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The United States Pentagon building is modeled on the coordinate plane as regular pentagon ABThe vertices of the pentagon are A(-7.42,2.42), B(0,7.88),C(7.42,2.42),D(4.605,-6.35), and E(-4.605-6.35) what is the approximate perimeter in feet of the us pentagon building

The United States Pentagon building is modeled on the coordinate plane as regular-example-1
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Answer:

46.05

Explanation:

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Given,

The coordinates of the vertices of the pentagon is,

A(-7.42,2.42), B(0,7.88), C(7.42,2.42),D(4.605,-6.35), and E(-4.605-6.35)

Required

The approximate perimeter of the pentagon.

The perimeter of the pentagon is calculated as,

The length of side AB is,


AB=√((-7.42-0)^2+(2.42-7.88)^2)=√(84.868)=9.2124

The length of side BC is,


AB=√((7.42-0)^2+(2.42-7.88)^2)=√(84.868)=9.2124

The length of side CD is,


CD=√((4.605-7.42)^2+(-6.35-2.42)^2)=√(84.8371)=9.211

The length of DE is,


DE=9.21

The length of AE is,


CD=√((4.605-7.42)^2+(-6.35-2.42)^2)=√(84.8371)=9.211

The perimeter of the pentagon is,


Perimeter=9.2124+9.2124+9.211+9.211+9.21=46.0568

Hence, the perimeter of the pantagon is 46.0568.

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