SOLUTION: If a regular pentagon has a perimeter of 200 + 5x inches, what is the length of one of its sides?

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Question 1091751: If a regular pentagon has a perimeter of 200 + 5x inches, what is the length of one of its sides?
Answer by ikleyn(52824) About Me  (Show Source):
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Regular pentagon has 5 congruent sides.


Since its perimeter is  200 + 5x inches,  the length of each side is %28200%2B5x%29%2F5 = 40 + x  inches.

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