Question

On the following composite figure, the longer edge length is 14 millimeters. The shorter edge length is 8 millimeters. The width of the figure, at its longest point, is 11.3 millimeters. Decompose the figure into parallelograms or triangles only. Explain or show how you decomposed the shape. Note: Lines that look parallel are parallel, and lines that look congruent are congruent.

Answer 1

To decompose the shape, you would draw a vertical line from the vertex that is pointing outside of the shape that has two congruent sides all the way down to the vertex that's inside the shape. By doing this you will create two congruent parallelograms.