1961 AMC 12 Problem 27

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27.

Given two equiangular polygons P1P_1 and P2P_2 with different numbers of sides; each angle of P1P_1 is xx degrees and each angle of P2P_2 is kxkx degrees, where kk is an integer greater than 1.1. The number of possibilities for the pair (x,k)(x,k) is:

infinite

finite, but greater than two

two

one

zero

Answer: D
Concepts:equiangular polygonangle suminequality
Difficulty rating: 1710
Small Hint:

An equiangular nn-gon has angle 180360n180^\circ-\frac{360^\circ}{n}

Big Hint:

Use kx<180kx<180^\circ and k2k\ge2 to constrain the smaller angle xx

Solution:

Every polygon angle is at least 60,60^\circ, and every convex polygon angle is less than 180.180^\circ. Since k2k\ge2 and kx<180,kx<180^\circ, we need x<90.x<90^\circ. The only possible equiangular polygon angle in [60,90)[60^\circ,90^\circ) is the triangle angle x=60.x=60^\circ. Then k=2k=2 gives kx=120,kx=120^\circ, the angle of a regular hexagon; larger kk is impossible. Hence there is one pair.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

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