Explained: How to Use Area of a Pentagon Formula

BY Team Aakash Byju's

Area of Pentagon

The regular pentagon is a five-sided polygon with equal sides.

It is also known as the six-sided structure formed by arranging three equilateral triangles with equal sides.

Area of a Pentagon Formula

Where s = side length a = apothem length

Area of a Regular Pentagon

A regular pentagon is one in which all of the sides are the same length.

The formula for calculating the area of a regular pentagon 

Example

Find the area of a pentagon of side 8 cm and apothem length 5 cm.