SOLUTION: the ratio of exterior angles and the interior angles of a regular polygon is 1:4. leena says the polygon is a regular decagon while linda says it is regular pentagon. who is right

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Question 1019530: the ratio of exterior angles and the interior angles of a regular polygon is 1:4. leena says the polygon is a regular decagon while linda says it is regular pentagon. who is right
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The ratio of exterior angles and the interior angles of a regular polygon is 1:4.
Leena says the polygon is a regular decagon while Linda says it is regular pentagon. who is right
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Answer. Leena is right.

Solution

Let x be the measure of the exterior angle, in degrees.
Then the measure of the interior angle is  4x,  according to the condition.

And the sum of  x  and  4x  is  180 degrees:

x + 4x = 180  --->  5x = 180  --->  x =  = 36.

Thus the exterior angle is 36 degrees.
(The interior is 4*36 = 144).

Now, the sum of exterior angles of any polygon is   degrees.

Hence, the number of vertices is   = 10.


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