Question

Find the length of diagonal HIJK. Round to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

Do you know the distance formula?

Answer 2

Yeah.. first answer I got 26.65..

Answer 3

but its wrong tho..

Answer 4

@waterineyes

Answer 5

Can you find out length of each sides??

Answer 6

ok.. Let me try.

Answer 7

You have to just count the boxes..

Answer 8

Example:

I to H has 7 boxes in between..

Right??

Answer 9

wait, isnt we have to add HI

Answer 10

or no?

Answer 11

See I to H has 7 boxes in between..

agree??

Answer 12

YEs, I agree and KJ is 7 too

Answer 13

So this represent their length..

Each box is of 1 unit..

7 boxes will be of 7 units..

Now find the length of other two sides and remember they will be same..

Finding??

Answer 14

6?

Answer 15

Yes so the length is 6 each for other..

Now can you add all the lengths??

Answer 16

13 units?

Answer 17

How??

7 + 7 + 6 + 6 = ??

Answer 18

or 26?

Answer 19

This is better..

Answer 20

thank you.. last time they exxplained it wrong

Answer 21

Perimeter is basically sum of all the sides,
here there are four sides so four lengths will add up to give Perimeter..

Answer 22

Welcome dear..

Answer 23

ok.. so perimeter is \[P=S ^{1}+S ^{2}+S ^{3}\]?