Question

Nadia is investigating rotations about the center of regular polygons that carry the regular polygon onto itself. She claims that there are rotations about the center that will carry both a regular hexagon and a regular nonagon (9-sided polygon) onto itself. Determine whether each angle of rotation below can be used to support Nadia's claim. Select Yes or No for each angle of rotation

Answer 1

Answer:

$\theta_1 \ n\ \theta_2 = 120, 240$

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is incomplete, as the angles of rotation are not stated.

However, I will list the angles less than 360 degrees that will carry the hexagon and the nonagon onto itself

We have:

$Nonagon = 9\ sides$

$Hexagon = 6\ sides$

Divide 360 degrees by the number of sides in each angle, then find the multiples.

Nonagon

$\theta = \frac{360}{9} =40$

List the multiples of 40

$\theta_1 = 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, 240, 280, 320$

Hexagon

$\theta = \frac{360}{6} =60$

List the multiples of 60

$\theta_2 = 60, 120, 180, 240, 300$

List out the common angles

$\theta_1 = 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, 240, 280, 320$

$\theta_2 = 60, 120, 180, 240, 300$

$\theta_1 \ n\ \theta_2 = 120, 240$

This means that, only a rotation of $120, 240$ will lift both shapes onto themselves, when applied to both shapes.

The other angles will only work on one of the shapes, but not both at the same time.