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Paramount Polygon Poser (Posted on 2015-01-15)

Each interior angle of a regular R-gon is precisely 59/58 times that of each angle of a regular S-gon, where R ≥ S ≥ 3.

Find the largest possible value of S.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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We have 180 * (R-2)/R = (59/58) * 180 * (S-2)/S.

A little algebra gives RS - 118R + 116S = 0

and the factoring (R+116)*(S-118) = -116*118

It's clearer to get rid of the negative sign and write (R+116)*(118-S) = 116*118

It's obvious now that S=117 is the maximum, making R=116*118 - 116 = 13572.

Posted by xdog on 2015-01-15 10:52:06

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