SOLUTION: describe the relationship between no sides of a regular polygon and the measure of each angle

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Question 1154213: describe the relationship between no sides of a regular polygon and the measure of each angle

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
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Each central angle is equal to  2pi%2Fn radians,  or  360%2Fn degrees.


Each interior angle is equal to  pi+-+2pi%2Fn  radians,  or  180+-+360%2Fn  degrees.


Or, in more familiar form, each interior angle is equal to  %28180%2A%28n-2%29%29%2Fn  degrees.



Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065) About Me  (Show Source):
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Any n-sided polygon has n sides, n vertices and n interior angles.
Pick any one of the n vertices.  The 2 vertices adjacent to that vertex 
make up 2 of the n sides.  If we join the chosen vertex to each of the 
other n-2 vertices we will have n-2 triangles and the sum of all their 
angles will give us (n-2)∙180° for the sum of all the n interior angles 
of the polygon. 

Now in a regular polygon all the angles are equal, so each angle will
measure 1/nth of the sum (n-2)∙180°, or

%28%28n-2%29180%5Eo%29%2Fn

That is the answer AND WHY!

Edwin