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I need help finding the length of the apothem! We have to round one decimal place.

I need help finding the length of the apothem! We have to round one decimal place-example-1
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Answer: 5.2

The apothem angle is 360/10, which is 36.

Therefore, we have tangent 36 = 3.8/a

And solving for a, we find that it is 5.2

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