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Random Point Within a Regular Pentagon (Posted on 2024-06-22)

You choose a random point within a regular pentagon having unit sides.

What is the average distance to the five sides?

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

the average distance of a point in the pentagon from the nearest side.is ~ 0.229396986745196.
For an explanation, refer to the analytic solution submitted by Charlie in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
analytic solution	Charlie	2024-06-23 17:07:53
Solution by Geogebra	Jer	2024-06-23 14:55:56

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