High School Math : Geometry

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Example Questions

Example Question #171 : Plane Geometry

Find the perimeter of the following trapezoid:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a trapezoid is:

Where  is the base and  is the edge

Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Trapezoid

Find the perimeter of the following trapezoid:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the formula for  triangles in order to find the lengths of all the sides and bases.

The formula is:

Where  is the length of the side opposite the .

Beginning with the  side, if we were to create a  triangle, the length of the base is , and the height is .

Creating another  triangle on the left, we find the height is , the length of the base is , and the side is .

 

The formula for the perimeter of a trapezoid is:

Where  is the base and  is the edge

Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #3 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Trapezoid

Determine the perimeter of the following trapezoid:

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a trapezoid is:

,

where  is the length of the base and  is the length of the edge.

Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #4 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Trapezoid

Find the perimeter of the following trapezoid:

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a trapezoid is:

,

where  is the length of the base and  is the length of the edge.

Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #21 : Quadrilaterals

Find the perimeter of the following trapezoid:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a trapezoid is

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Use the formula for a  triangle to find the length of the base and side:

 

Use the formula for a  triangle to find the length of the base and side:

 

Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #91 : Quadrilaterals

A parallelogram, with dimensions in cm, is shown below. Act1

What is the perimeter of the parallelogram, in cm?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The triangle on the left side of the figure has a and a  angle. Since all of the angles of a triangle must add up to , we can find the angle measure of the third angle:

Our third angle is and we have a triangle.

A triangle has sides that are in the corresponding ratio of . In this case, the side opposite our angle is , so

We also now know that

Now we know all of our missing side lengths.  The right and left side of the parallelogram will each be . The bottom and top will each be . Let's combine them to find the perimeter:

 

Example Question #2 : Parallelograms

Find the perimeter of the following parallelogram:

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a trapezoid is:

,

where  is the length of the base and  is the length of the edge.

Opposite sides of a parallelogram have the same length. Therefore, both edges are  and both bases are .

Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #2 : Parallelograms

Find the perimeter of the following parallelogram:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a parallelogram is:

where  is the length of the longer side and  is the length of the shorter side.

 

Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #3 : Parallelograms

Find the perimeter of the following parallelogram:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a parallelogram is

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Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #331 : Plane Geometry

ABCD is a parallelogram. BD = 5. The angles of triangle ABD are all equal. What is the perimeter of the parallelogram?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

If all of the angles in triangle ABD are equal and line BD divides the parallelogram, then all angles in triangle BDC must be equal as well.

We now have two equilateral triangles, so all sides of the triangles will be equal.

All sides therefore equal 5.

5+5+5+5 = 20

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