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Hi can someone help me....can't get the answer.....you need to find a+b+c+d ​

Hi can someone help me....can't get the answer.....you need to find a+b+c+d ​-example-1
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Answer:

B) 306°

Explanation:

1. Pentagons have a sum of interior angles of 540°

2. Triangles have a sum of interior angles of 180°

3. Knowing that triangle EFA is isosceles, we know that

<FEA = *<FAE, so they are equal to: (180° - <F) /2 = (180° - 36°) / 2

= 144° / 2

= 72°

4. m<A + m<B + m<C + m<D + m<E = 540°

It is also given that **m<D = 90°,

so therefore m<A + m<B + m<C + m<E = 450°

5. Now to find a+b+c+d (m<a + m<b + m< c+ m<d),

m<a = m<E - 72° and m<d = m<A - 72°

This means that

m<a + m<b + m< c+ m<d = (m<A - 72°) + m<B + m<C + (m<E - 72°) = 450°

6. Finally,

m<a + m<b + m< c+ m<d = 450° - 72° - 72° = 306°

EXTRAS

* < is an angle symbol

** m<D means measure of angle D

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