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Revision as of 14:26, 17 April 2012
Problem
As the number of sides of a polygon increases from 
to 
, the sum of the exterior angles formed by extending each side in succession:
Solution
The exterior angles of all convex polygons add up to 
so the sum 
See Also
| 1950 AHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 11 |
Followed by Problem 13 | |
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| All AHSME Problems and Solutions | ||
