Help me? :) --- Three congruent kites are placed together edge-to-edge as shown. The bottom edge is 11x and the top edge is 7x. How much bigger than the perimeter of one kite is the perimeter of the entire figure?

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

If it helps, the choices are
A) 18x
B) 28x
C) 32x
D) 36x

anonymous · Answer

Subtract what though?

anonymous · Answer

You know that one kite's perimeter is 2(7x +11x) = 36x.
36x+36x+36x=108x 
108x-36x= 72x 
this means entire figure is 72 times bigger than one kite

anonymous · Answer

I'm confused, but I'll just put the answer as 36x then lol. Thanks

anonymous · Answer

question asks that how much the perimeter of the whole figure( i.e perimeter of k1 + perimeter of k2 + perimeter of k3 ) is greater then one kite ....
but the perimeter of one kite is 36x 
answer will be 36x 
and whole figure is 72 times the size of one kite ok

anonymous · Answer

Ahh ok
:)

anonymous · Answer

Sadly, I'll have a lot more questions posted on here. I'm finishing up my Liberal Arts Math course and have 4 tests to take before tonight lol. Thanks for all the help thus far!

anonymous · Answer

np you are always welcome ... we all are here for help

dumbcow · Answer

no the perimeter will be 28x bigger
original kite is 11x+11x+7x+7x  right
this figure will have outer edges of
11x+11x+7x+7x+(7x+7x+7x+7x)
so 28x bigger
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