A regular pentagon has side lengths of 8 units. Each side of the pentagon is increased by 16 units. What are the perimeters of the original pentagon and the pentagon with increased dimensions? Describe how the change in dimension affected the perimeter.
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- A regular pentagon has five equal sides. - Given that each side of the original pentagon is 8 units, the perimeter (P) can be calculated as: \[ P = 5 \times \text{side length} = 5 \times 8 = 40 \text{ units} \] Show more…
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