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anbowang32
Aug 4, 2020

Can you pls solve this?



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Ian Fowler
  ·  Aug 5, 2020  ·  Edited: Aug 5, 2020

I used a set of compasses and drew out the first few cases


N Subtending Angle Fraction Of Circumference = arc length = angle* (R = 1/2pi)

2 2pi 1 = 4/2N

3 5pi/3 5/6 = 5/2N

4 3pi/2 3/4 = 6/2N

5 did not draw because the 5 was too much of a bother

6 4pi/3 2/3 = 8/2N

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N (N+2)/2N


Total arc = (N+2)/2N * 1 *N = (N+2)/2


(N+2)/2 = 60

N = 118