SOLUTION: A regular pentadecagon is a polygon with 15 congruent sides. A regular icosagon is a polygon with 20 congruent sides.
Using these definitions, determine the smallest positive
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Using these definitions, determine the smallest positive
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Question 1071601: A regular pentadecagon is a polygon with 15 congruent sides. A regular icosagon is a polygon with 20 congruent sides.
Using these definitions, determine the smallest positive angle of rotation about their centers that carries both a regular pentadecagon onto itself and a regular icosagon onto itself.
Any rotation of a regular polygon with n sides about its center
through an angle which is a positive integer multiple of the
central angle of the regular polygon carries the regular polygon
onto itself. The central angle of a regular polygon with n sides
is 360°/n.
For a regular pentadecagon, the central angle is 360°/15 = 24°
For a regular icosagon, the central angle is 360°/20 = 18°
The smallest positive angle of rotation about their centers that
carries both a regular pentadecagon onto itself and a regular
icosagon onto itself is therefore the least common multiple of
24° and 18°, which is 72°.
Edwin