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Example Question #1 : Understanding Intersecting Lines
and which angle form a linear pair?
There is no angle that forms a linear pair with .
Two angles form a linear pair if they have the same vertex, they share one side, and their interiors do not intersect. has vertex and sides and ; has vertex , shares side , and shares no interior points, so this is the correct choice.
Example Question #2 : Understanding Intersecting Lines
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.
Refer to the above diagram. Which is a valid alternative name for ?
A line segment is named after its two endpoints in either order; is the segment with endpoints and , so it can also be named .
Example Question #431 : Geometry
and which angle are examples of a pair of vertical angles?
There is no angle that forms a vertical pair with .
Two angles are vertical if they have the same vertex and if their sides form two pairs of opposite rays. The correct choice will have vertex , which is the vertex of . Its rays will be the rays opposite and , which, are, respectively, and , respectively. The angle that fits this description is .
Example Question #3 : Understanding Intersecting Lines
At what point do and intersect?
To find where two lines intersect, simply set them equal to each other and solve for . Then plug the resulting value back in to one of the equations and solve for .
Add to both sides and subtract from both sides to isolate our like terms:
So, must be true for where these lines intersect. Next, plug back in for in one of our original equations:
So, the value of our intersection is .
This makes the coordinate of our intersection .
You can check your answer by plugging in the point you calculated into both equations. Both equations will be true when is equal to and —in this case, and —is equal to .
Example Question #1 : Calculating The Perimeter Of A Polygon
What is the perimeter of a hexagon?
1) Each side measures 10 cm
2) The hexagon is regular.
EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient, but Statement 2 alone is not sufficient.
Statements 1 and 2 TOGETHER are not sufficient.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but neither statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient, but Statement 1 alone is not sufficient.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient, but Statement 2 alone is not sufficient.
The perimeter is the sum of the measures of the sidelengths.
Knowing that the hexagon is regular only tells you the six sides are congruent; without the measure of any side, this does not help you.
Knowing only that each of the six sides measures 10 cm is by itself enough to calculate the perimeter to be
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The answer is that Statement 1 is sufficient, but not Statement 2.
Example Question #2 : Polygons
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale
What is the perimeter of the above figure?
Assume all angles shown in the figure are right angles.
Not enough information is given to answer the question.
This figure can be seen as a smaller rectangle cut out of a larger one; refer to the diagram below.
We can fill in the missing sidelengths using the fact that a rectangle has congruent opposite sides. Once this is done, we can add the lengths of the sides to get the perimeter:
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Example Question #1 : Polygons
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of and a width of ?
The perimeter of any figure is the sum of the lengths of its sides. Since we have a rectangle with a length of and a width of , we know that there will be two sides of length and two sides of width . Therefore:
Example Question #2 : Calculating The Perimeter Of A Polygon
What is the perimeter of a right triangle with a base of and a height of ?
Not enough information provided
In order to find the perimeter of the right triangle, we need to know the lengths of each of its sides. While we are given two sides - the base and the height - we do not know the hypotenuse . There are two ways that we can find , the first of which is the direct application of the Pythagorean Theorem:
We could have also noted that is a common Pythagorean Triple and deduced the value of that way.
Now that we have all three side lengths, we can calculate :
Example Question #2 : Calculating The Perimeter Of A Polygon
What is the perimeter of an octagon with equal side lengths of each?
Starting with the knowledge that we are dealing with an octagon, an 8-sided figure, we calculate the perimeter by adding the lengths of all 8 sides. Since we also know that each side measures , we can use multiplication:
Example Question #1 : Calculating The Perimeter Of A Polygon
is a pentagon with two sets of congruent sides and one side that is longer than all the others.
The smallest pair of congruent sides are 5 inches long each.
The other two congruent sides are 1.5 times bigger than the smallest sides.
The last side is twice the length of the smallest sides.
What is the perimeter of ?
A pentagon is a 5 sided shape. We are given that two sides are 5 inches each.
Side 1 = 5inches
Side 2 = 5 inches
The next two sides are each 1.5 times bigger than the smallest two sides.
Side 3 =Side 4= 7.5 inches
The last side is twice the size of the smallest side,
Side 5 =10 inches
Add them all up for our perimeter:
5+5+7.5+7.5+10=35 inches long