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The number of sides of a regular polygon, where each exterior angle has a measure of '36°', is_


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Finding the number of sides in the regular polygon:

The sum of all the exterior angles of a regular polygon, having n sides=360°

The measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon=360°n

Here, the measure of each exterior angle=36°

36=360n

n=36036

n=10

Therefore, the number of sides in this polygon is '10'.


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