The lateral side of an isosceles triangle is 25. From a point taken at the base of this triangle

The lateral side of an isosceles triangle is 25. From a point taken at the base of this triangle, two straight lines are drawn, parallel to the lateral sides. Find the perimeter of the resulting parallelogram.

Consider a triangle CDM.

DM parallel to AB by condition, then the angle BAC = MDC as the corresponding angles at the intersection of parallel AB and DM of the secant AC, and since the angle ABC = BCA, the angle MCD = MDC, and therefore the triangle CDM is isosceles. DM = CM.

Similarly, triangle ADK is isosceles, AK = DK.

The perimeter of the parallelogram is DMBK = DM + BM + BK + DK = 2 * BK + 2 * BM = 2 * AB = 2 * 25 = 50 cm.

Answer: The perimeter of the parallelogram is 50 cm.



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