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An exterior angle of a regular polygon is 72°.

(i) what is the size of each interior angle of the polygon?
(ii) Find the number of sides of the polygon.

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The answer is 5
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Answer:

Exterior angle = 72⁰

As polygon is regular , each interior angle = 180⁰ - 72⁰ = 108⁰

Number of sides :

As the sum of exterior angles is 360⁰ :

n × 72⁰ = 360⁰

n = 360/72 = 5

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