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This article is about the geometric figure. For the headquarters of the United States Department of
Defense, see The Pentagon. For other uses, see Pentagon (disambiguation).

In geometry, a pentagon (from the Greek πέντε pente and γωνία gonia, meaning five and angle[1]) is
any five-sided polygon or 5-gon. The sum of the internal angles in a simple pentagon is 540°.

Pentagon

Equilateral pentagon.SVG

An equilateral pentagon, i.e. a pentagon whose five sides all have the same length

Edges and vertices

Internal angle (degrees)

108° (if equiangular, including regular)

A pentagon may be simple or self-intersecting. A self-intersecting regular pentagon (or star pentagon) is
called a pentagram.
Regular pentagons

Equilateral pentagons

Cyclic pentagons

General convex pentagons

Graphs

Examples of pentagons

Pentagons in tiling

Pentagons in polyhedra

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Last edited 1 month ago by Antrotherkus

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