The problem asks us to find the measure of an exterior angle of a regular decagon.

GeometryPolygonsExterior AnglesRegular PolygonsDecagonGeometric Formulas
2025/5/16

1. Problem Description

The problem asks us to find the measure of an exterior angle of a regular decagon.

2. Solution Steps

A decagon is a polygon with 10 sides. A regular decagon has 10 equal sides and 10 equal interior angles.
The sum of the exterior angles of any polygon is always 360 degrees. For a regular polygon, all the exterior angles are equal.
Let nn be the number of sides of the regular polygon, which is also the number of exterior angles.
Let xx be the measure of one exterior angle of a regular polygon.
The sum of the exterior angles is n×x=360n \times x = 360 degrees.
Therefore, the measure of one exterior angle of a regular n-sided polygon is given by
x=360nx = \frac{360}{n}
In this problem, the polygon is a regular decagon, so n=10n = 10.
x=36010=36x = \frac{360}{10} = 36

3. Final Answer

The measure of the exterior angle of a regular decagon is 36 degrees.

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