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Can someone please help me with this problem?? **It's high-school geometry.

Can someone please help me with this problem?? **It's high-school geometry.-example-1
User Pyfisch
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Answer:


\large \boxed{\mathrm{59.05 \ units}}

Explanation:

Take one small triangle, solve for hypotenuse.


(b)/(2) =(28)/(2) =14

Use Pythagorean theorem.


c=\sqrt{(3√(5))^2 +14^2 }


c= 15.524175...

Add the hypotenuse twice because there are two triangles, then add to the length of b to find the perimeter.


15.524175...+15.524175...+28


59.048349...

User Rithiur
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Hello!

Answer:


\huge\boxed{59.04 units}

To solve, we will need to use Right-Triangle Trigonometry:

Begin by solving for angles ∠S and ∠R using tangent (tan = opp/adj)

tan ∠S = a / (1/2b)

tan ∠S = 3√5 / 14

tan ∠S ≈ 0.479

arctan 0.479 = m∠S (inverse)

m∠S and m∠R ≈ 25.6°

Use cosine to solve for the hypotenuse, or the missing side-length:

cos ∠S = 14 / x

x · cos (25.6) = 14

x = 14 / cos(25.6)

x ≈ 15.52

Both triangles are congruent, so we can go ahead and find the perimeter of the figure:

RS + RQ + QS = 28 + 15.52 + 15.52 = 59.04 units.

Hope this helped you! :)

User Ben Russell
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