SOLUTION: how i can locate 2pi/5 on a unit circle

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Question 968273: how i can locate 2pi/5 on a unit circle
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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The entire unit circle would have a measure of 2pi radians.
So (1/5) of that would be %282pi%29%2F5.
So break up the circle into 5 equi-angular slices.
In degrees it would be 360%2F5=72, every 72 degrees.