SOLUTION: 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.

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Question 1210519: 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.
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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 360%5Eo. Therefore, each exterior angle of any regular polygon will be 360%2Fn,
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 = 2%28360%2Fn%29 = 720%2Fn.

Since the 2 angles (interior and exterior) are on a straight line, they are supplementary. This gives us: 360%2Fn+%2B+720%2Fn+=+180
                                                                                                          360 + 720 = 180n ---- Multiplying by LCD, n
                                                                                                              1,080 = 180n
                                                           Number of sides that this regular polygon contains, or n+=+%221%2C080%22%2F180+=+6

The regular polygon contains 6 sides, and is therefore, a regular HEXAGON!

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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 = 180%2F3+=+60%5Eo.
As each exterior angle is 60%5Eo, and the sum of the exterior angles of any polygon is 360%5Eo, number of sides of this polygon = 360%2F60+=+6
With 6 sides, this makes this a regular HEXAGON!