The ratio of one triangle to the other (because they are similar, since the top angles are both 44 degrees and the two sides on the other sides of them are the same) is 12:8, or 3:2.
So therefore, we can say it's 9:6, so DE is 6.
We have two points, (3,0) and (0,-3). So we can find the slope of the line:
m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
m=(-3-0)/(0-3)
m=-3/-3
m=1 so far for the line y=mx+b we have:
y=x+b, b is the y intercept which we were told is -3 so
y=x-3
The above is called the slope-intercept form of a line, y=mx+b, the standard form of a line is ax+by=c, so we need to get both variables on one side of the equation..
y=x-3 subtract x from both sides
-x+y=-3
While the above may be acceptable to some, technically the coefficient of x should be expressed as a positive value, so we should divide the above "solution" by -1 to get:
x-y=3
6.8 x 10^13 = 68,000,000,000,000
9.46 x10 ^12 = 9,460,000,000,000
6.8 x 10^13 * 1 light year / 9.46 x 10^12 = 7.188 light years.
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