Pentagon in a Pentagon

Geometry Level 2

The diagonals of a regular pentagon can be used to form a smaller regular pentagon.

The ratio of the areas of the large pentagon to the small pentagon is \(\phi^n\), where \(\phi\) is the golden ratio \(\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2}\), and \(n\) is an integer.

What is \(n?\)

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