Lynn gave her hair stylist a $5.10 tip. The tip was 17% of the cost of the haircut. Write an equation to find b, the cost of
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Answer:
a = b = 1
Step-by-step explanation:
The triangles are similar thus ratios of corresponding sides are equal, that is
=
( cross- multiply )
10b = 10 ( divide both sides by 10 )
b = 1
and
=
( cross- multiply )
10a = 10 ( divide both sides by 10 )
a = 1
Thus a = 1 and b = 1