Hi there
I think I may have the answer for you!
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A midsegment of a triangle is a segment connecting the midpoints of two sides of a triangle. It is always parallel to the third side, and the length of the midsegment is half the length of the third side.
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Jake
The slope of line q is that of line p scaled by a factor of 3 (not -3). The y-intercept of line q is 6 less than the y-intercept of line p. The appropriate choice is
D. y = 3ax +b -6
Answer ran 2 3/4 miles in 1/3 of an hour
2 3/4 miles =11/4 miles in 1/3 of hour
11/4 miles divided by 1/3 hr
11/4 ÷ 1/3
11/4 * 3/1 =33/4 =8 1/4 miles in 1 hr
First I am going to assume that these are both right triangles based off of look and because it is much easier. Without it you have to use law of sines or law of cosines...
So to find x you must first find y which can be done simply by using the pythagorean theorem. This theorem is defined as the sum of the squared legs is equal to the sum of the hypotenuse or x^2 + y^2 = z^2
If we substitute in the known values 16^2 + y^2 = 20^2 and solve for y we get that y = sqrt(20^2 - 16^2), this then simplifies to y = 12
Finding x is much more annoying, the easiest way I can immediately see is to find the upper angles by doing sin(16/20) and then 90 - sin(16/20) since the complementary angle is the one you want. I don't have a calculator or a trig table with me right now but I will tell you that x will be equal to 12 ÷ the inverse cosine of the angle (90degrees - sin(16/20)).
I am pretty sure the answer is D though because we know for sure y = 12 and x has to be greater than y because the hypotenuse must be larger than both legs. It could be E but you won't know unless you do the math for x. So it is either D or E but I would be surprised if a Professor made you do all of the work just to say it doesn't work...
