Answer:
y = 4 ; x = 4√2
Step-by-step explanation:
This is a 45° 45° 90° triangle meaning the legs will equal each other and the hypotenuse will be equal to the length of the legs times √2.
Alternate interior angles.
Write and solve an equation of ratios:
5 *10^9 years 100 m
------------------- = --------------
5 * 10^3 yrs x
Reducing the first fraction,
100 m
10^6 = ----------
x
100 m
Solving for x, x = ------------- = 10^(-4) m, or [10^(-1)] * [10^(-3))]
10^6
this comes out to one tenth of 1 millimeter.
The ratio is 1:6 for this
