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OpenStudy (colcaps):

Regular pentagon has an interior angle measuring 108° true or false?

OpenStudy (colcaps):

so penta is 5

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

find the exterior angle first, since u already knw that exterior angles sum to 360

OpenStudy (colcaps):

so ill use the formula?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

penta has 5 vertices, so, 5x = 360 x = ?

OpenStudy (colcaps):

5x=360 5x=360 cancel out then divide?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

hmm yes, 5x = 360 x = 360/5 = ?

OpenStudy (colcaps):

answer is 72

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

thats exterior angle

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

but u also knw that, exterior + interior = 180

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

so.. ?

OpenStudy (colcaps):

108?

OpenStudy (colcaps):

180-72

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

Excellent ! 72 + interior = 180 interior = 180 - 72 = 108

OpenStudy (colcaps):

so its true

OpenStudy (colcaps):

thank you very much i think im starting to like geom

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you would love it and get addicted to it i promise :P

OpenStudy (colcaps):

i have another question lol

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

sure ask

OpenStudy (colcaps):

the measure of the interior angle of a convex polygon is always greater than the measure of its adjacent exterior angle true or false?

OpenStudy (colcaps):

so is that the one you answered earlier the visualizing ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

no.. this one slightly different

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

so it says, interior angle is always greater than exterior angle ha ?

OpenStudy (colcaps):

yeah

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

lets try to prove it wrong.

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

is a triangle called a polygon ?

OpenStudy (colcaps):

what do you mean prove it wrong? wait a minute you mean proving, i dont like proving i failed my quiz because of that

OpenStudy (colcaps):

yes the triangle is a polygon because its a plane

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

lol, ok not that kind of proving, we wil just do common-sense level reasoning and try to prove it wrong if we can :)

OpenStudy (colcaps):

oh lol ok

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

wait let me confirm, if triangle and rectangle fall under polygons or not

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

coz, if they fall under polygons, then, in a triangle, the interior angle is NOT always greater than exterior

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

thats interior angle

OpenStudy (colcaps):

well poly means many triangle has three which is many in my dictionary

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

thats exterior angle, so clearly interior angle < exterior angle, so the given statement is FALSE

OpenStudy (colcaps):

oh so add the exterior and the interior and youll get the outside line i kinda rememer that

OpenStudy (colcaps):

i forgot the formula

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

let me confirm, il do quick google to see if triangle is called an polygon or not

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

A polygon is a closed figure with three or more sides. The prefix poly- means “many” while -gon means “angle.” So a polygon is a many-angled figure.

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

thats from FLVS

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

so, we are correct :)

OpenStudy (colcaps):

omg here it comes the postulates and stuff lol

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

they're more fun than polygons :)

OpenStudy (colcaps):

brb

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

okie

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