SOLUTION: Could you please help me solve this problem?.... One side of a kite is 6cm less than the length of another. The perimeter of the kite is 68cm. Find the length of each side of the

Question 551960: Could you please help me solve this problem?....
One side of a kite is 6cm less than the length of another. The perimeter of the kite is 68cm. Find the length of each side of the kite.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can think of the kite as 2 isosceles triangles,
a short one and a tall one, joined at their bases.
Let one of the long sides =
A short side will be
Going around the perimeter,

The sides are 14, 14, 20, and 20 cm
check:

OK
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