SOLUTION: What is the number of sides of a regular polygon if one angle measures 156°

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Question 461249: What is the number of sides of a regular polygon if one angle measures 156°
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Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Every polygon has interior angles adding up to . In this polygon, the interior angles add up to 156n, where is the number of sides.



........the number of sides of a regular polygon

Answer by Gogonati(855)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon with n angles is
. Since the angle of our polygon measure 156 degree, then the sum
of interior angles is: . Equalizing these two expressions for the sum
of interior angles we have:, solving this equation we get:
=> => .
Answer:The number of sides of our polygon are 15.

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