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Homework Help (For MC I-B)

 
 
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Homework Help (For MC I-B)
by Nora Lee - Monday, September 25, 2017, 3:43 PM
 

Hi, I need help on 2.11.  If anyone could explain a little bit more to me that would be great thx :)

(Edited by John Lensmire - original submission Sunday, 24 September 2017, 8:56 PM  Reason:  Added class to title)

 
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Re: Homework Help (For MC I-B)
by John Lensmire - Monday, September 25, 2017, 3:46 PM
 

Hi Nora,

In the future, please include the class name in the title (I edited it for now).

The key idea here is to remember the definitions of two words:

  1. Perimeter, which is the length around a shape.
  2. Parallelogram, which is a $4$-sided shape with opposite sides parallel. Because of this, parallelograms have a very useful property, which says that the opposite sides of parallelograms have the same length.

Keeping these two ideas in mind should help solve the problem!

Best,

John Lensmire
Areteem Staff