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Example Question #3 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Trapezoid
Determine the perimeter of the following trapezoid:
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:
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:
The formula for the perimeter of a trapezoid is
.
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 #1 : Parallelograms
A parallelogram, with dimensions in cm, is shown below.
What is the perimeter of the parallelogram, in cm?
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 #1 : Parallelograms
Find the perimeter of the following parallelogram:
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:
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:
The formula for the perimeter of a parallelogram is
.
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #1 : Quadrilaterals
ABCD is a parallelogram. BD = 5. The angles of triangle ABD are all equal. What is the perimeter of the parallelogram?
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
Example Question #321 : Plane Geometry
In the parallellogram, what is the value of ?
Opposite angles are equal, and adjacent angles must sum to 180.
Therefore, we can set up an equation to solve for z:
(z – 15) + 2z = 180
3z - 15 = 180
3z = 195
z = 65
Now solve for x:
2z = x = 130°
Example Question #2 : Parallelograms
What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of and a height of ?
To solve this question you must know the formula for the area of a parallelogram.
In this equation, is the length of the base and is the length of the height. We can plug in the side length for both base and height, as given in the question.
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