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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

A regular pentagon and a regular hexagon are coplanar and share a common side , as shown. What is the degree measure of angle ?

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Solution
The measure of each interior angle in a regular -gon is degrees. Therefore, the measure of angle is degrees and the measure of angle is 108 degrees. Their difference, , measures .
Final answer
12\text{ degrees}