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16 Feb 2016, 18:38
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A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
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19 Feb 2016, 14:01
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I'm going to assume that the question implies that the pentagons go all the way around the circle and connect back with each other forming a closed loop of pentagons. (If the drawing were to depict this, then it would either give the answer away or be very misleading...)
Imagine if the sides of the pentagon that cross the circle were extended down to the center of the circle. Then each pentagon would be in one sector of the circle. If we could determine the central angle of the sector, we would know how many pentagons it would take to complete the circle. See the diagram below.
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In a regular polygon, the measure of the interior angles is [180*(n-2)]/n, where n the number of sides of the polygon. For a pentagon, the measure of the interior angles is [180*(5-2)]/5 = 108.
If each interior angle is 108, then the exterior angles, y = 180-108 = 72
The measure of angle x is therefore 180-2*72 = 36
How many sectors of \(36^{\circ}\) will it take to complete a circle?
360/36 = 10
Answer: C
Pentagon circle 2.png [ 7.96 KiB | Viewed 6219 times ]
Imagine if the sides of the pentagon that cross the circle were extended down to the center of the circle. Then each pentagon would be in one sector of the circle. If we could determine the central angle of the sector, we would know how many pentagons it would take to complete the circle. See the diagram below.
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Pentagon circle.png [ 4.69 KiB | Viewed 6237 times ]
In a regular polygon, the measure of the interior angles is [180*(n-2)]/n, where n the number of sides of the polygon. For a pentagon, the measure of the interior angles is [180*(5-2)]/5 = 108.
If each interior angle is 108, then the exterior angles, y = 180-108 = 72
The measure of angle x is therefore 180-2*72 = 36
How many sectors of \(36^{\circ}\) will it take to complete a circle?
360/36 = 10
Answer: C
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20 Feb 2016, 23:22
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If n regular pentagons are tangent each other in points of a circle as above figure, n=?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12
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Just like the picture above, there is a regular pentagon ABCDE. If you extend two lines, it becomes like the picture above. However, since an interior angle of one regular pentagon is 180(5-2)/5=108, angle A=E=B=108 and angle A+E+B=324. Since sum of interior angles of a rectangle ABFE is 360, angle F is 360-324=36. Then, angle F is a central angle, which is 360/36=10. Therefore, the answer is C.
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12
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