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Find the area of the regular polygon. round your answer to the nearest tenth.

A:
172.2 in.^2

B:
50.0 in.^2

C:
84.4 in.^2

D:
344.3 in.^2

Find the area of the regular polygon. round your answer to the nearest tenth. A: 172.2 in-example-1
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Area = 1/4√(5(5+2√5))a^2. a is the length of a side. If you plug in 10 as a, you get approximately 172, which is about the same as the 1st option .
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