SOLUTION: How many sides does a polygon with an interior angle measure of 108 degrees have? Please show your work, thanks :)

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Question 523991: How many sides does a polygon with an interior angle measure of 108 degrees have? Please show your work, thanks :)

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Depends. If it is a regular polygon, then the measure of an interior angle is given by:



Set the expression equal to your given number of degrees and solve for

On the other hand, if it is not a regular polygon, and you have given us absolutely no reason to suspect that it is, all bets are off. You can't tell the how many sides from the measure of one of the interior angles.

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