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Angles in Polygons (Notes)

- Polygons are geometric shapes made up of line segments that are connected at the endpoints to form a closed figure. The number of sides and interior angles of polygons can be calculated using the fact that the sum of all interior angles in any polygon is 180° times (n - 2), where n is the number of sides. - Regular polygons have both regular interior angles (all the same measure) and regular exterior angles. The interior angles of a regular polygon sum to (n - 2) × 180°, which is then divided by n to find the measure of each interior angle. The exterior angles are found by subtracting the interior angle measure from 180°. - This document provides formulas and examples for calculating the number of interior

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Angles in Polygons (Notes)

- Polygons are geometric shapes made up of line segments that are connected at the endpoints to form a closed figure. The number of sides and interior angles of polygons can be calculated using the fact that the sum of all interior angles in any polygon is 180° times (n - 2), where n is the number of sides. - Regular polygons have both regular interior angles (all the same measure) and regular exterior angles. The interior angles of a regular polygon sum to (n - 2) × 180°, which is then divided by n to find the measure of each interior angle. The exterior angles are found by subtracting the interior angle measure from 180°. - This document provides formulas and examples for calculating the number of interior

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Angles in polygons

Key Ideas Main Notes


• We can use the angle fact of 1800 in a triangle to calculate the number of degrees in all polygons.
• Poly-gon comes from Latin and means ‘many angles’.
• You need to know the names of the polygons..

Angles in polygons:.

Number Number of Sum of interior Regular shape Regular shape


Name
of sides Triangles angles (total) Interior angle Exterior angle

Quadrilateral 4 2 360o 90o 90o


Pentagon 5 3 540o 108o 72o
Hexagon 6 4 720o 120o 60o
Heptagon 7 5 900o 128.6o 51.4o
Octagon 8 6 1080o 135o 45o
Nonagon 9 7 1260o 140o 40o
Decagon 10 8 1440o 144o 36o
Always 2 less than Number of triangles Sum of all angles 180o minus the
the number of sides multiplied by 180o divided by the regular interior angle
number of sides Or
360o ÷ number of sides

Using angles in polygons:.


Shape A Interior + Exterior = 180o
102o
165o + 15o = 180o
132o
Six sides = 4 x 180o 165o 15o
78o
= 720o
x
126o
Shape A is a regular shape,
how many sides does it have?
150o

Find x: x =720o - (102o+ 132o+ 150o+ 126o+ 78o) 360o ÷ 15o = 24 sides
x = 132o (all exterior angles make 360o)

Important things to note: • Lookout for key words like regular, interior,
• Double check the number of sides you exterior.
are dealing with.
• Beware of isosceles angles
• Interior and it’s exterior wil make 180o
• Annotate your diagrams with what you know.
• All exterior angles will make 360o

Reflection:

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