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quadrilateral STUV, S(-5,3) T(7,-2) U(7,-6) V(-5,-6)
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document.write( "The perimeter is just how many units it is all the way around\r\n" );
document.write( "the quadrilateral.  You can get 3 of the sides just by counting\r\n" );
document.write( "the blocks on the graph paper.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From S to V is 9 units straight down.\r\n" );
document.write( "From V to U is 12 units left to right.\r\n" );
document.write( "From U to T is 4 units straight up.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The only line that we have to calculate is the slanted one from S to T.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We do that by drawing a horizontal line from T over to the line SV, like\r\n" );
document.write( "below.  We will label the point W(-5,-2) where it intersects line SV:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To calculate to upper side ST of the quadrilateral, we use the\r\n" );
document.write( "Pythagorean theorem on right triangle SWT, which states that\r\n" );
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document.write( "We count blocks and get that WT = 12, the same as VU. And we\r\n" );
document.write( "see that SW is 5 unit long, by counting blocks.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we substitute 12 for SW and 5 for WT\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the calculator we can get that square\r\n" );
document.write( "root to be 13.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the perimeter is the sum of all four\r\n" );
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document.write( "SV + VU + UT + ST = 9 + 12 + 4 + 13 = 38\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the perimeter is 38.\r\n" );
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