SOLUTION: Find the number of sides of a polygon if the sum of the number of sides and the number of diagonals is 66. A. 11 B. 12 C. 14 D. 16

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Question 1153291: Find the number of sides of a polygon if the sum of the number of sides and the number of diagonals is 66.
A. 11
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

total number of diagonals: where is the number of
if the sum of the number of and the number of is , we have



...factor completely




solutions:

-> disregard negative solution
the number of sides is
answer: B.

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