SOLUTION: Find the area of a regular pentagon if its apothem is approximately 6 ft long and each of its sides is 8.7 ft long.

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Question 87582: Find the area of a regular pentagon if its apothem is approximately 6 ft long and each of its sides is 8.7 ft long.
Answer by SandySharma(35) About Me  (Show Source):
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Area of a regular pentagon = 5 x Area of triangle with side 8.7 and height 6

= 5 x (1/2) x 8.7 x 6
= 130.5 square ft.