A tile-maker in Jaipur cuts tiles shaped like a regular polygon. When several tiles meet around a single point with no gaps, exactly 3 tiles fit together. Each interior angle of one tile must be how many degrees?

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120. 3 equal interior angles meet around a full turn of 360°, so each = 360/3 = 120 deg (a regular hexagon).

A tile-maker in Jaipur cuts tiles shaped like a regular polygon. When several tiles meet around a single point with no gaps, exactly 3 tiles fit together.
Each interior angle of one tile must be how many degrees?

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A tile-maker in Jaipur cuts tiles shaped like a regular polygon. When several tiles meet around a single point with no gaps, exactly 3 tiles fit together.Each interior angle of one tile must be how many degrees?

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A tile-maker in Jaipur cuts tiles shaped like a regular polygon. When several tiles meet around a single point with no gaps, exactly 3 tiles fit together.
Each interior angle of one tile must be how many degrees?