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Since the polygon shown is a regular one, a rotation will carry it onto for every angle that makes a vertex to the place of another vertex.

So, we can fisrt figure the angle we need to rotate to get a vertex onto the next one, that is, we want to find the following angle:

We know tha the polygon is regular, so this angles is the same as the angles between the other consecutive vertexes. Since we have 5 vertexes, this angle is 1/5 of the role 360°. So, this angles is:


(360\degree)/(5)=72\degree

That means that a rotation of 72° will always endup in the same figure.

This also means that a rotation of any multiple of 72° will also end up in the same figure.

Thus, we just have to check which alternative is a multiple of 72°.

- 60° isn't a multiple, because it is lower.

- 108° also isn't because the 2*72 = 144, which is higher than 108°.

- 540° isn't, because 7*72 = 504 and 576, which passed through 540°

- 216° is a multiple because 3*72 = 216 exactly.

This means that if we rotate the figure by 210° it will end up in the same figure.

So, the correct alternative is the last one: 216°.

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