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The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 10x + 15. what is the length of each side of the pentagon?

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A regular pentagon has 5 equal sides. recall, perimeter is the sum of the distance around a shape. This means that the perimeter of the regular pentagon is the sum of the 5 equal sides. If the perimeter is 10x + 15, then,

length of each side = (10x + 15)/5

length of each side = 2x + 3

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