SOLUTION: one interior angle of a regular polygon is 135 degrees (i)calculate the size of exterior angle

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Question 798275: one interior angle of a regular polygon is 135 degrees (i)calculate the size of exterior angle

Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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An interior angle of a polygon and the corresponding exterior angle are supplementary. They add up to 180%5Eo
So the exterior angle measures 180%5Eo-135%5Eo=45%5Eo

EXTRA INFORMATION:
As you go around a polygon, an exterior angle is the change of direction as you "turn the corner". One whole turn around the polygon is 360%5Eo, so all the exterior angles add up to 360%5Eo.
In a regular polygon, all angles have the same measure, so after you turn your direction by 45%5Eo at 8 vertices, you will have made a complete
8%2A45%5Eo=360%5Eo turn around the polygon and will be going in the direction you started (and on the side you started).
That polygon has 8 vertices (and 8 sides). It's an octagon, just like a STOP sign.