Find the maximum possible exterior angle for a regular polygon

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The sum of the exterior angles of a regular angle is always 360 degrees. So each exterior angle will measure 360/n degrees where n is the number of sides. This fraction will be maximized when the denominator is minimized. The minimum number of sides in a polygon is 3. 360/3 = 120 degrees

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