SOLUTION: The difference between the exterior angles of two regular polygon having sides equal to n and n+1 is 12. Find the value of n

Question 983192: The difference between the exterior angles of two regular polygon having sides equal to n and n+1 is 12. Find the value of n
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

An exterior angle of a n sided polygon is equal to and that of sided polygon is .
if the difference between the exterior angles of two regular polygon is , we have
...........solve for

solutions:
if =>
if=>...=.> since cannot be negative number, disregard solution
so, your solution is

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