Question

How to find the area of a pentagon with only a 10mm apothem

Answer 1

find the area of ONE triangle: \[1/2(b)(h)\]

Answer 2

wait how do you find that

Answer 3

no, the side length

Answer 4

how do you know it's 5

Answer 5

5 is half of 10

Answer 6

the side length

Answer 7

but....wait why would the side be half of the apothem?

Answer 8

Since the apothem is 10, the side length is 10.

Answer 9

it's not a equiangular triangle

Answer 10

that's a hexagon

Answer 11

hexagons have equiangular triangles when divided by radii

Answer 12

you wrote pentagon

Answer 13

pentagons don't have equiangular triangles when divided by radii.

Answer 14

it is a pentagon.

Answer 15

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