SOLUTION: What is the name of a polygon if the number of its diagonals is 10 times the number of sides? show solution

SOLUTION: What is the name of a polygon if the number of its diagonals is 10 times the number of sides? show solution

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Question 1186813: What is the name of a polygon if the number of its diagonals is 10 times the number of sides? show solution

Answer by greenestamps(13206) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If n is the number of sides of the polygon, then the number of diagonals is

The given condition is then this:

n=0 or n=23; obviously n=0 makes no sense, so n=23

The polygon has 23 sides.

For the NAME of that polygon, you can do an internet search....

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