In a regular polygon, the ratio of an interior angle : exterior angle = 14 : 1.
- (a)
Find the number of sides of the polygon.
Answer ... sides
- (b)
Find the sum of the interior angles of the polygon.
Answer ...°
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15(a)
1. Use the given ratio to express the interior and exterior angles.
Let the interior angle be and the exterior angle be .
2. Find the size of one exterior angle.
An interior angle and its exterior angle sum to .
So each exterior angle is .
3. Use the exterior angle of a regular polygon to find the number of sides.
For a regular polygon,
sides
15(b)
1. Find the sum of the interior angles using $n=30$.
From part (a), the polygon has sides.
Sum of interior angles
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