We show that the interior angles are 108° and that they are trisected at each vertex into three 36° angles. The sum of the interior angles is (n-2)*180° = (5-2)*180° = 3*180° = 540° Since they are all equal, each interior angle is 108° Angle ABC = 108° Triangle ABC is isosceles because AB = BC. The base angles are (180°-108°)/2 = 36° each. So Angle BAC = BCA = 36° Angle AED = 108° Triangle AED is isosceles because AE = ED. The base angles are (180°-108°)/2 = 36° each. So Angle EAD = DEA = 36° Angle BAC = 108° = BAC+EAD+CAD BAC = 108° = 36°+36°+CAD 108° = 72°+CAD 36° = CAD So each of the angles at A are 36°. That is easily proved at all 5 vertices. Therefore it's easy to show that the base angles of both triangles ABD and AEC are 72° (making them isosceles) and the corresponding sides between them are AB and BE respectively, so they are congruent by angle-side-angle. Edwin