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Two of the interior angles of a pentagon are 100^o and 140^o. Find the remaining angles if they are all equal.

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A pentagon = 5 sides

It has 5 - 2 = 3 triangles

Sum of interior angles is

= 180 x 3 = 540^o

3x = 540 - 240

3x = 300;

x = 100

Each angle is 100^o

johnmulu answered the question on June 9, 2017 at 12:56

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