How to find the length of the side of a pentagon - High School Math
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What is the side length of a regular pentagon with a perimeter of 
?
What is the side length of a regular pentagon with a perimeter of
To find the side length of a regular pentagon with a perimeter of 
you must use the equation for the perimeter of a pentagon.
The equation is 
Plug in the numbers for perimeter and number of sides to get 
Divide each side of the equation by the number of sides to get the answer for the side length. 
The answer is 
.
To find the side length of a regular pentagon with a perimeter of
The equation is
Plug in the numbers for perimeter and number of sides to get
Divide each side of the equation by the number of sides to get the answer for the side length.
The answer is
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Find the length of the side of the following pentagon.
The perimeter of the pentagon is 
.
Find the length of the side of the following pentagon.
The perimeter of the pentagon is
The formula for the perimeter of a regular pentagon is
,
where 
represents the length of the side.
Plugging in our values, we get:
The formula for the perimeter of a regular pentagon is
where
Plugging in our values, we get:
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Find the length of the side of the following pentagon.
The perimeter of the pentagon is 
.
Find the length of the side of the following pentagon.
The perimeter of the pentagon is
The formula for the perimeter of a regular pentagon is
,
where represents the length of the side.
Plugging in our values, we get:
The formula for the perimeter of a regular pentagon is
where
Plugging in our values, we get:
Compare your answer with the correct one above