WAEC Mathematics

Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 168°. Find the number of sides of the polygon.

a.

30

b.

36

c.

24

d.

18

Correct answer: A

Each of the interior angles of an n-sided regular polygon is given by the formula θ=(n2)×180n\theta = \frac{(n-2)\times180}{n}. We are told that each of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 168°168°. This means that 168=(n2)×180n168 = \frac{(n-2)\times180}{n}.

So 168n=(n2)×180168n = (n-2) \times 180, 168n=180n360168n = 180n - 360, 360=12n360 = 12n, n=36012n = \frac{360}{12}, n=30n = 30

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