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  • 23-12-2017
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The measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon is 72 degrees. how many sides does the polygon have?

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tynollette tynollette
  • 27-12-2017
if the measure of each exterior angle is 72, the measure of each interior angle is then 180-72=108
the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is (n-2)*180, n is the number of sides
(n-2)*180=108*n
180n-360=108n
180n-108n=360
n=5
the polygon has 5 sides. 
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