In a certain regular polygon, the measure of each interior angle is 2 times the measure of each exterior angle.
Find the number of sides in this regular polygon.
The exterior angles of any polygon, sum to
. Therefore, each exterior angle of any regular polygon will be
,
with n being the number of sides
Since it's stated that each interior angle is TWICE each exterior angle, then each interior angle of this regular polygon =
=
.
Since the 2 angles (interior and exterior) are on a straight line, they are supplementary. This gives us:
360 + 720 = 180n ---- Multiplying by LCD, n
1,080 = 180n
Number of sides that this regular polygon contains, or
The regular polygon contains 6 sides, and is therefore, a regular HEXAGON!
OR
Let each exterior angle, be E
Then each interior angle = 2E
As these 2 angles are supplementary, we get: E + 2E = 180
3E = 180
Measure of each exterior angle of this regular polygon, or E =
.
As each exterior angle is
, and the sum of the exterior angles of any polygon is
, number of sides of this polygon =
With 6 sides, this makes this a regular HEXAGON!