SOLUTION: The measure of one interior angle of a regular polygon is 144 degrees find the number of sides of the polygon?

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Question 181166: The measure of one interior angle of a regular polygon is 144 degrees find the number of sides of the polygon?
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Answer by stanbon(48535) About Me  (Show Source):
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The measure of one interior angle of a regular polygon is 144 degrees find the number of sides of the polygon?
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The corresponding exterior angle is 36 degrees.
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The sum of the exterior angles is always 360.
Equation:
# of exterior angles = 360/36 = 10
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Therefore the number of sides is 10.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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The sum of the measures of the interior angles of any polygon is where n is the number of sides. Therefore, the measure of one of the interior angles of a regular polygon is this sum divided by the number of interior angles in the polygon which is always identical to the number of sides of the polygon.




John