Perimeter of a trapezoid

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Isosceles trapezium A B C D ABCD is inscribed in a semicircle such that they share the same base, A D = 32 AD = 32 . Given that A B = D C = 8 AB = DC = 8 , find the perimeter of the trapezium.


The answer is 76.

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1 solution

Consider the diagram above.

Apply pythagorean theorem on A B E \triangle ABE ,

h 2 + x 2 = 64 h^2+x^2=64 ( 1 ) \color{#D61F06}(1)

Apply pythagorean theorem on E B O \triangle EBO ,

h 2 + ( 16 x ) 2 = 256 h^2+(16-x)^2=256 \implies h 2 + 256 32 x + x 2 = 256 h^2+256 -32x + x^2 =256 \implies h 2 + x 2 32 x = 0 h^2+x^2-32x=0 ( 2 ) \color{#D61F06}(2)

Substitute ( 1 ) \color{#D61F06}(1) in ( 2 ) \color{#D61F06}(2) ,

64 32 x = 0 64-32x=0 \implies 32 x = 64 32x=64 \implies x = 2 x=2

Therefore, B C = 32 2 x = 32 2 ( 2 ) = 28 BC=32-2x=32-2(2)=28

Finally, the perimeter is

P = 8 + 8 + 28 + 32 = P=8+8+28+32= 76 \color{plum}\boxed{76}

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