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The sum of the angle measures of a polygon with n sides is 1440 . Find n.

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We have that the sum of the angles measures of a polygon with n sides is 1440

The formula to find this is


\mleft(n-2\mright)\mleft(180\mright)=1440

we need to clear x


\begin{gathered} (n-2)=(1440)/(180) \\ n-2=8 \\ n=8+2 \\ n=10 \end{gathered}

the value of n =10

the polygon has 10 sides

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