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South African Mathematics Olympiad

South Africa geometry

Problem

Each interior angle of a regular 180 sided polygon is equal to (A) 175° (B) 180° (C) 157.5° (D) 120° (E) 178°
Solution
It is easier to work with exterior angles, since the sum of the exterior angles of a polygon is . There are exterior angles, which are all equal since the polygon is regular. Thus each exterior angle is equal to , and each interior angle is equal to .
Final answer
E

Techniques

Angle chasing