Find the area of the regular pentagon with apothem 3.5 and side 6.

(This is tenth grade math, please don't make it advanced.)

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First, we need to find the perimeter of the pentagon:

Perimeter = 5 x side length = 5 x 6 = 30

Next, we can use the formula for the area of a regular polygon:

Area = (1/2) x apothem x perimeter

Area = (1/2) x 3.5 x 30 = 52.5

Therefore, the area of the regular pentagon with apothem 3.5 and side 6 is 52.5 square units.