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How do you solve this? [question in attachment]
In order to find the perimeter of a shape, we should add all of its sides.
Since a triangle has only 3 sides, we add 3 sides together, like so:-
⇒ 9x-7+12x-13+3x+8
Combine like terms:-
➪ 9x+12x+3x-7-13-8
Which simplifies to
➪9x+15x-7-21
On further simplification,
➪24x-28
So we conclude that the perimeter of the triangle is 24x-28 units.
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Answer:
6 (assuming the units is in centimetres)
Step-by-step explanation:
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Method 1:
Calculate this shape as a trapezium. This is a trapezium because it has one pair of parallel sides. The way to calculate the area of a trapezium is this:
- Half the sum of the parallel sides
- Multiply the perpendicular height between them
In this case, 4 and 2 are parallel, so we add them together (4 + 2 = 6) then we divide by two (6 ÷ 2 = 3). Then we multiply our answer by the perpendicular length between the two parallel sides (assuming the side on the left is at a right-angle, 3 x 2 = 6).
Method 2:
Calculate this shape as a rectangle + a triangle. If you split the shape so the pointy bit on the right becomes a triangle and the left becomes a square, you can calculate the area without knowing the formula for calculating a trapezium (see above ^).
- Area of the square / rectangle = length x width = 2 x 2 = 4
- Area of the triangle = 1/2 x length x width = 2 x 2 x 1/2 = 4 x 1/2 = 4 ÷ 2 = 2
Then we add the two areas together (4 + 2 = 6).
I hope this helped and I wasn't waffling on :)
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