The Pentagon Building in Arlington, VA is a regular pentagon with side lengths of about 920 feet. The perimeter is approximately 4600 feet and it covers around 1,456,250 square feet. After working there for many years, Colonel Buzz retires to his farm. However, he realizes he misses his time at the Pentagon and decides to make a scale model, the Puny-gon, which is exactly to scale of the real Pentagon, but at 1/200th of the size. Approximately what should the perimeter of the Puny-gon be? (ANSWER) feet. (You can round to the nearest foot if you like.) ------------------------------------------------------------------Approximately what should the area of the Puny-gon be? (ANSWER) square feet. (You can round to the nearest square foot if you like.)

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The Pentagon Building in Arlington, VA is a regular pentagon with side lengths of about 920 feet. The perimeter is approximately 4600 feet and it covers around 1,456,250 square feet. After working there for many years, Colonel Buzz retires to his farm. However, he realizes he misses his time at the Pentagon and decides to make a scale model, the Puny-gon, which is exactly to scale of the real Pentagon, but at 1/200th of the size.

Approximately what should the perimeter of the Puny-gon be? (ANSWER) feet.

(You can round to the nearest foot if you like.)

------------------------------------------------------------------Approximately what should the area of the Puny-gon be? (ANSWER) square feet.

(You can round to the nearest square foot if you like.)

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