I don't see a drawing of the quadrilaterals, so I don't know what the perimeter of quadrilateral P is. But whatever the perimeter of P is, Q will be 1/3 of that. Perimeter is a length, so even though it may pertain to a 2-dimensional object, it is still a 1-dimensional, linear measure. When two objects are similar (same shape, but scaled up or down by a scale factor), all corresponding linear measures have the same scale factor.
If you were asked about area or volume, that would be a different matter. In the case of area, you would square the scale factor, and in the case of volume, you would cube the scale factor.
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Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Most of this exercise is looking at different ways to identify the slope of the line. The first attachment shows the corresponding "run" (horizontal change) and "rise" (vertical change) between the marked points.
In your diagram, these values (run=1, rise=-3) are filled in 3 places. At the top, the changes are described in words. On the left, they are described as "rise" and "run" with numbers. At the bottom left, these same numbers are described by ∆y and ∆x.
The calculation at the right shows the differences between y (numerator) and x (denominator) coordinates. This is how you compute the slope from the coordinates of two points.
If you draw a line through the two points, you find it intersects the y-axis at y=4. This is the y-intercept that gets filled in at the bottom. (The y-intercept here is 1 left and 3 up from the point (1, 1).)
The required number is -3 which when added to the numerator and to the denominator of 5/8 results in a fraction whose value is 0.4.
<h3>What is a fraction?</h3>
Fraction is the ratio of a particular part to the whole parts of an object. A fraction has a numerator and a denominator.
<h3>Calculation:</h3>
The given fraction is 5/8
Consider a number as 'x' which is added to both the numerator and the denominator of the given fraction.
So,
(5 + x)/(8 + x)
Since it is given that the result is 0.4 i.e., 4/10, we can write
(5 + x)/(8 + x) = 4/10
⇒ 10(5 + x) = 4(8 + x)
⇒ 50 + 10x = 32 + 4x
⇒ 10x - 4x = 32 - 50
⇒ 6x = -18
⇒ x = -18/6
∴ x = -3
Therefore, the required number is -3.
Check:
(5 + (-3))/(8 + (-3)) = (5 - 3)/(8 - 3) = 2/5 = 0.4
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