Number of diagonals of a polygon of n sides is given by the formula n*(n-3)/2 where n >= 3 (I'm not giving the proof for this formula here - it has already been described as part of other solutions in this site) Here since it is given that the polygon has 275 diagonalsor which is a standard quadratic equation. Solving this by factorization Solving, n = 25 or n = -22 Since n cannot be negative, the polygon has sides. :)