Answer:
140 + 10 = 150, so 150 + 140 = 290 students. There are 140 + 10 = 150 students at Westside Middle School.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that we assume that all the bases of the triangles are parallel.
We can use AAA or Angle-Angle-Angle to prove that these triangles are similar.
Each parallel line creates the same angle when intersecting with the same side.
For example:
The bases of each triangle cross the left side of all the triangle.
Each angle made by the intersecting of the the parallel base and the side are the same.
Thus, each corresponding angle of all the triangles are congruent.
If these angles are congruent, then we have similar triangles.
2 Answers:
- B) The lines are parallel
- C) The lines have the same slope.
Parallel lines always have equal slope, but different y intercepts.
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Explanation:
Let's solve the second equation for y
3y - x = -7
3y = -7+x
3y = x-7
y = (x-7)/3
y = x/3 - 7/3
y = (1/3)x - 7/3
The equation is in y = mx+b form with m = 1/3 as the slope and b = -7/3 as the y intercept. We see that the first equation, where y was already isolated, also has a slope of m = 1/3. The two equations of this system have the same slope. Choice C is one of the answers.
However, they don't have the same y intercept. The first equation has y intercept b = -4, while the second has b = -7/3. This means that they do not represent the same line. They need to have identical slopes, and identical y intercepts (though the slope can be different from the y intercept of course) in order to have identical lines. So we can rule out choice D and E because of this.
Because the two equations have the same slope, but different y intercepts, this means the lines are parallel. Choice B is the other answer.
Parallel lines never touch or intersect, which in turn means there is no solution point. A solution point is where the lines cross. We can rule out choice A.
I recommend using your graphing calculator, Desmos, GeoGebra, or any graphing tool (on your computer or online) to graph each equation given. You should see two parallel lines forming. I used GeoGebra to make the graph shown below.