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The interior angles of a convex polygon are in arithmetic progression. The smallest angle is 120° and the common difference is 5°. Then the number of its sides is
Sum of the interior angles of a polygon is given by (2n-4)90
Smallest interior angle = 120
Let the number of sides of the convex-polygon be n
$$\frac{n}{2}\left(2(120)+\left(n-1\right)\times\ 5\right)=(2n-4)90$$
n(240+5n-5)=360n-720
$$5n^2+235n=360n-720$$
$$5n^2-125n+720=0$$
$$n^2-25n+144=0$$
n=9,16
for a polygon to be convex, each interior angle should be less than 180
The interior angle when n=16 is 120+15*5=195 So n is not equal to 16
Interior angle when n =9 is 120+8*5 =160
No of sides of the polygon =9
B is the correct answer.
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