Geometry/Chapter 12

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Interior Angles are the angles inside a polygon. To find interior angles, use the following eqauation: (n-2) * 180=interior angles where n= sides of the polygon

EXAMPLE

A regular pentagon: 5 sided polygon

(5-2)*180=3*180=540 degrees there are 540 degress in a pentagon

in order to find how many degrees are in each side, take the interior angles and divide it by how many sides there are.

540/5=108

In a regular pentagon (regular meaning same length and angle for each side), each angle is 108 degrees

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[edit] Sum of the Interior Angles of a Triangle

The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.

Example Problem What is the third angle of a triangle, given that the other two angles are 35 degrees and 75 degrees? Answer: 35 + 75 = 110 and 180-110 =70 so the third angle must be 70 degrees.


[edit] Triangle Exterior Angle Theorem

The exterior angle of a triangle is equal in measure to the sum of the two remote (not adjacent) interior angles of the triangle.

Example Problem If the exterior angle of a triangle is 40 degrees and if one of the remote angles is 15 degrees, what is the measure of of the other remote angle? 40-15=25 So the other remote angle is 25 degrees.

[edit] The Sum of Exterior Angles Theorem

The sum of exterior angles of a convex polygon taken one at each vertex is 360 degrees.

[edit] Exercises

Example Problem If a regular polygon has 15 sides, what is the measure of each exterior angle? Answer: 360/15 = 24 so each exterior angle is 24. The interior angles must add to 180 so 180 - 24 = 156 so each interior angle is 156 degrees.

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