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Problem:

A polygon is called convex if all its interior angles have measure strictly less than 180∘180^{\circ}. What is the maximum number of angles of measure less than 150∘150^{\circ} 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 aa angles of measure less than 150∘150^{\circ}; the sum of its interior angles equals (2016−2)⋅180∘(2016 - 2) \cdot 180^{\circ}. At the same time, since each of the remaining 2016−a2016 - a angles has measure less than 180∘180^{\circ}, this sum is strictly less than a⋅150∘+(2016−a)⋅180∘a \cdot 150^{\circ} + (2016 - a) \cdot 180^{\circ}. We thus obtain the inequality
2014⋅180∘<a⋅150∘+(2016−a)⋅180∘, 2014 \cdot 180^{\circ} < a \cdot 150^{\circ} + (2016 - a) \cdot 180^{\circ},
that is, a⋅30∘<360∘a \cdot 30^{\circ} < 360^{\circ}, from which a<12a < 12.
On the other hand, it is not difficult to see that there exists a polygon with 11 angles of measure 149∘149^{\circ} and 2005 angles of measure 12005(2014⋅180∘−11⋅149∘)\frac{1}{2005}\left(2014 \cdot 180^{\circ} - 11 \cdot 149^{\circ}\right).

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