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Question from rebecca, a student: Hello, For a maths extension program i've been given the challenge of finding the area of a 5-point star with each of the 10 outside edges being a length of 1.23cm How might I go about finding the area for such a shape given only this piece of information? Sincerely, Rebecca |
Hi Rebecca,
The easiest way to find the area of the star is to divide it into triangles, like I did below. Now there is five larger congruent triangles and five smaller congruent triangles.
Janice
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