document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1011960>Question 1011960</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In (SQUARE SYMBOL - rectangle?) ABCD, P, Q, R, and S are mid-points of the sides. The perimeter of (SQUARE SYMBOL - rectangle?) ABCD is 40, and AC = 17, BD = 17. What is the perimeter of (SQUARE SYMBOL - rectangle?)PQRS.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #628091 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52858)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=628091\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Similar problems were solved many times in few days.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is: 17 + 17 = 34.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The info about 40 is excessive.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The idea of solution is that the points P, Q, R and S are vertices of a parallelogram. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sides of this parallelogram are mid-lines of triangles based on diagonals, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and their dimensions are half measures of diagonals of the original quadrilateral.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/geometry/Midpoints-of-a-quadrilateral-are-vertices-of-the-parallelogram.lesson>Midpoints of a quadrilateral are vertices of the parallelogram</A>  and\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Triangles/The-line-segment-joining-the-midpoints-of-two-sides-of-a-triangle.lesson>The line segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle</A>.\r<BR>\n" );
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