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ANGLES IN A POLYGON

WHAT IS A REGULAR POLYGON?

• A closed figure shape that has


more than two sides.
• All angles and side are congruent
INTERIOR ANGLE SUM

• Just like a triangle, every regular polygon has an


interior sum when you add up all its angles.
• A triangle’s interior sum is 180 degrees.
• A square’s interior sum is 360 degrees.
• A pentagon’s interior sum is 540 degrees.
• Has anyone noticed the pattern?
• Every shape increases by 180 degrees from the one
before it.
FORMULA

• What is I told you the sum of a shape that has 54 sides has an
interior sum of 9360 degrees?
• Do you know how I got that?

• Well, there’s a simple formula that we use to calculate the


interior sum of any polygon.

(n-2)180=Sum
*n means the number of sides on your shape.
LET’S TRY IT

Number of Multiple by Interior


Shape Subtract 2
Sides 180 Sum

Hexagon 6 6-2=4 4 x 180 720

Remember, Decagon 10 10 – 2 = 8 8 x 180 1440


you can
always
count the Pentadecagon 15 15 – 2 = 13 13 x 180 2340
number of
sides if given
an image 36-gon 36 36 – 2 = 34 34 x 180 6120
EXAMPLE WITH A PICTURE

• 1st- count the number of sides


• 12
• 2nd- Create your formula
• (12-2)180 = Interior Sum
• 3rd- Calculate and get your sum
• 1800 degrees

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA


FINDING JUST ONE ANGLE?

• What if we need to find out what one angle is?


• There is a formula for that!

𝑛 − 2 180
𝑛

Just take the interior sum and divide by the number of side.
EXAMPLE: FINDING JUST ANGLE ONE
(BLUE)

Divide
Each
Interior interior
Number of Multiple by Interior
Shape Subtract 2 Sum sum by the
Sides 180 angle
(degrees) number of
(degrees)
sides

Hexagon 6 6-2=4 4 x 180 720 720 / 6 = 120 120

1440 / 10 =
Decagon 10 10 – 2 = 8 8 x 180 1440 144
144
2340 / 15 =
Pentadecagon 15 15 – 2 = 13 13 x 180 2340 156
156
6120 / 36 =
36-gon 36 36 – 2 = 34 34 x 180 6120 170
170
EXAMPLE OF FINDING JUST ONE ANGLE
WITH A PICTURE

• 1st- count the number of sides


• 9
• 2nd- Create your formula
• (9-2)180 = Interior Sum
• 3rd- Calculate and get your sum
• 1260 degrees
• 4th- Create formula to find individual angle
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
• (1260) / 9 or (9 - 2) 180 / 9
• 5th- Calculate and get individual angle
• 140 degrees
FINDING MEASURES OF
INTERIOR ANGLES OF POLYGONS

Find the value of x


88 142
1st: Find (n-2)180

(6-2)180=720
136 105

2nd: Set up an equation


136 x

607 + x = 720
x = 113o
EXTERIOR ANGLES

The sum of the exterior


angles of any polygon is 360o.
FINDING THE MEASURE OF AN
EXTERIOR ANGLE

12x = 360 7x = 360


x = 51.4
x = 30
HELPFUL HINTS

What is the relation


between an interior 1 2
angle and an
exterior angle?

They add to equal 180o.

USE THIS FACT!!!


FINDING THE NUMBER OF SIDES
OR N

• A regular polygon has an interior angle with a


measure of 140o. How many sides does it have?
1st Find an exterior angle
180 - 140 = 40

2nd Find n IT IS A
360 / 40 = 9 NONAGON!!
SUMMARY

• Sum of interior (n-2)180o

• Sum of exterior always 360o

• 1 Interior + 1 Exterior = 180o

• To find number of sides when give exterior angle = 360 ¸ext.


FORMULAS TO REMEMBER

• Sum of the interior angles of Polygon


• (n - 2)180
• Sum of the exterior angles of any polygon
• 360°
• Each interior angle of a regular polygon
• ((n - 2)180)/n
• Each exterior angle of a regular polygon
• 360/n

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