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Can someone please help me find the answer to the following?

Can someone please help me find the answer to the following?-example-1

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For a given polygon with n sides, the formula for the exterior angles is


\begin{gathered} (360)/(n)=\theta \\ \text{where }\theta\text{ is an exterior angle. } \end{gathered}

In our case,


\theta=17.14

then, by substituting this value into our formula,we get


(360)/(n)=17.14

By moving n to the right hand side, we have


360=17.14* n

and n is given as


\begin{gathered} n=(360)/(17.14) \\ n=21.0035 \end{gathered}

Therefore, by rounding down this result, the answer is 21 sides.

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