SOLUTION: One exterior angle of a regular pentagon has a measure of (2x)°. What is the value of x?

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Question 1034168: One exterior angle of a regular pentagon has a measure of (2x)°. What is the value of x?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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The exterior angle of a regular pentagon is given by 360/n.
Here n = 5, so the exterior angle is 360/5 = 72 degrees.
2x = 72
x = 36