Exploring Area of a Regular Polygon
The diagram shows a regular pentagon with side length s. Explore the
area of this pentagon by following these steps.
✓ 1. Press Continue to partition the pentagon into five congruent
triangles.
✓ 2. Press Continue to draw an apothem with length a.
3. Based on the variables on the diagram, how can the area of the
shaded triangle be determined?
Area =