Question

The ratio of two adjacent sides of a parallelogram is 5 : 4. Its perimeter is 8 cm then, what is the length of the adjacent sides.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The perimeter of the parallelogram is 18 cm.

To find:

The length of the sides of the parallelogram.

Solution:

1) Parallelogram is the polygon in which the opposites sides are equal to each other and parallel to each other.

2) The ratio of the adjacent sides of parallelogram is 5:4.

3) So the length of parallelogram is 5x and breadth is 4x.

Perimeter of parallelogram is 2(L+B) = 2(5x + 4x) = 18x

4) According to the question the perimeter is 18 cm

SO,

18x =18

• x = 18/18

• x = 1

now,

the length of the parallelogram is 5x = 5.1 = 5cm

the breadth of the parallelogram is 4x = 4.1 = 4cm

The length of the sides of the parallelogram are 5 cm and 4 cm