Chpt 6: Quadrilaterals
6.1: Angles of Polygons
You named and classified polygons.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
• LO 6.1-1: Find and use the sum of the measures
of the interior angles of a polygon.
• LO 6.1-2: Find and use the sum of the measures
of the exterior angles of a polygon.
• diagonal
180° 180 x 2 = 360° 180 x 3 = 540° 180 x 4 = 720°
LO 1-1: Find and use the sum of the measures of the
interior angles of a polygon.
A. Find the sum of the measures of the interior
angles of a convex nonagon.
A nonagon has nine sides. Use the Polygon Interior
Angles Sum Theorem to find the sum of its interior
angle measures.
(n – 2) ● 180 = (9 – 2) ● 180 n=9
= 7 ● 180 or 1260 Simplify.
Answer: The sum of the measures is 1260.
LO 1-1: Find and use the sum of the measures of the
interior angles of a polygon.
B. Find the measure of each interior angle of
parallelogram RSTU.
Step 1 Find x.
Since the sum of the measures of the interior
angles is Write an equation to
express the sum of the measures of the interior angles
of the polygon.
LO 1-1: Find and use the sum of the measures of the
interior angles of a polygon.
Sum of measures
of interior angles
Substitution
Combine like
terms.
Subtract 8 from
each side.
Divide each side
by 32.
LO 1-1: Find and use the sum of the measures of the
interior angles of a polygon.
Step 2 Use the value of x to find the measure of
each angle.
mR = 5x mS = 11x + 4
= 5(11) or 55 = 11(11) + 4 or 125
mT = 5x mU = 11x + 4
= 5(11) or 55 = 11(11) + 4 or 125
Answer: mR = 55, mS = 125, mT = 55,
mU = 125
A. Find the sum of the measures of the interior
angles of a convex octagon.
A. 900
B. 1080
C. 1260
D. 1440
B. Find the value of angle W.
A. 15
B. 60
C. 30
D. 90
Interior Angle Measure of Regular Polygon
ARCHITECTURE A mall is designed so that five
walkways meet at a food court that is in the shape
of a regular pentagon. Find the measure of one of
the interior angles of the pentagon.
Interior Angle Measure of Regular Polygon
Understand Look at the diagram of the situation.
The measure of the angle of a corner in
between two walkways is the interior
angle of a regular pentagon.
Plan Use the Polygon Interior Angles Sum
Theorem to find the sum of the
measures of the angles. Since the
angles of a regular polygon are
congruent, divide this sum by the
number of angles to find the measure
of each interior angle.
Interior Angle Measure of Regular Polygon
Solve Find the sum of the interior
angle measures.
(n – 2) ● 180 = (5 – 2) ● 180 n=5
= 3 ● 180 or 540 Simplify.
Find the measure of one interior
angle.
Substitution
Divide.
Interior Angle Measure of Regular Polygon
Answer: The measure of one of the interior angles of
the food court is 108.
Check To verify that this measure is correct,
use a ruler and a protractor to draw a
regular pentagon using 108 as the
measure of each interior angle. The
last side drawn should connect with the
beginning point of the first segment
drawn.
A pottery mold makes bowls that are in the shape
of a regular heptagon. Find the measure of one of
the interior angles of the bowl.
A. 130°
B. 128.57°
C. 140°
D. 125.5°
Find Number of Sides Given Interior Angle Measure
The measure of an interior angle of a regular
polygon is 150. Find the number of sides in the
polygon.
Use the Interior Angle Sum Theorem to write an
equation to solve for n, the number of sides.
S = 180(n – 2) Interior Angle Sum
Theorem
(150)n = 180(n – 2) S = 150n
150n = 180n – 360 Distributive Property
0 = 30n – 360 Subtract 150n from each
side.
Find Number of Sides Given Interior Angle Measure
360 = 30n Add 360 to each side.
12 = n Divide each side by 30.
Answer: The polygon has 12 sides.
The measure of an interior angle of a regular
polygon is 144. Find the number of sides in the
polygon.
A. 12
B. 9
C. 11
D. 10
LO 1-2: Find and use the sum of the measures of the
exterior angles of a polygon.
A. Find the value of x in the diagram.
LO 1-2: Find and use the sum of the measures of the
exterior angles of a polygon.
Use the Polygon Exterior Angles Sum Theorem to
write an equation. Then solve for x.
5x + (4x – 6) + (5x – 5) + (4x + 3) + (6x – 12) + (2x + 3) +
(5x + 5) = 360
(5x + 4x + 5x + 4x + 6x + 2x + 5x) + [(–6) + (–5) + 3 +
(–12) + 3 + 5] = 360
31x – 12 = 360
31x = 372
x = 12
Answer: x = 12
LO 1-2: Find and use the sum of the measures of the
exterior angles of a polygon.
B. Find the measure of each exterior angle of a
regular decagon.
A regular decagon has 10 congruent sides and
10 congruent angles. The exterior angles are also
congruent, since angles supplementary to congruent
angles are congruent. Let n = the measure of each
exterior angle and write and solve an equation.
10n = 360 Polygon Exterior Angle
Sum Theorem
n = 36 Divide each side by 10.
Answer: The measure of each exterior angle of a
regular decagon is 36.
A. Find the value of x in
the diagram.
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 15
B. Find the measure of each exterior angle of a
regular pentagon.
A. 72
B. 60
C. 45
D. 90
Homework 6-1
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