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In a regular pentagon PQRST. PR intersects QS
at O. Calculate angle ROS.

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Answer: 72°

Explanation:

To find the interior angle of this shape, use the formula 180(n-2)/n, where n is the amount of sides. Plugging 5 in for the interior angle of a pentagon, you get 180(3)/5, or 108°.

Using the statement that PR intersects QS, we can see that triangle QOR is isosceles (to get this, look at triangle PQR, and note that because it has 2 equal side lengths, and its last length is not equivalent to the other 2 sides, it is isosceles). Solving for angle PRQ, we know one angle is 108°, and the other two are equal. The total angle in a triangle is 180°, so (180°-108°)/2 = 36° (angles QPR and PRQ).

Since the angle of R = 108°, we can find angle PRS as 108° - 36°, or 72°. Since triangles PQR and QRS are similar (share the same angles and side lengths), we can see that angle RQS and RSQ are both 36°.

Since ORS is a triangle, its angle total is 180°. Since we know the angles ORS and OSR (respectively) already as 72° and 36°, we can subtract these angles to find angle ROS. 180°-72°-36° = 72°

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