The interior angles of a convex polygon are in arithmetic progression . The smallest angle is and the common difference is .
Find the number of sides of the polygon.
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Let there be n sides of the polygon. Then the sum of its interior angles is given by
S n = ( n − 2 ) × 1 8 0 ∘ .
Also, the sum of all the terms of an arithmetic progression is given by
S n = 2 n [ 2 a 1 + ( n − 1 ) d ] where a 1 = 1 2 0 ∘ and d = 5 ∘
Equating both the equations:
( n − 2 ) × 1 8 0 ∘ = 2 n [ 2 a 1 + ( n − 1 ) d ]
On solving, we will get two values for n ⇒ 1 6 , 9
But if the polygon is of 16 sides, the 1 3 t h angle will be 1 8 0 ∘ , which is not allowed.
Hence, the answer is ⇒ 9