Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Geometry - 10.3 Polygons, Perimeter, and Tessellations - Exercise Set 10.3 - Page 637: 43

Answer

.Measure of two angles represented by x is\[115{}^\circ \]each and others two is\[120{}^\circ \]each respectively.

Work Step by Step

The sum of the measures of the angles will be determined by using the formula,\[\left( n-2 \right)\times 180{}^\circ \]. The sides of the polygon, n is 6. Compute the sum of the angles of a polygon with 6 sides as shown below: \[\begin{align} & \text{sum}=\left( n-2 \right)\times 180{}^\circ \\ & =\left( 6-2 \right)\times 180{}^\circ \\ & =4\times 180{}^\circ \\ & =720{}^\circ \end{align}\] A measure of an angle of an irregular polygon will be determined by adding all the interior angles and subtract from the sum of the measures of all 6 angles, which is\[{{720}^{o}}\]. Compute the measurement as follows: \[\begin{align} & \text{Measure of each angle of a polygon}=130{}^\circ +120{}^\circ +x+x+x+5{}^\circ +x+5{}^\circ \\ & 720{}^\circ =260{}^\circ +4x \\ & x=\frac{720{}^\circ -260{}^\circ }{4} \\ & =\frac{460{}^\circ }{4} \\ & =115{}^\circ \end{align}\] Compute the measurement of another angle as follows: \[\begin{align} & \text{other angle measurement}=x+5{}^\circ \\ & =115{}^\circ +5{}^\circ \\ & =120{}^\circ \end{align}\]
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