Question

find the perimeter of the trapezoid.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

add all the sides

Answer 3

so 8x/15?

Answer 4

so 11x/6

Answer 5

just recheck ur calculation

Answer 6

how did you get 11?

Answer 7

yes how did you?

Answer 8

just ADD

Answer 9

nothing more

Answer 10

make the denominator same

Answer 11

x/3 + x/3 + x/3 = 5x/6

3x/3 + 5x/6


=== 11x/6

Answer 12

this is what @trentsellars did \[\Large \frac {5x}6 + \frac x3 + \frac x3 + \frac x3 \implies \frac{5x + x + x+ x}{6 + 3 + 3 + 3}\]

Answer 13

yea

Answer 14

so would you mind telling this jury what trent should've done @Yahoo! ?

Answer 15

hm..hmm.. @trentsellars u r in which grade

Answer 16

10th

Answer 17

Trent, before you can add fractions, the number on the bottom of all the fractions needs to be the same.

Answer 18

okay

Answer 19

This is called a common denominator... I'll show you how to get a common denominator with these fraction.