A polygon is called convex if all its interior angles have measure strictly less than 180∘. What is the maximum number of angles of measure less than 150∘ that a convex polygon with 2016 sides can have?
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Solution
Solution:
The answer is (A). Consider a convex polygon with 2016 sides, and suppose it has exactly a angles of measure less than 150∘; the sum of its interior angles equals (2016−2)⋅180∘. At the same time, since each of the remaining 2016−a angles has measure less than 180∘, this sum is strictly less than a⋅150∘+(2016−a)⋅180∘. We thus obtain the inequality 2014⋅180∘<a⋅150∘+(2016−a)⋅180∘, that is, a⋅30∘<360∘, from which a<12. On the other hand, it is not difficult to see that there exists a polygon with 11 angles of measure 149∘ and 2005 angles of measure 20051(2014⋅180∘−11⋅149∘).
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