Pentagons - GRE Quantitative Reasoning
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In a five-sided polygon, one angle measures 
. What are the possible measurements of the other angles?
In a five-sided polygon, one angle measures
To find the sum of the interior angles of any polygon, use the formula 
, where n represents the number of sides of a polygon.
In this case:
The sum of the interior angles will be 540. Go through each answer choice and see which one adds up to 540 (including the original angle given in the problem).
The only one that does is 120, 115, 95, 105 and the original angle of 105.
To find the sum of the interior angles of any polygon, use the formula
In this case:
The sum of the interior angles will be 540. Go through each answer choice and see which one adds up to 540 (including the original angle given in the problem).
The only one that does is 120, 115, 95, 105 and the original angle of 105.
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In a particular heptagon (a seven-sided polygon) the sum of four equal interior angles, each equal to 
degrees, is equivalent to the sum of the remaining three interior angles.
Quantity A: 
Quantity B: 
In a particular heptagon (a seven-sided polygon) the sum of four equal interior angles, each equal to
Quantity A:
Quantity B:
The sum of interior angles in a heptagon is 
degrees. Note that to find the sum of interior angles of any polygon, it is given by the formula:
degrees, where 
is the number of sides of the polygon.
Three interior angles (call them 
) are unknown, but we are told that the sum of them is equal to the sum of four other equivalent angles (which we'll designate 
):
Further more, all of these angles must sum up to 
degrees:
We may not be able to find 
, 
, or 
, indvidually, but the problem does not call for that, and we need only use their relation to 
, as stated in the first equation with them. Utilizing this in the second, we find:
The sum of interior angles in a heptagon is
Three interior angles (call them
Further more, all of these angles must sum up to
We may not be able to find
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What is the value of 
in the figure above?
What is the value of
Always begin working through problems like this by filling in all available information. We know that we can fill in two of the angles, giving us the following figure:
Now, we know that for any polygon, the total number of degrees in the figure can be calculated by the equation:
, where 
is the number of sides.
Thus, for our figure, we have:
Based on this, we know:
Simplifying, we get:
Solving for 
, we get:
or 
Always begin working through problems like this by filling in all available information. We know that we can fill in two of the angles, giving us the following figure:
Now, we know that for any polygon, the total number of degrees in the figure can be calculated by the equation:
Thus, for our figure, we have:
Based on this, we know:
Simplifying, we get:
Solving for
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Quantity A: The measure of the largest angle in the figure above.
Quantity B: 
Which of the following is true?
Quantity A: The measure of the largest angle in the figure above.
Quantity B:
Which of the following is true?
To begin, recall that the total degrees in any figure can be calculated by:
, where 
represents the total number of sides. Thus, we know for our figure that:
Now, based on our figure, we can make the equation:
Simplifying, we get:
or 
This means that 
is 
. Quantity A is larger.
To begin, recall that the total degrees in any figure can be calculated by:
Now, based on our figure, we can make the equation:
Simplifying, we get:
This means that
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The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 40 units. What is the area of the pentagon?
The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 40 units. What is the area of the pentagon?
The formula for the area of a regular pentagon is given by the equation:
where a is represented by the length of one side. Let's begin by finding the side length of the regular pentagon. If the perimeter is 40, then we can divide by 5 (the number of sides) to find a side length of 8.
If we plug in 8 into the equation:
The formula for the area of a regular pentagon is given by the equation:
where a is represented by the length of one side. Let's begin by finding the side length of the regular pentagon. If the perimeter is 40, then we can divide by 5 (the number of sides) to find a side length of 8.
If we plug in 8 into the equation:
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