SOLUTION: (GEOMETRY) CONSIDER A REGULAR NONAGON.... 3) Calculate the measure of one exterior angle of a regular octagon

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Question 976120: (GEOMETRY)


CONSIDER A REGULAR NONAGON....


3) Calculate the measure of one exterior angle of a regular octagon
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Is it a nonagon? or an octagon?

if nonagon, then each exterior angle is 360/9 = 40 degrees

if octagon, then each exterior angle is 360/8 = 45 degrees

general formula:
E = 360/n
E = exterior angle
n = number of sides