Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Geometry - 10.3 Polygons, Perimeter, and Tessellations - Exercise Set 10.3 - Page 638: 57

Answer

Regular pentagon is a closed polygon with five sides and all angles are of same degree measure.

Work Step by Step

A regular polygon is a closed figure with all its sides of the same length. Also, the angles are of same degree measure in a regular polygon. The sum of the measures of the angles will be determined by using the formula\[\left( n-2 \right)\times 180{}^\circ \]. The sides of the pentagon, n is 5. Compute the sum of the angles of a pentagon with 5 sides as shown below: \[\begin{align} & \text{Sum of angles}=\left( n-2 \right)\times 180{}^\circ \\ & =\left( 5-2 \right)\times 180{}^\circ \\ & =3\times 180{}^\circ \\ & =540{}^\circ \end{align}\] A measure of an angle of a regular pentagon will be determined by dividing the sum of the measures of all 5 angles by its sides, i.e., 5. \[\begin{align} & m\measuredangle A=\frac{540{}^\circ }{5} \\ & ={{108}^{o}} \end{align}\]
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