ACT Math : Other Polygons

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon

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What is the angle measure for the largest unknown angle in the figure above? Round to the nearest hundredth.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 #2 : 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.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 #3 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon

What is the total number of degrees in a  polygon? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the total number of degrees in an -sided polygon, use the formula:

 thus we see that 

Example Question #4 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon

What is the interior angle of a  polygon?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the interior angle of a regular, -sided polygon, use the formula:

:

Thus we see that  and

Example Question #5 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon

What is the total number of degrees in a  polygon?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the total number of degrees in an -sided polygon, use the formula:

. Thus we see that:

Example Question #611 : Act Math

How many degrees are in the interior of an octagon (an 8-sided polygon)?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the total number of degrees in an -sided polygon, use the formula:

. Thus, for an octagon we have:

Example Question #612 : Act Math

What is the interior angle of a pentagon?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the interior angle of an -sided polygon, use the formula:


we see for our polygon this yields:

Example Question #8 : How To Find An Angle In A Polygon

What is the interior angle of a ten-sided polygon?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the interior angle of an -sided polygon, use the equation:

Plugging in 10 for  yields:

Example Question #613 : Act Math

Find the total number of degrees inside a hexagon.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve, simply use the following formula where  is the number of sides. Thus,

Example Question #614 : Act Math

Find the total number of degrees in a heptagon.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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,

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