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geometry senior
Problem
Let be a regular and be a regular such that each interior angle of is as large as each interior angle of . What's the largest possible value of ?
Solution
The formula for the interior angle of a regular sided polygon is . Thus, . Cross multiplying and simplifying, we get . Cross multiply and combine like terms again to yield . Solving for , we get . and , making the numerator of the fraction positive. To make the denominator positive, ; the largest possible value of is . This is achievable because the denominator is , making a positive number and .
Final answer
117