How to find the sum of the interior angles of any polygon We start with a triangle.

The sum of all the interior angles of any type of triangle comes up to 180 degrees. To find the sum of other polygons, we can use how many non-overlapping triangles there are in a polygon and times that number by 180 degrees.

The sum of all the interior angles in any type of triangle is 180 degrees.

There are 2 non-overlapping or triangles in a square/rectangle/quadrilateral polygon, so the sum of all the interior angles is degrees

There are 3 non-overlapping or all the interior angles is degrees

triangles in a pentagon, so the sum of

There are 4 non-overlapping or of all the interior angles is

triangles in a hexagon, so the sum degrees .

To generalize, the sum of all the interior angles of any n-sided polygon is

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How to find one interior angle of a regular polygon A regular polygon has equal side length as well as equal angle. There are two ways to find one interior angle of a regular polygon Method I: Since each angle is the same, you can use the total sum divided by the side to get one interior angle of a regular polygon. Method II:

will get you one exterior angle of any regular polygon. Since interior angle and its exterior angle form a straight line, Examples: a. One interior angle of a regular octagon is degrees b. One interior angle of a regular decagon is degrees will give you one interior angle of that regular polygon.

= 135 degrees

= 144 degrees

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How to find how many diagonals in a polygon Method I: : gives you how many diagonals vertices can form (exclude itself, its

two neighboring vertices); however, since diagonal AC would be the same as diagonal CA (so do other allowable vertices to vertices), you need to divide that number by 2 at the end. Method II: , Any two vertices, except those that are the sides, can form a diagonal. You use choose 2 method because order doesnt matter.

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