Lesson 8.2 (Part 2) Exterior Angles in Polygons Pages 419 - 420
What is the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of a polygon? Draw a convex polygon with 3, 4, 5, etc sides (regular polygons work best for this example). Draw an exterior angle from each vertex. Given the interior angle measure, calculate the exterior angle measures and add them together. Look for a pattern. Polygon # of degrees in 1 interior angle # of degrees in 1 exterior angle Sum of exterior angles Triangle Quadrilateral Pentagon Hexagon
Polygon Exterior Angles Theorem The sum of the measures of the exterior angles of a convex polygon is 360⁰. Example 1: Find the sum of the exterior angles of a convex heptagon. Example 2: Find the sum of the exterior angles of a convex 12-gon.
Find the value of x. 89⁰ 3x 60⁰ 73⁰ 116⁰ x 92⁰ 46⁰
Find the value of x. 3x 70⁰ x x 2x 75⁰ 110⁰ 65⁰
Assignment: 8.2 B Worksheet