Area of Pentagon

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Area of Pentagon - using Triangles [Chapter 7 Class 8 Ganita Prakash] - Area of any Polygon

part 2 - Area of Pentagon - Area of any Polygon - Chapter 7 Class 8 - Area (Ganita Prakash II) - Class 8 (Ganita Prakash - 1, 2 & Old NCERT)

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Area of PentagonTo find area of any pentagon We split it into triangles and add their area STEP 1: CHOOSE AN ANCHOR VERTEX Start from one specific corner. 2 STEP 2: DRAW DIAGONALS Connect the anchor to all other non-adjacent vertices. 3 STEP 3: IDENTIFY THE TRIANGLES Triangle A The general pentagon is now composed of 3 distinct triangles.STEP 4: VISUALIZE SUMMING AREAS The pentagon's area is the sum of the areas of all individual triangles formed.

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