SOLUTION: please help me to solve this question :- can 35 degree be the exterior angle of a regular polygon

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Question 978897: please help me to solve this question :-
can 35 degree be the exterior angle of a regular polygon
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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n = 360/E

n = 360/35

n = 10.2857142857142

The result 10.2857142857142 is NOT a whole number. We cannot have a fractional number of sides.

So a 35 degree exterior angle is NOT possible for a regular polygon.