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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How many sides does a polygon have if the measure of each interior angle is 8 times the measure of each exterior angle? \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Christine \n" ); document.write( "
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How many sides does a polygon have if the measure of each interior angle is 8 times the measure of each exterior angle?
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw the figure of an exterior angle and its corresponding
\n" ); document.write( "interior angle. Notice that they are supplementary.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let the exterior angle have measure \"x\"; The interior angle has measure \"8x\".
\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION:
\n" ); document.write( "x + 8x = 180
\n" ); document.write( "9x = 180
\n" ); document.write( "x = 20 degrees (measure of one of the exterior angles.
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\n" ); document.write( "Fact: The sume of the exterior angles of a polygon is 360 degrees.
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\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION:
\n" ); document.write( "# of sides = 360/20 = 18 sides
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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