JAMB Mathematics
Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose interior angle is twice the exterior angle.
a.
2
b.
3
c.
6
d.
8
Correct answer: C
Let the measure of each of the interior angles of the polygon be . The corresponding exterior angles will be because the exterior angles are half of the interior angles. The sum of the interior angle and the exterior angle is so , , , . Therefore each of the interior angles of the polygon is .
The angle measure of each of the interior angles of an n-sided regular polygon is . This means that
The polygon referred to in the question has six sides.