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Question
The measure of each exterior angle of a regular pentagon is ______.
Solution
The measure of each exterior angle of a regular pentagon is 72°.
Explanation:
Measure of exterior angle
= `360^circ/"Number of sides"`
= `360^circ/5` ...[∵ In pentagon, number of sides, n = 5]
= 72°
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