# If the measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon is 171, what is the number of sides in the polygon?

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The polygon will have 40 sides.

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The measure of the interior angles of a polygon is determined by the formula

$\frac{\left(n - 2\right) 180}{n}$ = interior angle measure

were $n$ is the number of angles and sides of the polygon.

We know that the interior angles of the polygon in the question have measures of ${171}^{o}$

$\frac{\left(n - 2\right) 180}{n} = {171}^{o}$
$\left(\left(n - 2\right) 180\right) = {171}^{o} \left(n\right)$
$180 n - 360 = 171 n$
$- 360 = 171 n - 180 n$
$- 360 = - 9 n$
$- \frac{360}{-} 9 = n$
$40 = n$

The polygon will have 40 sides.

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