SOLUTION: What is the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of any convex polygon, one angle at each vertex? ___________ A regular polygon has 6 sides. Find the measure of each ex

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Question 205617: What is the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of any convex polygon, one angle at each vertex? ____________

A regular polygon has 6 sides. Find the measure of each exterior angle. _________


Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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the sum of the exterior angles of a polygon is always 360 degrees. This makes 'sense' since, in the end, you just go 'one time around in a circle'.
So, for a regular hexagon, you have 6 sides. Each exterior anlge must then be 360%2F6 = 60