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The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 45 units, and the length of each side is represented by the expression p - 2. What is the value of p?

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Answer:

p= 11

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User Bobsacameno
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Answer:

p=11

Explanation:

if you distribute the perimeter by the number of sides you will get the length of one side. as we know a pentagon has 5 sides.

45/5= 9-2 the length of one side is 9 but you need to add 2 so the equation is true .

45/5=11-2 this makes the statement true

45/5=9

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