You are creating a graphic design logo that is made up of pentagons. In the middle you have a large, regular pentagon with all sides that are 8 inches long. You surround the middle design with similar regular polygons some with all sides 4 inches long and some with all sides 5 inches long. What must the measure of the angles be for each of the polygons in order for all the pentagons to be similar?

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You are creating a graphic design logo that is made up of pentagons. In the middle you have a large, regular pentagon with all sides that are 8 inches long. You surround the middle design with similar regular polygons some with all sides 4 inches long and some with all sides 5 inches long. What must the measure of the angles be for each of the polygons in order for all the pentagons to be similar?

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