What Is The Sum Of The Interior Angles Of An Octagon

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... Its internal angles add up to 3 × 180° = 540°

And once it is regular (all angles the same), climate each edge is 540° / 5 = 108°

(Exercise: make certain each triangle here adds approximately 180°, and check the the pentagon\"s interior angles add up come 540°)

The interior Angles that a Pentagon add up to 540°

The basic Rule

Each time we include a side (triangle come quadrilateral, square to pentagon, etc), we add one more 180° come the total:

			If the is a Regular Polygon (all sides space equal, every angles space equal)
Triangle	3	180°		60°
Quadrilateral	4	360°		90°
Pentagon	5	540°		108°
Hexagon	6	720°		120°
Heptagon (or Septagon)	7	900°		128.57...°
Octagon	8	1080°		135°
Nonagon	9	1260°		140°
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Any Polygon	n	(n−2) × 180°		(n−2) × 180° / n

So the general dominion is:

Sum of internal Angles = (n−2) × 180°

Each angle (of a consistent Polygon) = (n−2) × 180° / n

Perhaps an example will help:

Example: What about a constant Decagon (10 sides) ?

Sum of inner Angles = (n−2) × 180°
= (10−2) × 180°
= 8 × 180°
= 1440°

And because that a constant Decagon:

Each internal angle = 1440°/10 = 144°

Note: interior Angles are sometimes dubbed \"Internal Angles\"

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