How do you find the measure of each interior angle of a polygon?

1 Answer
Jan 22, 2016

Without more information, you can only find the value of the interior angles of a regular polygon. Using the equation is ((n-2)180^@)/n where n is the number of sides of the regular polygon

Explanation:

A regular polygon refers to a multi-sided convex figure where all sides are equal in length and all angles have equal degree measures.

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The regular triangle has 3 interior angles of 60^@ and 3 exterior angles of 120^@. The exterior angle have a sum of 360^@ =(3)120^@

The square has 4 interior angles of 90^o and 4 exterior angles of 90^@. The exterior angles have a sum of 360^@ =(4)90^@.

The pentagon has 5 interior angles of 108^o and 5 exterior angles of 72^@. The exterior angles have a sum of 360^@ =(5)72^@.

In order to find the value of the interior angle of a regular polygon, the equation is ((n-2)180^@)/n where n is the number of sides of the regular polygon.

Triangle: " "((3-2)180^@)/3 = 60^@

Square " "((4-2)180^@)/4 = 90^@

Pentagon " "((5-2)180^@)/5 = 108^@