Question

What is the missing side length of an irregular pentagon with side lengths nineteen point nine centimeters, twenty-four point eight centimeters, thirty centimeters and forty-nine point two centimeters, if the perimeter is equal to the perimeter of a regular hexagon with side length twenty-six centimeters?

Answer 1

@hartnn

Answer 2

@himan700

Answer 3

@terenzreignz

Answer 4

what is the perimeter of the regular hexagon ?

Answer 5

perimeter is the sum of all the sides
regular hexagon means all sides are equal
you have information that one side is 26
so what is the perimeter?

Answer 6

@iceicebaby ??

Answer 7

52 ?

Answer 8

cause you add up both the sides right

Answer 9

hexagon have 6 sides
if each side measures 26
what is the measure of all the sides ?

Answer 10

156

Answer 11

good, so the irregular pentagon (5 sides) have different measures on side, they are giving you 4 of the 5 only need to find the 5th side
so subtract the 4 sides from 156

Answer 12

and the difference is the measure of the 5th side, which is what you are looking for

Answer 13

so its 52

Answer 14

is 156 - 19.9 - 24.8 - 30 - 41.2 = ???

Answer 15

40.1

Answer 16

correct

Answer 17

ok so what is the next step

Answer 18

there is no next step, the question is asking you what is the missing side

Answer 19

six point one centimeters

twenty-three point two centimeters

thirty-two point one centimeters

fifty-eight point one centimeters these are my answers that they give me

Answer 20

??

Answer 21

I got it the last side is not 41.2 is 49.2

Answer 22

so you need to subtract as follows:

156 - 19.9 - 24.8 - 30 - 49.2 = ???

Answer 23

32.1

Answer 24

correct

Answer 25

@ivettef365 your wrong because it asks; What is the missing side length of an irregular PENTAGON, NOT a hexagon