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QUESTION

# The sum of angles of a concave quadrilateral is _____.

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Hint: The sum of the angles a concave quadrilateral can be found by dividing the quadrilateral into two triangles and using the angle sum property of a triangle that sum of all the angles of a triangles is always $180{}^\circ$.

Complete step-by-step answer:
We have to find the sum of angles of a concave quadrilateral.
Concave quadrilaterals are four sided polygons that have one interior angle greater than $180{}^\circ$.
We can identify concave quadrilaterals by using the fact that one of its diagonals lie partially or completely outside the quadrilateral.
Consider the below concave quadrilateral ABCD:

We can see that its one interior angle $\angle ADC$ is greater than $180{}^\circ$ and also its one diagonal AC lies completely outside the quadrilateral.
Thus, it is a concave quadrilateral we have to find the sum of its all the interior angles.
Let’s divide this concave quadrilateral into two triangles by drawing a line BD,
Now, two triangles are formed: $\Delta ABD\ and\ \Delta BDC$,
By angle sum property of a triangle, the sum of all the angles of a triangle is always $180{}^\circ$.
Using this property, we can write,
Sum of all the angles of $\Delta ABD=180{}^\circ$
$\Rightarrow \angle 1+\angle 2+\angle 5=180{}^\circ .........\left( 1 \right)$
And sum of all the angles of $\Delta BDC=180{}^\circ$
$\Rightarrow \angle 3+\angle 6+\angle 4=180{}^\circ .........\left( 2 \right)$
Adding equation (1) and (2), we will get,
\begin{align} & \Rightarrow \angle 1+\angle 2+\angle 3+\angle 4+\angle 5+\angle 6=180{}^\circ +180{}^\circ \\ & \Rightarrow \angle 1+\angle 2+\angle 3+\angle 4+\angle 5+\angle 6=360{}^\circ .................\left( 3 \right) \\ \end{align}
From the diagram of concave quadrilateral above, we can observe that,
\begin{align} & \angle A\ of\ quadrilateral\ =\angle 1 \\ & \angle B\ of\ quadrilateral\ =\angle 2+\angle 3 \\ & \angle C\ of\ quadrilateral\ =\angle 4 \\ & \angle D\ of\ quadrilateral\ =\angle 5+\angle 6 \\ \end{align}
Using the above relations,
On replacing $\angle 1\ with\ \angle A,\ \left( \angle 2+\angle 3 \right)\ with\ \angle B,\ \angle 4\ with\ \angle C\ and\ \left( \angle 5+\angle 6 \right)\ with\ \angle D$in equation (3), we will get,
$\Rightarrow \angle A+\angle B+\angle C+\angle D=360{}^\circ$
Hence the required sum of all the angles of a concave quadrilateral is $360{}^\circ$.

Note: As with any simple polygon, the sum of the interior angles of a concave polynomial is $180{}^\circ \times \left( n-2 \right)$ where $'n'$is the number of sides.
It is always possible to partition a concave polynomial into a set of convex polynomials.