Question

Find the perimeter of the parallelogram.
15 in

37 in

108 in

62 in

Answer 1

I got 37

Answer 2

Did you even try solving this or did you just pick one of the choices at random?

Answer 3

Like I said I got 37

Answer 4

I'll help you if you explain how you got 37.

Answer 5

If you add them all together you get 37

Answer 6

Ok. Unfortunately that's incorrect. Perhaps you are misunderstanding the problem. Let me draw it to expain what you are trying to find.

Answer 7

The figure below is the parallelogram. You want to know its perimeter. That is the sum of the lengths of all its sides.

Answer 8

You were given one side as 16 in. In a parallelogram, opposite sides are congruent. That means they have the same length. So if the left side measures 16 in., the right side also measures 16 in.

Answer 9

We already know two lengths. Now we need to find the lengths of the other two sides, the top and bottom. We know they measure the same.

Answer 10

Now we use the rest of the information given to find the length of the bottom side.

Answer 11

We need the lengths marked x. x is the hypotenuse in a triangle whose legs measure 12 in. and 9 in.

Answer 12

We can use the Pythagoras theorem to find x.