You can use a tangent:

We have opposite = 17 and adjacent = x.

substitute:
cross multiply
multiply both sides by √3

divide both sides by 3

Use the Pythagorean theorem:

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Other method.
triangle.
The sides are in the ratio 
Therefore

Answer:
4
Step-by-step explanation:
x^2/ y^4
Let x=8 and y=2
8^2 / 2^4
PEMDAS says powers first
64 / 16
Divide next
4
Answer:
look at explanation
Step-by-step explanation:
To solve all of these questions you just need to scale. While scaling you can divide or multiply.
1.
(divide by 4 to get unit rate)
unit rate = 
2. If it takes one hour to travel 40 miles, then we don't have to scale or anything. We know
, the answer is...
"It'll only take one hour to travel 40 miles. This is correct because the unit rate is
. "
3. Knowing that the constant speed of the plane is
, we can scale then add half of the unit rate to get our answer.
x 3 =
800 x 3 = 2400
then add half of unit rate which is
= 400
so, our answer is 
4.
<--- ( divided by 2)
( multiplied x 2.5) ---> 
To get an easier way to find the answer, if possible you can scale back farther than the 1 hour mark.
Elmer would take 2 and a half hours to ride 15 km.
5. The boys speed is
. All we need to do is divide by 2.
= 4