A street has parallel curbs 40 feet apart. A crosswalk bounded by two parallel stripes crosses the street at an angle. The lengt
h of the curb between the stripes is 15 feet and each stripe is 50 feet long. Find the distance, in feet, between the strip
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Answer:
The distance, in feet, between the strip = 12 feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
From the figure attached in relation with the question, we can deduce that crosswalk is a parallelogram where
CD/AB = CE/AE
CD = 40
CE = 50
AE = 15
Let AB = x
50x = 15 × 40
X = 12
The distance, in feet, between the strip is therefore 12 feet
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