The ratio of the side lengths of a quadrilateral is 3: 3: 5: 8, and the perimeter is 380cm. what is the measure of the longest side?

20 cm
160 cm
100 cm
60 cm

The second option (160 cm)

Step-by-step explanation:

1. You can obtain the perimeter of a quadrilateral by adding the lenghts of the sides.

2. You know that the ratio of the side lengths is 3:3:5:8 and the perimeter is 380 centimeters.

3. Therefore, you can write the following expression, where x is an integer:

4. Solve for x:

5. Therefore, the longest side is:

(160 cm)

-3

step-by-step explanation:

a drawing really does here:

so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3

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