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20 October, 07:33

The exterior angle of a regular polygon is equal to one third of the interior angle. calculate the number of sides of the polygon and give its name

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  1. 20 October, 10:28
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    The angle in a regular polygon is ((n-2) * 180) / n with n being the number of sides. The exterior angles would be (360) / n since exterior angles add up to 360. Therefore, (360) / n = (((n-2) * 180) / n) * 1/3. Multiplying both sides by n, we get 360 = ((n-2) * 180) * 1/3. After that, we divide both sides by 180 and multiply both sides by 3 to get 6=n-2. Therefore, n=8 and it is an octagon
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