I'm stuck on this problem also
find the perimeter of the polygon with the vertices x(-1,3), y(3,0), and z(-1,-2). round the answer to the nearest hundredth

The perimeter is 14.47
 
Since you have 3 vertices, the polygon you have is a triangle. The sides of the triangle will be XY, XZ, and YZ. Just use the pythagorean theorem to calculate the length of each side and then add the lengths together for the result. Side XY = sqrt( (-1-3)^2 + (3-0)^2) = sqrt(16+9) = sqrt(25) = 5 Side XZ = sqrt ( (-1-(-1))^2 + (3-(-2))^2) = sqrt(0+25) = sqrt(25) = 5 Side YZ = sqrt( (3-(-1))^2 + (0-(-2))^2) = sqrt(16 + 4) = sqrt(20) = 4.47 Now add the length of each side together 5 + 5 + 4.47 = 14.47

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1. isolate the variable, in this case, d. subtract 35.5 on both sides of the equation.2. 52 subtracted by 35.5 is 16.53. therefore your answer would be d= 16.5this is the basics of pre algebra, isolating variable through adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, if you have any other questions to ask just comment!