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Polar Coordinates and Complex Numbers · Challenge problem

The point with polar coordinates (3,10∘)(3, 10^\circ) is reflected across the line θ=20∘\theta = 20^\circ (through the pole), the image is reflected across the line θ=65∘\theta = 65^\circ, that image across θ=20∘\theta = 20^\circ again, and so on, alternating, for 2727 reflections in all (the first and the last are across θ=20∘\theta = 20^\circ). The final point is (3,α)(3, \alpha) with 0∘≤α<360∘0^\circ \le \alpha < 360^\circ. Find α\alpha.