The number of sides of the polygon is denoted by n
.Then we have the relation
[tex](n-2)\times180=162n[/tex]On solving this,
[tex]180n-360=162n[/tex]Then,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 180n-162n=360 \\ 18n=360 \\ n=\frac{360}{18} \\ n=20 \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence the number of sides is 20.