WAEC 2021 · Paper 1 · Q27

Which of the following is not an exterior angle of a regular polygon?

Worked solution (try it first)
  1. The exterior angles of a regular polygon are equal and add up to 360∘360^\circ, so an exterior angle must divide 360∘360^\circ a whole number of times.
  2. 360÷72=5360 \div 72 = 5, 360÷24=15360 \div 24 = 15 and 360÷15=24360 \div 15 = 24: all whole numbers.
  3. 360÷66≈5.45360 \div 66 \approx 5.45 is not whole, so 66∘66^\circ is not an exterior angle, option A.

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