document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=569498>Question 569498</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. suppose that the sum of the measures of the vertex angles of a polygon is 1620 degrees. How many sides does the polygon have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what I've tried:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(n-2)180/n= i multiplied \"n\" by both sides to cancel out the fraction and then use distribution property to fix the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "180n - 360= 1620n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-180n       180n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      -360= 1440n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        -0.25=n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but that is the wrong answer. the book says that the answer of sides is 11.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #367357 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=367357\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I know your frustration. It's hard to figure out one's own mistake, and it is obvious that a polygon could not have -0.25 sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28n-2%29180%2Fn ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28n-2%29180%2Fn\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would be the measure of one angle in a regular n-sided polygon. That's probably what you were thinking of, but the problem refers to the sum of the measures of the angles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The  sum of the measures of the vertex angles of an n-sided polygon is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28n-2%29180 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28n-2%29180\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28n-2%29180=1620 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28n-2%29180=1620\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n-2=1620%2F180 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n-2=1620%2F180\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n-2=9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n-2=9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n=9%2B2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n=9%2B2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28n=11%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28n=11%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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