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Question 111623: A regular has an exterior angle which equals 36 degrees.
how many sides has this regular polygon got?: A regular has an exterior angle which equals 36 degrees.
how many sides has this regular polygon got?
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Each exterior angle in a regular polygon has measure 360/n degrees where n = the number of sides. Since the regular polygon has an exterior angle of 36 degrees then there are 10 sides since 360/10 = 36.