SOLUTION: When you are given the internal angles of a polygon and the external angle is always 360, how do you find the number of sides of that polygon?

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Question 254250: When you are given the internal angles of a polygon and the external angle is always 360, how do you find the number of sides of that polygon?
Found 2 solutions by drk, MRperkins:
Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of internal degrees of a polygon are
total internal = 180(n-2).
If we solve for n, we get
n = total internal/180 + 2.
EX:
total internal = 540,
540 = 180(n-2)
3 = n-2
n = 5.

Answer by MRperkins(300) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I would be happy to help you with this problem. There are sometimes multiple ways of solving something. Email me at: justin.sheppard.tech@hotmail.com and I will be happy to answer this for you.
Justin