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Find the area of a regular pentagon if the length of the apothem is 8 centimeters?

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Answer:

232cm^2

Explanation:

Formula A= 1/2ap

1/2 (8)(58) = 232

I got 65 by 360 /5 sides=72

72/2=36

Tan 36×8= 5.8 ×10 small triangles =58

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