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Calculating Perimeters of Polygons

This document discusses how to calculate the perimeter of different polygons. It provides the perimeter formulas for triangles, pentagons, hexagons, rectangles, and squares. For each shape, it gives the formula using the length of sides and includes an example problem demonstrating how to apply the formula to find the perimeter.

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Calculating Perimeters of Polygons

This document discusses how to calculate the perimeter of different polygons. It provides the perimeter formulas for triangles, pentagons, hexagons, rectangles, and squares. For each shape, it gives the formula using the length of sides and includes an example problem demonstrating how to apply the formula to find the perimeter.

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PERIMETER OF POLYGONS

PERIMETER OF A TRIANGLE
P = a+b+c where a is the side, b is the base and c is the side
Example 1: Find the perimeter of a triangle with sides measuring 5
centimeters, 9 centimeters and 11 centimeters.
Solution:
P = 5 cm + 9 cm + 11 cm = 25 cm

PERIMETER OF A PENTAGON
P =5a where a is the side
Example 2: Find the perimeter of a regular pentagon with each side
measuring 3 inches.
Solution:
= 5(3 in) = 15 in
PERIMETER OF A HEXAGON

P = 6a where a is the side


Example 3: The perimeter of a regular hexagon is 18 centimeters. How long is one
side?
Solution:
= 18 cm
Let represent the length of one side. A regular hexagon has 6 sides,
so we can divide the perimeter by 6 to get the length of one side ( ).
= 18 cm 6
= 3 cm

PERIMETER OF A RECTANGLE
, where
is the perimeter, is the length and
is the width.
Example 1: A rectangle has a length of 8 centimeters and a width of 3
centimeters. Find the perimeter.
Solution 1: P = 8 cm + 8cm + 3 cm + 3 cm = 22 cm
Solution 2: P = 2(8 cm) + 2(3 cm) = 16 cm + 6 cm = 22 cm
PERIMETER OF A SQUARE

P = 4a where P is the perimeter and a is the length of each side.


Example 3: Find the perimeter of a square with each side measuring 2 inches.
Solution:
P = 4(2)
P=8

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