Perimeter means walking the entire boundary, so list all three side lengths before adding anything. Horizontal or vertical edges come from one coordinate difference, while a diagonal needs the distance formula; this prevents the common mistake of adding only the easy legs or reporting one side as the whole perimeter.
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