document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1119333>Question 1119333</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The ratio of the exterior and interior angles of a polygon is 7:8. How many sides has the polygon \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The statement of the problem is ambiguous; and with any interpretation I can see the condition is impossible.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do you mean a regular polygon?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is the ratio 7:8 between one exterior angle and the corresponding interior angle? or between the sum of all the exterior angles and all the interior angles?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If this is supposed to be a regular polygon, then with a ratio of 7:8 between one exterior and one interior angle, and the sum of the two angles being 180, the exterior angle would be 84 degrees and the interior angle 96 degrees.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But the sum of the exterior angles of any polygon is 360 degrees; that would mean the number of sides would have to be 360/84 = 30/7.  But the number of sides of a polygon has to be a whole number.... </SPAN>\n" );
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