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What does the 180 mean in this (n-2)180 and why do we multiply it

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Polygons can be separated into triangles by drawing all the diagonals that can be drawn from one single vertex. If you look back at the formula, you'll see that n – 2 gives the number of triangles in the polygon, and that number is multiplied by 180, the sum of the measures of all the interior angles in a triangle.

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