+35 I need to find the perimeter of this polygon.
This isn't perfectly to scale, as I drew it in paint.net.
My program's hint is to turn it into a rectangle by drawing two auxiliary line segments.
Now we know what all the sides equal if we include the segments, but I don't understand how this helps me figure out the original two smaller segments and thus the perimeter of the original polygon.
+426 Restate the question, as you have said.
Finding the perimeter of the polygon is the same as finding the perimeter of a rectangle length 19 and breadth 13.
Perimeter = 2(19+13) = 2(32) = 64
Just shift the lines, I learnt that in 4th grade!
Try labeling the large vertical segment=x
Then the small vertical segment=13 -x
Do the same for the horizontal segment=y
Then the small horizontal segment=19 - y. See if this will help you finding the perimeter and maybe the area.
+426 Restate the question, as you have said.
Finding the perimeter of the polygon is the same as finding the perimeter of a rectangle length 19 and breadth 13.
Perimeter = 2(19+13) = 2(32) = 64
Just shift the lines, I learnt that in 4th grade!
