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whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

Geometry, geometry, too much geometry! Help please? Thanks! ^.^

whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

A. What is the measure of each interior angle of a regular pentagon? B. Can you tile a floor with tiles shaped like regular pentagons?

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

pentagon = 540 total 540/5 sides=?

whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

\(\bf\color{lime}{108}\)?

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

part B look here and decide http://prntscr.com/52iftp

whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

*Thinks* *Processes more* Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... Yes?

whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

They would be odd tiles, but I think it is possible. o.O

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

no that was a tesselation with regular pentagons do you see the little triangles in between the pentagons?

whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

Yeah ^.^

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

so that means what?

whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

It meanssssssssssssss.... The floor is the triangles?? Which is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... no-no???

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

correct if you want regular pentagons on your floor you MUST have triangle or you will have holes in the floor

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I like pie :DD

whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

OH!!! Now I see it ^.\ Hahaha that actually does make sense! And holes in the floor are a baaaaaaaaad thing!!

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

you can have this type of pentagons but not regular |dw:1414983712315:dw|

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

what does flooring have to do with pie? @sourwing

whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

Pie dropped on the floor? Which equals sadness because we don't cry about spilt milk but we cry about spilt pie? I dunno. XD

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

you srsly need to stop saying funny things before my mom sees me holding back my laughter \(\ddot\smile\)

whitemonsterbunny17 (whitemonsterbunny17):

:o *stops talking* *starts singing* Laaaaaaaaaa la la laaaaa.... Oh wait, ehhhh... ready for the next problem??

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

yep

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