Look at the following rectangle:
ΔDEO ≅ ΔBFO
Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle ABCD.
Look at the following rectangle:
ΔDEO ≅ ΔBFO
Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle ABCD.
Based on the given data, we can claim that:
We'll find side BF using the Pythagorean theorem in triangle BFO:
Let's substitute the known values into the formula:
Let's take the square root:
Since the triangles overlap:
From this, we can calculate side BC:
Since in a rectangle, each pair of opposite sides are equal to each other, we can claim that AD also equals 8
Now we can calculate the perimeter of rectangle ABCD by adding all sides together:
28