In the figure below, quadrilateral is divided by diagonal into two right triangles. In right triangle , the angle at is a right angle, , and the hypotenuse centimeters. In right triangle , the angle at is a right angle, and . What is the perimeter, in centimeters, of quadrilateral ?
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The perimeter of the quadrilateral is centimeters.
The perimeter of quadrilateral is the sum of the lengths of its four outer boundary sides: , , , and . In the right triangle , the shorter leg is half the hypotenuse , so . The longer leg is . In the isosceles right triangle , the hypotenuse is . The legs and are congruent, with each length equal to the hypotenuse divided by , which simplifies to . Adding the four outer side lengths () yields a perimeter of .
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Pythagorean Theorem and Special Right Triangles
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Instead of using special right triangle formulas, the Pythagorean theorem can be used with variables: , where , so . Then .
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