Mathematics GCSE
Perimeter of a composite shape
What Perimeter of a composite shape means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Found by adding every outer edge, using the circumference formula for any circular arc and summing only the boundary edges, not internal dividing lines.
Topics that use Perimeter of a composite shape
- Mensuration and calculation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Accurate substitution and rearrangement
- arc length
- Area = ½ab sin C
- Circumference
- composite shapes
- Corresponding vertices and sides
- Diameter
- Frustum
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