Problem of the Week 2

POW Writeup due 9/18

In quadrilateral
perpendicular to
perimeter of

,
,
.

is a right angle, diagonal

,
, and

is
. Find the

1. Understanding the problem

A quadrilateral has 4 sides. The perimeter is the sum of a 4 sides of the quadrilateral. In this
case it would be a+b+c+d.
2. Process
1. Use pythagorean theorem to to find the line AC. Pythagorean theorem is found by a^2 +
b^2 =c^2
2. The use pythagorean theorem AC^2 + CD^2=AD^2
3. Add all 4 sides to get the perimeter of the quadrilateral

3. The perimeter of ABCD is 83.99

4. This is correct because I used pythagorean theorem to find the unknown lengths. Then I
added them together to get the perimeter. I can draw from this problem that pythagorean
theorem can find the unknown length of a right angle and also help find the quadrilaterals
perimeter.

1+4+2+2 = 9/10