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Through which angle of rotation does the image of a regular pentagon coincide with its preimage?

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Answer: 72° or any muliple of it: 72°, 144°, 216°, 288°, 360°, ...

It can be either clockwise or counterclockwise.


Step-by-step explanation:


Thi is because a regular pentagon has 5 congruent sides.

Then you determine the angle of rotation by dividing 360° (a complete turn) by the number of sides (5)

360° / 5 = 72°.

Then every 72° the segments of the image will overlap those of the preimage.
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