If they immediately ran in opposite directions with speeds of 180 feet per minute and 120 feet per minute respectively, how many
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This is like half the question, but I guess you got the important stuff down...lol. Anyways, the runners run for the same amount of time. They both stop when the distance between them in 2420, so the thing that's different is their rates, which means that the one that runs faster goes farther than the one that runs slower. But we don't know the distance they each run, so we can call the distance the faster guy runs "d" and the other distance "2420-d". Rates are 120 and 180, respectively. Since d = rt and the time is the same for both, we solve for t to get that t = d/r. Set up the ratios and cross multiply to solve for d: 
and 180d=290400-120d. 300d=290400 and d = 968. Go back to your original equation of d=rt and sub in the d of 968 to solve for t: d=120t so 968=120t and t = 8.06 minutes.
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The area of the shape is .
Step-by-step explanation:
The shape in the graph is a composite figure is made up of several simple geometric figures such as triangles, and rectangles.
Area is the space inside of a two-dimensional shape. We can also think of area as the amount of space a shape covers.
To calculate the area of a composite shape you must divide the shape into rectangles, triangles or other shapes you can find the area of and then add the areas back together.
First separate the composite shape into three simpler shapes, in this case two rectangles and a triangle. Then find the area of each figure.
To find the area of a rectangle, we multiply the length of the rectangle by the width of the rectangle.
The area of the first rectangle is
The area of the second rectangle is
The area of a triangle is given by the formula where <em>b</em> is the base and <em>h</em> is the height of the triangle.
The area of the triangle is
Finally, add the areas of the simpler figures together to find the total area of the composite figure.