A diagonal is a line segment that joins any two vertices of the polygon and is not a side of the polygon. Draw a rough sketch of a pentagon and draw its diagonals.

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A pentagon has five sides.
First we draw a pentagon $A B C D E$ and joins $AC, AD, BD, BE$ and $C E$ .
From the figure, we find that $AC, AD, BD, BE$ and $C E$ are the diagonals.

Hence, there are a total of five diagonals in a pentagon.

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A diagonal is a line segment that joins any two vertices of the polygon and is not a side of the polygon. Draw a rough sketch of a pentagon and draw its diagonals.

A pentagon has five sides.First we draw a pentagon ABCDE and joins AC,AD,BD,BE and CE.From the figure, we find that AC,AD,BD,BE and CE are the diagonals.Hence, there are a total of five diagonals in a pentagon.

A pentagon has five sides.
First we draw a pentagon $A B C D E$ and joins $AC, AD, BD, BE$ and $C E$ .
From the figure, we find that $AC, AD, BD, BE$ and $C E$ are the diagonals.

Hence, there are a total of five diagonals in a pentagon.