Question

Suppose the sides of the regular pentagon are each multipled by 5. What effect would this have on the perimeter?

a. the perimeter would be 1/5 times the original perimeter

b. the perimeter would be 10 times the original perimeter

c. the perimeter would be 5 times the original perimeter

d. the perimeter would be 25 times the original perimeter

Answer 1

Answer: C

Explanation:

Answer 2

c.

Explanation:

The original perimeter would have been 40, because there are 5 sides that are all 8 feet. The new perimeter had side that were 40 feet, which is 5 times 8 Feet. This means that the whole perimeter would be 5 times larger.