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HELP ME PLS explain why

HELP ME PLS explain why-example-1
User Nicorr
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Answer: 110 square cm

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Step-by-step explanation:

All sides of a regular polygon are the same length. So the bottom side is also 8 cm.

Draw lines from the center to each vertex of the pentagon. Five triangles form. Each triangle has a base of 8 and a height of 5.5 (since all five triangles are congruent)

area of one triangle = 0.5*base*height = 0.5*8*5.5 = 22

area of five triangles = 5*(area of one triangle) = 5*22 = 110

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