These images were taken from a satellite above western Brazil. Figure 1 shows a Brazilian forest in the year 2000. Figure 2 shows the same area in 2012. The light-colored areas are bare land with few trees. The dark-colored areas are thick forests. Which nonrenewable resource is most affected by the activity in the images?

the answer would be the third option, "no, ariel should have added 9^2 and 12^2 and compared that to 15^2."

this is found through the pythagorean theorem, which is a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

this is the correct way of solving the problem:

9^2 + 12^2 = 15^2

81 + 144 = 225

225 = 225

the rub-al-khali is also known as the arabian desert and the "empty quarter"