QA – Polygons

POLYGONS
Polygon : It is a closed plane figure bounded by three or more than three straight lines.
e.g., triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagonand,
decangon.

Convex Polygon: A polygon in which none of its interior angle is more than 180 , is known
as a convex polygon.’

Concave Polygon : A polygon in which atleast one interior angle is more than180 then it is
said to be concave.

Regular Polygon : A polygon in which all the sides are equal and also all the interior angles
are equal, is called a regular polygon.
For regular polygons
1. Sum of all interior angles = (n-2) x 180
= (2n-4) x90
2. Each interior angle = ( )=180-exterior angle
3. Each exterior angle = ( ) (in degrees)
4. Sum of all exterior angle = 360
5. Number of sides in a polygon = = 2(x+1) ( )

6. Number of diagonals = n C2 – n =
Where n .
7. Star : Sum of angles of a n point star = (n-4
8. Area of a polygon = x cot ( )

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QA – Polygons

Where number of sides and a = length of each side.

No of sides Polygon Sum of all Each Each No. of

the angles interior Exterior diagonals
angle angle
3 Triangle 180 60 120 0
4 Quadrilateral 360 90° 90 2
5 Pentagon 540° 108° 72° 5
6 Hexagon 720° 120° 60° 9
7 Heptagon 900° (128 ) ° (51 ) ° 14
8 Octagon 1080° 135° 45° 20
9 Nonagon 1260° 140° 40° 37
10 Decagon 1440° 14 4 36° 35

Solved Examples:

1) In a polygon the measure (in degrees) of each angle is a distinct integer. If the largest
angle is 1450 and the polygon has maximum number of sides possible, then its
largest exterior angle is

1) 500 2) 470 3) 450 4) 520 5) 480

2) In the above question what is the number of sides of Polygon?

1) 9 2) 7 3) 10 4) 8 5) 11

If largest angle is 1450, let us find the maximum number of sides of the polygon. The sum
of all internal angles is (n-2)∏ and the sum of all external angle is 3600.

Let us assume it is a decagon. The sum of all internal angles is 1440. If the largest angle is
145.The other angles can be 144,143, 142, 141,140,139,138,137,136. Total sum is 1405.

Hence it cannot be decagon.

Let us assume it is a nonagon. If the largest angle is 145. The other angles can be
144,143,142,141,140,139,138 & 128. The total sum of internal angles is 1260.

The maximum number of sides is 9.

Its largest exterior angle is 520

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QA – Polygons

3) The internal angles of a polygon are in arithmetic Progression. The smallest angle
measures 650 and the common difference is 18 ¾0 . The number of sides of the
polygon is

1) 8 2) 9 3) 10 4) 7 5) 11

Sn = n{130+75(n-1)/4}/2 = (n-2) 180

As the value on the right hand side is an integer, (n-1) should be divisible by 8. Hence
substituting n= 9 , we get 1260 as the sum of all internal angles of a 9 sided figure.

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