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==Properties== * The sum of the internal angle and the external angle on the same vertex is {{mvar|Ο}} radians (180Β°). * The sum of all the internal angles of a simple polygon is {{math|''Ο''(''n'' β 2)}} radians or {{math|180(''n'' β 2)}} degrees, where {{mvar|n}} is the number of sides. The formula can be proved by using [[mathematical induction]]: starting with a triangle, for which the angle sum is 180Β°, then replacing one side with two sides connected at another vertex, and so on. * The sum of the external angles of any simple polygon, if only one of the two external angles is assumed at each vertex, is {{math|2''Ο''}} radians (360Β°). * The measure of the exterior angle at a vertex is unaffected by which side is extended: the two exterior angles that can be formed at a vertex by extending alternately one side or the other are [[vertical angles]] and thus are equal.
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