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OpenStudy (anonymous):

1. What is the area of the regular pentagon below?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's a five sided pentagon with 20 ft sides. I don't get how i can solve it without the apothem.

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

To calculate the area of a regular polygon,\[A =s ^{2}N/4\tan (pi/N)\] where N = the number of sides s = the length of the side

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

If s = 20 ft and N = 5 tan (pi/5) = 0.727

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

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