Three vertices of a regular n-gon are connected to form a triangle, and the angles are in the ratio . What's the minimum number of sides for this regular n-gon?
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Because we're considering a regular n-gon, we can inscribe it in a circle. We can denote the arc length between two neighboring vertices of the n-gon as θ degrees. Call the triangle A B C . By power of the point, we get that ∡ A B C = 2 a θ where a is the number of sides of the n-gon contained by arc B C . Thus, we find that the angles are in the same ratio as the number of sides of the n-gon contained by each arc of two vertices of the triangle. The ratio given cannot be simplified, so the answer is just 2 0 1 5 . (This is just letting one arc contain two sides, another 1 0 0 6 and another 1 0 0 7 .)