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Example Question #1 : How To Find An Angle In A Pentagon

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The figure above is a pentagon. All of the angles listed (except the interior one) are exterior angles to the pentagon's interior angles.

What is the value of in the figure above?

Possible Answers:

$54^{\circ}$

$50^{\circ}$

$108^{\circ}$

$155^{\circ}$

$120^{\circ}$

Correct answer:

$50^{\circ}$

Explanation:

There are two key things for a question like this. The first is to know that a polygon has a total degree measure of:

180*(s-2) , where is the number of sides.

Therefore, a hexagon like this one has:

$180*3=540^{\circ}$ .

Next, you should remember that all of the exterior angles listed are supplementary to their correlative interior angles. This lets you draw the following figure:

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Now, you just have to manage your algebra well. You must sum up all of the interior angles and set them equal to 540 . Thus, you can write:

55+160+130+145+x=540

Solve for :

490+x=540

$x=50^{\circ}$

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Example Question #1 : How To Find An Angle In A Pentagon

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The figure above is a pentagon. All of the angles listed (except the interior one) are exterior angles to the pentagon's interior angles.

What is the value of the largest unknown angle in the figure above?

Possible Answers:

$\frac{100}{3}^{\circ}$

$125^{\circ}$

$75^{\circ}$

$115^{\circ}$

$\frac{125}{3}^{\circ}$

Correct answer:

$125^{\circ}$

Explanation:

There are two key things for a question like this. The first is to know that a polygon has a total degree measure of:

180*(s-2) , where is the number of sides.

Therefore, a hexagon like this one has:

$180*3=540^{\circ}$ .

Next, you should remember that all of the exterior angles listed are supplementary to their correlative interior angles. This lets you draw the following figure:

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Now, you just have to manage your algebra well. You must sum up all of the interior angles and set them equal to 540 . Thus, you can write:

150+140+2x+3x+x=540

Solve for :

290+6x=540

6x=250

$x=\frac{250}{6}=\frac{125}{3}$

Now, you have to find the largest unknown angle, which is :

$3*\frac{125}{3}=125^{\circ}$

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Example Question #3 : How To Find An Angle In A Pentagon

What is the sum of three angles in a pentagon?

Possible Answers:

$432^\circ$

$360^\circ$

$540^\circ$

$324^\circ$

$216^\circ$

Correct answer:

$324^\circ$

Explanation:

The sum of all angles is determined by the following formula for a polygon:

$(n-2)\cdot 180$

In a pentagon, there are 5 sides, or n=5 . Substitute and find the total possible angle in a pentagon.

$(5-2)\cdot 180= 540$

There are 5 interior angles in a pentagon. Divide the total possible angle by 5 to determine the value of one interior angle.

$\frac{540}{5}=108$

Each interior angle of a pentagon is 108 degrees.

The sum of three angles in a pentagon is:

$108 \cdot 3 =324$

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