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A soccer ball is made up of regular hexagons and regular pentagons. If the seams of a so...

A soccer ball is made up of regular hexagons and regular pentagons. If the seams of a soccer ball are cut and the material is laid flat, the regular pentagons no longer meet at an edge. Find the degree measures x and y in the following figure. Explain why there are gaps in the figure.

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