Inside a regular pentagon , construct 5 more regular pentagons of side length . The part of the overlapping of these pentagons yields another regular pentagon of side length .
Let . Find .
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Let A B = 4 a . Now focus on the 'star' in the middle of the big pentagon. Now, F G = 2 a and H G = a . By symmetry, M N = K L , F K = L G . Consider the triangle M H G , M G = sin 5 4 ∘ H G = sin 5 4 ∘ a = K G . Then K L = 2 × sin 5 4 ∘ a − 2 a = M N .
So, ⌊ M N 1 0 0 0 A B ⌋ = ⌊ 2 a ( sin 5 4 ∘ 1 − 1 ) 1 0 0 0 × 4 a ⌋ = ⌊ 2 0 0 0 ( 5 + 2 ) ⌋ = 8 4 7 2 .