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Find x. Perimeter.

What is the value of x?

What is the perimeter of this triangle?

Find x. Perimeter. What is the value of x? What is the perimeter of this triangle-example-1
User Darshan Dalwadi
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Explanation:

the distance of a vertex on the 2 outgoing sides to the touching points with the inscribed circle is the same for both sides.

and that applies to all 3 vertexes.

so, we know for the top left vertex the distance to both touching points is 4.

that means the distance to the touching points from the bottom left vertex is 7-4 = 3.

and that means that the distance to the touching points from the bottom right vertex is 16-3 = 13.

so, x = 13

it is the distance to one of the touching points for the bottom right vertex.

and the perimeter of the triangle is therefore

7 + 16 + (13 + 4) = 40

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