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The number of diagonals in a certain regular polygon is equal to $2$ times the number of sides. How many sides does this polygon have?

 Feb 1, 2025
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Number of diagonals in a regular polygon with n sides = (n)(n -3) /2

 

So

 

  [(n) ( n -3) / 2] =  2n

 

(n) ( n-3)  = 4n

 

n^2 - 3n = 4n

 

n^2 - 7n  =0

 

n ( n -7)  = 0

 

n = 0   reject

 

n = 7

 

cool cool cool

 Feb 2, 2025

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