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    This document discusses polygons and their properties. A polygon is a closed plane shape made of line segments joined at vertices. Polygons are named based on their number of sides. Regular polygons have equal sides and angles. If two polygons have equal corresponding angles and sides, they are congruent. If they have equal corresponding angles and proportional sides, they are similar. The interior angles theorem states the sum of interior angles is 180(n-2) degrees for an n-sided polygon. The exterior angles theorem says the sum of exterior angles is 360 degrees. Several examples demonstrate using these theorems to calculate unknown angles.

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    This document discusses polygons and their properties. A polygon is a closed plane shape made of line segments joined at vertices. Polygons are named based on their number of sides. Regular polygons have equal sides and angles. If two polygons have equal corresponding angles and sides, they are congruent. If they have equal corresponding angles and proportional sides, they are similar. The interior angles theorem states the sum of interior angles is 180(n-2) degrees for an n-sided polygon. The exterior angles theorem says the sum of exterior angles is 360 degrees. Several examples demonstrate using these theorems to calculate unknown angles.

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    This document discusses polygons and their properties. A polygon is a closed plane shape made of line segments joined at vertices. Polygons are named based on their number of sides. Regular polygons have equal sides and angles. If two polygons have equal corresponding angles and sides, they are congruent. If they have equal corresponding angles and proportional sides, they are similar. The interior angles theorem states the sum of interior angles is 180(n-2) degrees for an n-sided polygon. The exterior angles theorem says the sum of exterior angles is 360 degrees. Several examples demonstrate using these theorems to calculate unknown angles.

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    SAT / ACT GEOMETRY

    Polygons
    Introduction

    A polygon is a closed plane figure composed of line segments joined


    together at points called vertices. A diagonal of a polygon is a line
    segment joining two non-adjacent vertices.

    Polygons are named according to the number of sides or angles.

    A regular polygon is a polygon whose sides are equal and whose angles
    are equal.
    If two polygons have equal corresponding angles and equal
    corresponding sides, they are said to be congruent. The symbol for
    congruence is≅ .

    Two polygons with equal corresponding angles and corresponding sides


    in proportion are said to be similar. The symbol for similar is .

    In similar polygons the perimeters have the same ratio as any pair of
    corresponding sides.

    P AB BC EA
    = = =…=
    P ' A' B ' B ' C ' E' A '
    Polygons
    Interior Angles Theorem

    The sum of the measures of the interior angles


    of any n-sided polygon is 180(n – 2) degrees.

    Example 1 Find the measure of angle B.

    Solution
    The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a quadrilateral is 360° :
    n = 4, S = 180° (n – 2) = 180° (4 – 2) = 360°
    Therefore,
    m (∠B) = 360° – (130° + 60° + 100° ) = 360° – 290° = 70° .
    Example 2 Find the measure of y.

    Solution
    x = 180° – 108° = 72° ,
    y = 360° – (72° + 125° + 55° ) = 360° – 252° = 108° .

    Example 3 Find the sum of the interior angles of a polygon with 12


    sides.

    Solution
    n = 12, S = 180° (n – 2) = 180° (12 – 2) = 1800° .

    Example 4 How many sides does a polygon have if the sum of its
    interior angles is 1980° ?

    Solution
    S = 180° (n – 2), S = 1980° ⇒ 180° (n – 2) = 1980°
    ⇒ n – 2 = 11
    ⇒ n = 13.
    Example 5 Find the measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon
    with 10 sides.

    Solution
    n = 8,
    S = 180° (n – 2) = 180° (8 – 2) = 1080° ,
    S 1080 °
    θ = n
    =
    8
    =135 °.

    Example 6 How many sides does a polygon have if each of its interior
    angles measures 120° ?

    Solution
    θ = 120° , S = θ × n = 120° n, S = 180° (n – 2) ⇒
    120n = 180(n – 2), 2n = 3(n – 2), 2n = 3n – 6, n = 6.
    Example 7 The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a convex
    polygon is 720° . What is the sum of the measures of the interior angles
    of a second convex polygon that has two more sides than the first?

    Solution
    The sum of the interior angles of an n-sided polygon is
    (n – 2)180° = 720° .
    Divide by 180° :
    n – 2 = 4, n = 6.
    The second polygon has 6 + 2 = 8 sides. Sum of the measures of its
    interior angles of the second convex polygon equals
    180° (8 – 2) = 180° (6) = 1080° .

    Polygons
    Exterior Angles Theorem

    The sum of the measures of the exterior


    angles of any n-sided polygon is 360° .

    Example 1 Find the measure of the unknown exterior angle.

    Solution
    y = 360° – (111° + 106° ) = 360° – 217° = 143° .

    Example 2 Find the measure of d.


    Solution
    d= 360° – (62° + 84° +135 °) = 360° – 281° = 79° .

    Example 3 How many sides does a regular polygon have if each interior
    angle equals 176° ?

    Solution
    Each exterior angle = 180° – 176° = 4°
    Since the sum of the exterior angles is 360° , the number of exterior
    angles equals 360÷ 4=90 . The polygon has 90 sides.

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