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4. Polygons and Angles
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Exercise 6 Page 401

In a polygon, the sum of the measures of the exterior angles — one at each vertex — is 360^(∘).

18^(∘)

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To find the measure of an exterior angle of a regular 20-gon, we will first recall an important piece of information.

Exterior Angles of a Polygon

In a polygon, the sum of the measures of the exterior angles — one at each vertex — is 360^(∘).

This means that the sum of the exterior angles of a regular 20-gon is also 360^(∘). A 20-gon has 20 vertices and 20 exterior angles.

Regular polygon with exterior angles

In a regular polygon, all exterior angles are congruent. Therefore, a regular 20-gon has 20 congruent exterior angles. To find the measure of one of them, we will divide 360^(∘) by 20. 360/20 = 18^(∘)