Thursday, December 14, 2017

P5/P6 Area of triangle/ decagon (brilliet)



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From: "Brilliant" <notifications@brilliant.org>
Date: 14 December 2017 at 2:40:06 PM SGT
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Subject: Chang, orange you glad we send you math puzzles?

In the regular decagon above, find the percentage of area that is shaded orange.
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In the regular decagon above, find the percentage of area that is shaded orange.

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