Find the measure of each exterior angle of each regular polygon.
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Find the measure of each exterior angle of each regular polygon.

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so a pentagon has five sides, five minus two is three so there are three triangles in a pentagon. Then since every triangle has 180 degrees you would simply multiply the amount of triangles bty 180 and thats how many degrees are in the polygon. Now you know that a pentagon has 540 degrees and it also has five angles so each angle in a pentagon is 60 degrees. Next step is on a line there are 180 degrees so the exterior angles are 120 degrees each because the interior is 60.In summary to find the exterior angle of a polygon subtract the amount of the interior angle by 180 which can be gotten by subtracting 2 from the amount of sides,......
decagon

pentagon

hexagon

15-gon

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Every polygon can be divided into triangles like so: take a pentagon and draw a line to every vertice inside the pentagn. It will make up three triangles. The easy way to do it is subtract 2 from the amount of sides, so a pentagon has five sides, five minus two is three so there are three triangles in a pentagon. Then since every triangle has 180 degrees you would simply multiply the amount of triangles bty 180 and that's how many degrees are in the polygon. Now you know that a pentagon has 540 degrees and it also has five angles so each angle in a pentagon is 60 degrees. Next step is on a line there are 180 degrees so the exterior angles are 120 degrees each because the interior is 60.

decagon exterior angle: 36
hexagon ": 60
15-gon": 24

In summary to find the exterior angle of a polygon subtract the amount of the interior angle by 180 which can be gotten by subtracting 2 from the amount of sides, multiplying by 180 and dividing by number of sides.

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To find the exterior angle of any regular polygon, divide 360 by the number of sides.

decagon = 10 sides, exterior angle = 360/10 = 36°
pentagon = 5 sides, exterior angle = 360/5 = 72°
hexagon = 6 sides, exterior angle = 360/6 = 60°
15-gon = 15 sides, exterior angle = 360/15 = 24°

The interior angle is the supplement of the exterior angle.

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The total measure of each interior angle of a polygon of n sides is (n-2) * 180. As such, the measure of each interior angle would be (n-2)*180 / n.

decagon: (10-2)(180) / 10 = 144
penatgon: (5-2)(180) / 5 = 108
hexagon: (6-2)(180) / 6 = 120
15-gon: (15-2)(180) / 15 = 156

Best of luck!
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