SOLUTION: If each interior angle of a regular polygon measures 120 degrees then what would be the equation to find the number of sides,n in this polygon?

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Question 387637: If each interior angle of a regular polygon measures 120 degrees then what would be the equation to find the number of sides,n in this polygon?

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, Alan3354:
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The on an sided polygon add up to degrees.
So you want
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Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The exterior angles are 60º (180 - 120)
The sum of exterior angles for ALL polygons is 360º
360/60 = 6 sides

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