Question

Edmon takes 64 centimeter rectangle of plywood and uses a table saw to cut from one corner of the piece of plywood to the diagonally opposite corner. Now Edmond has two equally sized triangles of plywood. What is the perimeter of each triangle?

Answer 1

The perimeter of the rectangle is 64cm, since Edmond has two equallu sized triangles of plywood, we can conclude:

$\begin{gathered} P=224\operatorname{cm} \\ P_t=\frac{224}{2}=112\operatorname{cm} \end{gathered}$

The perimeter of each triangle is 32cm

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Let's find x using pythagorean theorem:

$\begin{gathered} x=\sqrt[]{w^2+l^2} \\ x=\sqrt[]{55^2+48^2} \\ x=73 \end{gathered}$

Therefore:

$\begin{gathered} P=48ft+55ft+73ft \\ P=176ft \end{gathered}$