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A five pointed star is made by extending sides of a regular pentagon. What fraction of star on right is shaded yellow?

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A five pointed star is made by extending sides of a regular pentagon. What fraction of star on right is shaded yellow?

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posted Apr 3, 2017 by anonymous

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answer Apr 4, 2017 by Tejas Naik
Mine is coming as 50/50; yellow part three triangle + 2/3 of the pentagon whereas green part 2 triangle + 1/3 of pentagon.
Made a mistake here, Updating the answer asap !!!
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