document.write( "Question 1076863: To start the construction of a rest house in tagaytay, the engineer advice his foreman to erect five pegs to establish the perimeter (outside) of the floor plan, which is in the shape of a regular pentagon. The desired area of the floor plan is 80 squared meters. Find the length of the string needed in the layout. Consider that 5 percent is accounted for tying. \n" ); document.write( "
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The side length of a regular pentagon, with an area of 80 mē, is 6.819 m/side.
\n" ); document.write( "5*6.819m=34.095 meters.
\n" ); document.write( "Since 5% is used for tying, we get:
\n" ); document.write( ".95x=34.095
\n" ); document.write( "x=35.89m as the amount of string needed for the job. ☺☺☺☺ \n" ); document.write( "
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