360 n \frac{360}{n} , the number of angle solutions that are a multiple of 10 10 would be the number of factors of 360 10 = 36 \frac{360}{10} = 36 that are greater or equal to 3 3 (since a polygon must have at least 3 3 sides). Since 36 = 2 2 3 2 36 = 2^23^2 , its total number of factors is ( 2 + 1 ) ( 2 + 1 ) = 9 (2 + 1)(2 + 1) = 9 , and excluding 1 1 and 2 2 since a polygon must have at least 3 3 sides, the total number of polygons such that their angles (in degrees) are a multiple of 10 10 is 9 2 = 7 9 - 2 = \boxed{7} .

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