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A regular pentagon and a circle through two of its vertices and its centre. What’s the angle α?

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Solution

The angle α is 36°.

Solution by Peter Gallin.

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One reply on “Getting stuck”

Looking at the angles of pentagon and pentagram gives the solution directly.
There is a second solution (point G in the second figure above).

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