SOLUTION: given the measure of each exterior angle of a regular n-gon 7 1/2 degrees find the valus of n

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Question 820475: given the measure of each exterior angle of a regular n-gon 7 1/2 degrees find the valus of n
Found 2 solutions by tommyt3rd, Alan3354:
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) About Me  (Show Source):
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360/n=7 1/12
360/n=85/12
n/360=12/85
n=12/85 * 360
n=50.82...
so this is not possible - n must be an integer

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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given the measure of each exterior angle of a regular n-gon 7 1/2 degrees find the valus of n
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360/7.5 = 48 sides
n = 48