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UKMT Intermediate Mathematical Challenge, 2015

Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

The diagram shows a regular pentagon inside a square. What is the value of xx?

(A) 4848 (B) 5151 (C) 5454 (D) 6060 (E) 7272

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