Consider the triangle \triangle ABC shown below.



The sum of the length of its sides is called the perimeter. Here, the perimeter of our triangle is

\begin{align*} p &= AB + BC + AC \\[2pt] &= 2 + 4.2 + 3.8 \\[2pt] &= 10\,\textrm{cm}. \end{align*}

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The perimeter p_1 of the triangle \triangle{ABC} shown below is 21. What is the perimeter of the triangle \triangle{ABD} if {BD}=3?

EXPLANATION

From the diagram, we can see that \triangle{ABC} is an equilateral triangle.

We're told that the perimeter of \triangle ABC is p_1=21, and since all 3 sides have equal length, each side must have a length of \dfrac{p_1}{3}= \dfrac{21}{3} = 7\,.

So now we know that AB=BC=AC = 7, and we have enough information to compute the perimeter of the triangle \triangle{ABD}\mathbin{:} \begin{align*} p &= AB +BD + DA \\[2pt] &=7+3+7 \\[2pt] &=17 \end{align*}

Therefore, the perimeter of \triangle ABD is p=17.

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The perimeter $p$ of the triangle $\triangle{ABC}$ shown above is $24,$ and $BD=\dfrac{3}{2}{AB}.$ What is the perimeter of the triangle $\triangle{CBD}?$

a
$32$
b
$34$
c
$26$
d
$22$
e
$30$

The perimeter $p_1$ of the triangle $\triangle{DBC}$ shown above is $10.$ What is the perimeter of the triangle $\triangle{ABC}$ if $ {BD}=3?$

a
$19$
b
$12$
c
$18$
d
$24$
e
$15$

Suppose we have a quadrilateral ABCD as shown below and it is known that {AD} = 6\,\mathrm{m}, {AB} = 2\,\mathrm{m}, {BC} = 4\,\mathrm{m}, and CD=5\,\mathrm{m}. What is the perimeter of the quadrilateral?



Remember that the perimeter p of a polygon is the sum of the measures of all its sides. So, we can simply calculate

\begin{align*} p &= AD + AB + BC + CD \\[2pt] &= 6+2+4+5 \\[2pt] &= 17\,\mathrm{m}. \end{align*}

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In a pentagon ABCDE , the measures of the sides are {AB} = 25\,\mathrm{mm}, {BC} = 26\,\mathrm{mm}, {CD} = 30\,\mathrm{mm}, {DE} = 18\,\mathrm{mm}, and {EA} = 21\,\mathrm{mm}. What is the perimeter of the pentagon?

EXPLANATION

The perimeter p of a polygon is the sum of the measures of all its sides. So, we can simply calculate

\begin{align*} p &= 25\,\mathrm{mm} + 26\,\mathrm{mm} +30\,\mathrm{mm}+ 18\,\mathrm{mm} + 21\,\mathrm{mm} \\[2pt] &= 120\,\mathrm{mm} \end{align*}

Finally, since the perimeter is a large quantity of \textrm{mm}, we will convert to \textrm{cm}\mathbin{:}

p = 120\, \mathrm{mm} = 12\,\mathrm{cm}.

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What is the perimeter of the pentagon shown above?

a
$31$
b
$41$
c
$50$
d
$53$
e
$43$

In the regular hexagon $ABCDEF$, we have $AB=4\, \mathrm{cm}.$ What is the perimeter of the hexagon?

a
$36\,\,\mathrm{cm}$
b
$24\,\,\mathrm{cm}$
c
$20\,\,\mathrm{cm}$
d
$28\,\,\mathrm{cm}$
e
$10\,\,\mathrm{cm}$

Let's take a look at the polygons depicted below and find their perimeters.



From the picture, we conclude that polygons I, II and III all have a perimeter of 10 while polygon IV has a perimeter of 8.

Polygons that have the same perimeter are called isoperimetric. So I, II and III are isoperimetric polygons.

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A regular pentagon has the same perimeter as an equilateral triangle whose side is 15\,\mathrm{cm}. Find the length of the side of the pentagon.

EXPLANATION

Since all the sides of an equilateral triangle are equal, its perimeter is

p=3\cdot 15=45.

Let a be the side of the pentagon. We know that our polygons have equal perimeters. Therefore,

\begin{align*} p &=5a \\[3pt] 45 &= 5a \\[3pt] 9 &= a. \end{align*}

So, the length of the side is 9 \,\mathrm{cm}.

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Which of the following polygons has the same perimeter as the triangle $ABC$ shown above?

a
b
c
d
e

The octagon shown above has the same perimeter as a square whose side is $8.$ Find $x.$

a
$x=24$
b
$x=8$
c
$x=32$
d
$x=16$
e
$x=4$
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