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Example Questions
Example Question #541 : Geometry
Find the perimeter of a triangle with side lengths .
To find the perimeter of a triangle, add up all of its sides.
Example Question #542 : Geometry
Bill has a triangular garden that he needs to fence. The garden has side lengths of . In feet, how much fencing will Bill need?
To find how much fencing Bill needs, you will need to find the perimeter of the triangle. The perimeter of a triangle is found by adding up all the sides together.
Example Question #11 : Acute / Obtuse Triangles
Find the perimeter of a triangle with side lengths of .
To find the perimeter of a triangle, add up all of its sides.
Example Question #12 : Acute / Obtuse Triangles
Find the perimeter of the triangle below:
First, find the length of the missing side.
Since the angle measurements in the base of the triangle are the same, this is an isosceles triangle. The side lengths directly across from the equal angles must be the same. Thus, the missing side length is .
Now, to find the perimeter, add up all the side lengths.
Example Question #13 : Acute / Obtuse Triangles
Find the perimeter of the triangle below:
First, find the length of the missing side.
Since the angle measurements in the base of the triangle are the same, this is an isosceles triangle. The side lengths directly across from the equal angles must be the same. Thus, the missing side length is .
Now, to find the perimeter, add up all the side lengths.
Example Question #14 : Acute / Obtuse Triangles
Find the perimeter of the triangle below:
First, find the length of the missing side.
Since there are two angles that are the same, this is an isosceles triangle. The side lengths directly across from the equal angles must be the same. Thus, the missing side length is .
Now, to find the perimeter, add up all the side lengths.
Example Question #15 : Acute / Obtuse Triangles
Find the perimeter of the triangle below:
First, find the length of the missing side.
Since there are two angles that are the same, this is an isosceles triangle. The side lengths directly across from the equal angles must be the same. Thus, the missing side length is .
Now, to find the perimeter, add up all the side lengths.
Example Question #16 : Acute / Obtuse Triangles
Figure NOT drawn to scale.
If and , evaluate .
The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is the sum of the measures of its remote interior angles, so
Example Question #17 : Acute / Obtuse Triangles
If the vertex angle of an isoceles triangle is , what is the value of one of its base angles?
In an isosceles triangle, the base angles are the same. Also, the three angles of a triangle add up to .
So, subtract the vertex angle from . You get .
Because there are two base angles you divide by , and you get .
Example Question #2003 : Hspt Mathematics
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.
Refer to the above diagram.
Which of the following could be a measure of ?
All of the other choices give a possible measure of .
The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is the sum of the measures of its remote interior angles, so
.
We also have the following constraints:
Then, by the addition property of inequalities,
Therefore, the measure of must fall in that range. Of the given choices, only falls in that range.
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