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12-62.

The United States Department of Defense is located in a building called the Pentagon because it is in the shape of a regular pentagon. Known as “the largest office building in the world,” its exterior edges measure feet. Find the area of land enclosed by the outer walls of the Pentagon building.  

A regular pentagon with a side 921 feet.

The pentagon is divided into 5 equal triangles from the center point.

Added to the divided pentagon, From the center point, a perpendicular segment to one of the sides.

Find the area using trigonometric ratios.

The legs of a right triangle are 460.5 ft and h.  The angle opposite leg, h, is theta.

The interior angles of a regular pentagon measure