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Draw a line from each corner to a single point inside the polygon. For n sides you have n triangles. Each triangle has a total of 180 degrees, so that makes 180n degrees. but we want the angles around the polygon only, so we have to subtract the angles round the point in the middle. which is 360 degrees = 2x180 degrees. So the result is (n-2)x180 degrees. Check: for a rectangle, n=4 giving 360 degrees OK. For a triangle n=3, giving 180 degrees OK. For a straight line (there and back) n=2, result 0 degrees OK.

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