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A regular pentagon has a perimeter of 40 cm what is the length of each side

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Answer:

8cm

Explanation:

A pentagon has five sides. (Note the prefix penta- meaning five)

A perimeter is the addition of all sides.

If a pentagon has five sides and the perimeter is 40cm, dividing 40 by 5 would help us find the length of each side.

40/5=8

This means that every side is 8cm.

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