<u>Given</u>:
The given triangle is a similar triangle.
The length of the hypotenuse is 18 units.
The length of the leg is a.
The length of the part of the hypotenuse is 16 units.
We need to determine the proportion used to find the value of a.
<u>Proportion to find the value of a:</u>
We shall find the proportion to determine the value of a using the geometric mean leg rule.
Applying the leg rule, we have;
Substituting the values of hypotenuse, leg and part, we get;
Thus, the proportion used to find the value of a is
Hence, Option D is the correct answer.
Complete Question
Consider the isosceles triangle. left side (2z+8)units, bottom of triangle (4z-10)units, right side of triangle (2z+8) units Part A Which expression represents the perimeter of the triangle? a.(4z+16) units b.(6z−2)units c.(8z−16) units d.(8z+6) units
Answer:
d. (8z + 6) units
Step-by-step explanation:
The formula for the Perimeter of a Triangle is :Side A + Side B + Side C
Hence,
(2z + 8)units + (4z - 10) units + (2z + 8)units
= (2z + 8 + 4z - 10 + 2z + 8)units
Collect like terms
= 2z + 4z + 2z + 8 - 10 + 8
= 8z + 6 units
The expression that represents the perimeter of the triangle is (8z +6) units
Step 1: Multiply 5x2 = 10 so the equation after the first step should look like this 10 + 12x + 8 = 0.
Step 2: Subtract 10 from the 8 and the number by itself cause whatever you do to one side you must do to the other. so the equation should look like this after the second step 12x + -2 = 0 because we subtracted the 10 and the 8.
Step 3: Now we must add the 2 to both sides because we have to do the inverse operation in this problem so once we've done this it should end up looking like this after the 3rd step 12x = 2 because the 2 was a negative.
Step 4: the final step we must divide since an anytime we have a number next to a variable it means multiply but since were using order of operations we have to do the opposite/inverse operation in this problem and we would divide 12 by 2 and get our final answer as x = -6 because the 12 would cancel itself out leaving us with 2 divided by 12 which is 0.16 or -6 depending on if you want it simplified or not the simplified answer would be 0.16 and the non simplified version would be -6
