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A regular polygon has an interior angle of 172°. Find the exterior angle and work out how many sides it has.

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Hi my dream princess

A regular polygon with an interior angle of 172° has the following characteristics:

Exterior angle: 360° / number of sides - interior angle.

Number of sides: 360° / exterior angle.

Using this information, we can find the exterior angle and the number of sides:

Exterior angle: 360° / number of sides - 172°.

Number of sides: 360° / (360° / number of sides - 172°).

Solving for the number of sides, we have:

Number of sides: 360° / (360° / number of sides - 172°)

= 360° / (360° / number of sides) - 172° / (360° / number of sides)

= number of sides - 172° / (360° / number of sides)

= number of sides (1 - 172° / 360°)

= number of sides * 188° / 360°.

Since we have a fraction involving a fraction, we can simplify:

Number of sides = number of sides * 188° / 360°

= number of sides * 47° / 90°

= number of sides * 47 / 90.

Since 47 and 90 are both divisible by 47, we can simplify further:

Number of sides = number of sides * 47 / 90

= number of sides * 1 / 2.

Therefore, the regular polygon has 2 sides and each exterior angle is 180°. The polygon is an isosceles triangle.

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