Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:43:06 -0600 (CST)

Subject: Geometry

Name:          Rick 

Who is asking: Parent
Level:         Secondary
If you are given the measure of each interior angle (162 degrees) of a regular polygon. how many sides does the polygon have?
Hi Rick

If you look at a pentagon first where the interior angle is 108 deg then you see.
The angle at the center is 180-108=72 deg and 360/72=5
Now in your problem where the interior angle is 162 deg
The angle at the center is 180-162=18 deg and 360/18=20 so the polygon has 20 sides.
Penny

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