Question

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it is possible for the exterior angles of a regular polygon to each measure 8 degrees?

Answer 1

I don't understand what it means by "exterior angles"

Answer 2

i think they can be any number approaching zero as the number of sides approaches infinity

Answer 3

maybe

Answer 4

or 180

Answer 5

each exterior angle on a N sided polygon measures 360/N degrees

Answer 6

they add up to total 360 or 2pi

Answer 7

okay, 360/8 maybe??

Answer 8

solve 360/N=8

Answer 9

45-gon

Answer 10

a 45 sided regular polygon will have exterior angles of 8 degrees

Answer 11

n=45

Answer 12

is a 45 sides regular polygon possible??

Answer 13

yeah, any number of sides. A circle is the limit of a polygon as the number of sides goes to infinity, i think

Answer 14

i didnt know that!

Answer 15

Back in the old times, i think before PI and that, they approximated the area of circles using arbitrarily large number sided polygons

Answer 16

as the number of sides grows larger, the area moves closer to the exact value for the area of a circle

Answer 17

although , never reaching it

Answer 18

huh....that's really cool. I never knew that. I have two more problems with topics that are giving me a harder time. Would you be willing for two more? I can open it in a new thread and then asap close it.

Answer 19

ok, ill try

Answer 20

thanks

Answer 21

Yes