There are eleven positive integers such that there exists a convex polygon with sides whose angles, in degrees, are unequal integers that are in arithmetic progression. Find the sum of these values of .
Solution
The sum of the angles of an -gon is , so the average angle measure is . The common difference in this arithmetic progression is at least 1 , so the difference between the largest and smallest angles is at least . So the largest angle is at least . Since the polygon is convex, this quantity is no larger than 179: , so that . Multiplying by gives . So , which forces . Of course, since the common difference is an integer, and the angle measures are integers, must be an integer or a half integer, so is an integer, and then must be an integer. This leaves only as possibilities. When is even, is not an angle of the polygon, but the mean of the two middle angles. So the common difference is at least 2 when is an integer. For , the middle angle is 162 , so the largest angle is at least , since 38 is no larger than the difference between the smallest and largest angles. For , the middle angle is 165 , again leading to a contradiction. So no solution exists for . All of the others possess solutions: (These solutions are quite easy to construct.) The desired value is then .