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Shape A is a regular polygon with 18 sidesShape B is a regular polygon with 24 sidesWhat is the size of angle y?

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Shape A is a regular polygon with 18 sides

Shape B is a regular polygon with 24 sides

What is the size of angle y?

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Solution

To find the size of angle y in each of the given regular polygons, we need to determine the measure of the interior angles of each polygon.

  1. Shape A (18-sided polygon):

    • The formula to find the measure of an interior angle of a regular polygon is: Interior Angle=(n2)×180n \text{Interior Angle} = \frac{(n-2) \times 180^\circ}{n} where n n is the number of sides.
    • For Shape A, n=18 n = 18 : Interior Angle of Shape A=(182)×18018=16×18018=288018=160 \text{Interior Angle of Shape A} = \frac{(18-2) \times 180^\circ}{18} = \frac{16 \times 180^\circ}{18} = \frac{2880^\circ}{18} = 160^\circ
  2. Shape B (24-sided polygon):

    • Using the same formula for Shape B, where n=24 n = 24 : Interior Angle of Shape B=(242)×18024=22×18024=396024=165 \text{Interior Angle of Shape B} = \frac{(24-2) \times 180^\circ}{24} = \frac{22 \times 180^\circ}{24} = \frac{3960^\circ}{24} = 165^\circ

Therefore, the size of angle y in Shape A is 160 160^\circ and in Shape B is 165 165^\circ .

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