Look at the following rectangle:
Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle ABCD.
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Look at the following rectangle:
Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle ABCD.
Let's focus on triangle BCD in order to find side DC.
We'll use the Pythagorean theorem and input the known data:
Let's now remove the square root:
Since in a rectangle each pair of opposite sides are equal to each other, we know that:
Now we can calculate the perimeter of the rectangle by adding all sides together:
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The points A and O are shown in the figure below.
Is it possible to draw a rectangle so that the side AO is its diagonal?
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