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What is the perimeter of the triangle?

What is the perimeter of the triangle?-example-1

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Answer:

36.

Explanation:

Counting the squares, the length of the vertical side = 16.

The other 2 sides are of equal length and can be found by Pythagoras theorem:

The vertex of the triangle is 6 units from the longest side and the line of 6 units meets the longest side at its center ( 8 units from its ends),

so l^2 = 6^2 + 8^2

l^2 = 100

l = 10

So the perimeter is 16 + 10 + 10= 36.

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