SOLUTION: What is the measure of one angle of a regular 11-gon? If necessary, round to the nearest degree

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Question 314179: What is the measure of one angle of a regular 11-gon? If necessary, round to the nearest degree
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For an n-sided polygon, the sum of the angles' measures is (n-2)*180 degrees

So for an 11-sided regular polygon, the sum is:

(11-2)*180=1620 degrees

The polygon is regular, so you can just divide by 11 to get the measure of each angle:

1620/11 = 147.2727 degrees