Question

Regular pentagon abcde is inscribed in a circle. find arch measure ab. if the radius is 6, find ab.​

Answer 1

just to add to the superb reply above by @LammettHash

`\bf \textit{arc's length}\\\\ s=\cfrac{\pi \theta r}{180}~~ \begin{cases} r=radius\\ \theta =angle~in\\ \qquad degrees\\ \cline{1-1} r=6\\ \theta =72 \end{cases}\implies s=\cfrac{\pi (72)(6)}{180}\implies s=\cfrac{12\pi }{5}\implies s\approx 7.54`

Answer 2

a. Your answer and reasoning are correct.

b. If O is the center of the circle, then angle ABO has measure 72º, so that by the law of cosines

`AB^2=6^2+6^2-2\cdot6\cdot6\cos72^\circ\implies AB=3√(10-2\sqrt5)`