ACT Math · Angles and polygons
What is the sum of the interior angles of a regular hexagon?
What is the sum of the interior angles of a regular hexagon?
Answer and explanation
Answer: J: 720°
The interior angles of an -sided polygon sum to . For a hexagon, , so the sum is , choice J. You can see this by drawing diagonals from one vertex, which splits a hexagon into triangles. Choice F () uses , the pentagon. Choice H () uses , the heptagon. Choice G () uses , the octagon. Each wrong choice corresponds to a polygon with the wrong number of sides, so count the sides carefully. Each interior angle of a regular hexagon is .
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