What is the smallest angle of rotational symmetry that maps a regular pentagon onto itself?

Verified Answer :

72 degrees
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Consider the regular pentagon ABCDE, with center (of mass)  O.


The central angle O is a complete angle, so its measure is 360°.


It is divided into 5 equal parts, so each of them has a measure of 360°/5=72°.




If we rotate the pentagon, with point O as the center of the rotation, we can map A to any of the other points.


The smallest angle of rotation is the angle which mas A to E, 72°.



Answer: 72°