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Example Question #603 : Geometry
What is the angle measure for the largest unknown angle in the figure above? Round to the nearest hundredth.
The total degree measure of a given figure is given by the equation , where represents the number of sides in the figure. For this figure, it is:
Therefore, we know that the sum of the angles must equal . This gives us the equation:
Simplifying, this is:
Now, just solve for :
The largest of the unknown angles is or
Rounding, this is .
Example Question #4 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon
What is the interior angle of a polygon (a nonagon)? Round answer to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
To find the interior angle of an sided polygon, first find the total number of degrees in the polygon by the formula:
. For us that yields:
. Next we divide the total number of degrees by the number of sides:
Example Question #12 : Other Polygons
What is the total number of degrees in a polygon?
To find the total number of degrees in an -sided polygon, use the formula:
thus we see that
Example Question #5 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon
What is the interior angle of a polygon?
To find the interior angle of a regular, -sided polygon, use the formula:
:
Thus we see that and
Example Question #6 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon
What is the total number of degrees in a polygon?
To find the total number of degrees in an -sided polygon, use the formula:
. Thus we see that:
Example Question #1 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon
How many degrees are in the interior of an octagon (an 8-sided polygon)?
To find the total number of degrees in an -sided polygon, use the formula:
. Thus, for an octagon we have:
Example Question #2 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon
What is the interior angle of a pentagon?
To find the interior angle of an -sided polygon, use the formula:
we see for our polygon this yields:
Example Question #9 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon
What is the interior angle of a ten-sided polygon?
To find the interior angle of an -sided polygon, use the equation:
Plugging in 10 for yields:
Example Question #11 : Other Polygons
Find the total number of degrees inside a hexagon.
To solve, simply use the following formula where is the number of sides. Thus,
Example Question #12 : Other Polygons
Find the total number of degrees in a heptagon.
To solve, simply use the formula for finding the degrees in a closed polygon, given n being the number of sides.
In this particular case, a heptagon has seven sides.
Thus,