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geometry senior

Problem

The measures of the interior angles of a convex polygon are in arithmetic progression. If the smallest angle is , and the largest is , then the number of sides the polygon has is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let equal the number of sides the polygon has. The sum of all the interior angles of a polygon is: . The formula for an arithmetic series is . Set this equal to and solve. In this case, and . Our equation becomes . Simplifying, we get
Final answer
A