SOLUTION: I need help with #16,how to find the measure of a 20-gon angle. Here are the directions, " find the measure of an angle in each polygon if the polygon is regular. Round to the near

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: I need help with #16,how to find the measure of a 20-gon angle. Here are the directions, " find the measure of an angle in each polygon if the polygon is regular. Round to the nearest tenth of a degree if necessary. This question is from textbook

Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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the formula for finding the sum of interior angles for a regular polygon is 180(n-2)....so since n=20 we arrive at
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180(18)=3240 degrees
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now since there are 20 equal angles we divide this by 20 to get the measurement of 1
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3240/20=162 degrees each