Question

the perimeter of a regular pentagon is 41.5 cm. Write and solve an equation to determine the length of each side of the pentagon?

Answer 1

it would be 41.5 divided by 5 because a pentagon has 5 sides

Answer 2

The length of each side of the pentagon is 8.3 cm.

Explanation:

Given : The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 41.5 cm.

To find : Write and solve an equation to determine the length of each side of the pentagon?

Solution :

Regular pentagon has 5 sides.

The perimeter of the regular pentagon is
`P=5* s`

The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 41.5 cm.

Substitute the value in the formula,

`41.5=5* s`

`s=(41.5)/(5)`

`s=8.3`

Therefore, The length of each side of the pentagon is 8.3 cm.