what is the sum of the angle measures in a pentagon?

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amistre64 · Answer

which angles?

anonymous · Answer

thats all the question says thats why i am confused!!!

parthkohli · Answer

Maybe that means the interior angles.

amistre64 · Answer

it prolly wants the interior angles formed at the vertexes

parthkohli · Answer

The sum of interior angles in an n-sided polygon is $180(n - 2)$.

anonymous · Answer

Probably...

parthkohli · Answer

And, the sum of exterior in ALL polygons is 360 degrees.

parthkohli · Answer

exterior angles*

amistre64 · Answer

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parthkohli · Answer

A pentagon has 5 sides, so you must replace 5 with n to find the sum of interior angles.

parthkohli · Answer

@Jodi103 Can we please have a response from you here?

amistre64 · Answer

we get isocolese triangles; with a central angle of 360/5  for a pentagon

or 72 degrees, the base angles are then 180-72 = 108 each

amistre64 · Answer

since there are 5 pointy parts that measure 108 each 5*108 should do it

parthkohli · Answer

@amistre64 108 degree interior angle only in the case of a regular pentagon. ;)

anonymous · Answer

okay thank you I understand. I appreciate the help from all of you guys :D

amistre64 · Answer

i only work with regular pentagons, all others i throw in the trash ;)

parthkohli · Answer

But yes, the sum still remains 108 * 5 :)

anonymous · Answer

Okay thanks;)

parthkohli · Answer

You're welcome!