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Answer:
x = 12
Step-by-step explanation:
The similarity statement tells you corresponding sides have the same ratio.
AB/BC = FE/EC
x/10 = 6/5
x = 10(6/5)
x = 12
Answer:
Explanation:
1. By driving 6 miles each, the cars will be 6 miles + 6 miles = 12 miles appart.
2. When one car stops and the other car makes a 90° left-hand turn and drive 8 miles, you can model the situation with a right triangle, where one leg is 12 miles, the other leg is 8 miles, and the hypotenuse is the distance that separates the cars.
Hence, you must use Pythagoras to find that distance.
3. Pythagoras
- hypotenuse² = leg₁² + leg₂²
- hypotenuse = (12 mile)² + (8 mile)² = 144 mile² + 64 mile² = 208 mile²
, which is rounded to the neartest tenth of a mile.
Hi there!
Pauline simplified the expression correctly.
Pauline made sure she used the distributive property and combined like terms after doing so.
Hope this helps !