Dodecagon angles
Weekly Problem 50 - 2012
The diagram shows a regular dodecagon. What is the size of the marked angle?
The diagram shows a regular dodecagon. What is the size of the marked angle?
Problem
The diagram shows a regular dodecagon (a polygon with twelve equal sides and equal angles).
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What is the size of the marked angle?
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Student Solutions
Each side of the dodecagon subtends an angle of $30^{\circ}$ at the centre of the circumcircle of the figure (the circle which passes through all $12$ of its vertices).
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