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If each interior angle of a regular polygon measures 180° how many sides does it have

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Answer:

This is impossible.

Explanation:

The interior angle of a regular polygon is equal to


(180(n - 2))/(n)

where n is the number of sides.

Setting this equal to 180°,


(180(n - 2))/(n) = 180 \\ \\ (n - 2)/(n) = 1 \\ \\ n = n - 2 \\ \\ 0 = - 2

which is false.

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