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No special strategy!! Just the use of the formula.
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document.write( "Formula for determining the number of diagonals of a polygon: , with n being the number of sides
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document.write( "Since there are 6 times as many diagonals as numbers of sides, then number of diagonals = 6n
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document.write( "We now have: 
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document.write( " ------ Cross-multiplying
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document.write( "n(n - 15) = 0
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document.write( "Number of sides, or        OR       n = 0 (ignore) \n" );
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