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Is the permeter of a pentagon five times the length of one side? why or why not

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Answer:

Yes

Explanation:

User Carrick
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If it's a REGULAR pentagon ... all sides the same length ... then yes,
because all 5 sides of any pentagon form the whole outline for the
perimeter.

But if it's not a regular pentagon, then the sides have different lengths.
You might get lucky, and pick one side that happens to be 1/5 of the
perimeter, but that would just be blind luck. For an irregular pentagon,
you can't say that the perimeter is five times the length of any one side.


User Jason Viers
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