document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=35913>Question 35913</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Explain why a regular pentagon cannot tessellate a plane </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #24587 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=24587\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each interior angle of a regular pentagon is 108 degrees.  If you put three of them together, vertex to vertex, you get 324 degree.  The extra 36 degrees is left over and cannot be accounted for by another pentagon. </SPAN>\n" );
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