document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=40676>Question 40676</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, I am having difficulty understanding the Cartesian coordinate system.  I apprecaite your help!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An overhead light source projects parallelogram ABCD to another parallelogram below it labeled A'B'C'D'\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One side of parallelogram ABCD, B to C is 3 units long.   One side of the parallelogram A'B'C'D', B' to C' is 9 units long. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please explain how the  expression 6 + 2/3X represents the perimeter of the smaller ABCD paralleogram. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks a million. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "An overhead light source projects parallelogram ABCD to another parallelogram below it labeled A'B'C'D'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "IN SUCH A CASE THE PARALLELOGRAMS ARE SIMILAR AND THEIR SIDES WILL BE IN PROPORTION.THAT IS <BR>\n" );
document.write( "AB/A'B'=BC/B'C'=CD/C'D'=DA/D'A'=K...AB=CD AND BC=DA..AND A'B'=C'D'..B'C'=D'A'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AB=K*A'B'....BC=K*B'C'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PERIMETER OF ABCD=2(AB+BC)...PERIMETER OF A'B'C'D'=2(A'B'+B'C')<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One side of parallelogram ABCD, B to C is 3 units long. One side of the parallelogram A'B'C'D', B' to C' is 9 units long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BC/B'C'=3/9=1/3=K<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO PERIMETER OF ABCD/PERIMETER OF A'B'C'D'=2(AB+BC)/2(A'B'+B'C')=2(K*A'B'+K*B'C')/2(A'B'+B'C')=K<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BUT....K=1/3...AND BC=3....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PERIMETER OF ABCD =2(AB+BC)=2(AB+3)=6+2*AB<BR>\n" );
document.write( "IF WE PUT A'B'=X..THEN AB=K*A'B'=X/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO PERIMETER OF ABCD = 6+2*AB=6+2*X/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Please explain how the expression 6 + 2/3X represents the perimeter of the smaller ABCD paralleogram.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks a million. </SPAN>\n" );
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