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OpenStudy (readforlife):

The sum of a regular pentagon’s internal angles is 1440 degrees. Find the number of degrees in each angle in the polygon. I have learned this, I just need help remembering what to do

OpenStudy (photon336):

how many sides does a pentagon have?

OpenStudy (readforlife):

5

OpenStudy (photon336):

\[\frac{ (\sum~of~angles) }{ number~of~angles } = degrees~of~each~\angle\]

OpenStudy (readforlife):

So 1440 divided by 5?

OpenStudy (welshfella):

Your question is wrong though. There are not 1440 degrees in a pentagon.

OpenStudy (readforlife):

Ok, but say there were, would dividing 1440 by 5 be correct?

OpenStudy (welshfella):

yes

OpenStudy (readforlife):

Ok, so in that case, I got 288. And that would be the degree of each angle.

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