SOLUTION: A regular polygon has 17 sides. What does each side equal? First, you multiply 17 by 180. But then what do you do? How do you find that out?

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Question 944218: A regular polygon has 17 sides. What does each side equal?
First, you multiply 17 by 180. But then what do you do?
How do you find that out?

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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A regular polygon has 17 sides. What does each side equal?
First, you multiply 17 by 180. But then what do you do?
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The side lengths can be anything > zero.
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If you're trying to find the interior angles,
The sum of them is 180*(17 - 2) = 2700 degrees
Each angle = 2700/17 degs
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The sum of interior angles for any polygon is 180*(n-2) where n is the # of angles.