Regular Exterior Angles
Part of the Polygons & Quadrilaterals section of Coddy's Geometry journey. Lesson 11 of 59.
In a regular polygon the exterior angles are all equal too, so the full turn is shared equally: each exterior angle of a regular polygon with n sides is 360 ÷ n.
A regular hexagon turns through 360° in six equal turns: degrees each. Its interior angle is then degrees, the same answer the angle sum gave. On the board, the equal arcs together with Exterior angles of a polygon fix each exterior angle.
Challenge
ABCDE is a regular pentagon with every side extended. All five exterior angles carry the same arc. Find the exterior angle marked ?, then press Check.
Try it yourself
Find the marked part of the figure
This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.
All lessons in Polygons & Quadrilaterals
1Polygons
Angles of a QuadrilateralAngles in Any PolygonHow Many Sides?Polygon Angles with xRecap: Polygon Angles4Parallelograms
ParallelogramsNeighbouring AnglesOpposite AnglesParallelograms with xA Diagonal InsideRecap: Parallelograms5Rectangles, Rhombi, Squares
RectanglesThe Diagonal of a RectangleRhombus AnglesSquaresRecap: Special Parallelograms3Exterior Angles
Exterior AnglesExterior Angles Make 360°Regular Exterior AnglesSides from the ExteriorRecap: Exterior Angles6Trapezoids and Kites
TrapezoidsIsosceles TrapezoidsTrapezoids with xKitesRecap: Trapezoids and Kites