A geometry problem by Razing Thunder

Geometry Level 4
  • if an exterior angle of a regular polygon is 36
  • one of it’s longest diagonals is 10 cm ;
  • then it’s perimeter is equal to in (cm)
  • TRIGNOMETRIC TREASURE SERIES -1
100sin18 100sin54 100sin36 100sin72

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1 solution

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Jul 10, 2020

I think you mean 36 degrees in the first line.

Since the sum of the exterior angle is 360 degrees, this is a regular 10-gon.

Let A B AB be a side of the 10-gon, A C AC be one of the longest diagonal of the 10-gon.

A C B = 1 2 A B ^ = 1 8 \angle ACB=\frac12 \widehat{AB}=18^{\circ} , so A B = sin 1 8 A C = 10 sin 1 8 AB=\sin18^{\circ}AC=10\sin18^{\circ} ( A B C \angle ABC is a right angle.)

Hence the perimeter is 100 sin 1 8 100\sin18^{\circ}

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