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The perimeter of a parallelogram is 48 inches. If the sides are cut in half, then the perimeter of the smaller parallelogram is?

Answer 1

Violet Aldrich

If the sides are #a# and #b# then the perimeter is #2(a+b)#

If the sides are cut in half the new perimeter would be #a+b#

If the perimeter was 48 inches it would be 24 inches on the smaller version.

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Answer 2

Theodore Abad

If the sides of a parallelogram are cut in half, the perimeter of the smaller parallelogram will be half of the perimeter of the original parallelogram. Therefore, the perimeter of the smaller parallelogram would be 24 inches.

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