SOLUTION: in a regular polygon, each interior angle is greater by 140 degrees than each exterior angle. calculate the number of sides of the polygon

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Question 514007: in a regular polygon, each interior angle is greater by 140 degrees than each exterior angle. calculate the number of sides of the polygon
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I just did this one, but here it is again.

The measure of an interior angle in a regular -gon is given by . The measure of the exterior angle of a regular -gon is given by . We are given that the difference is 140 degrees, so:



Solve for .

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