The holding pond at a local factory is leaking. A reporter hears that the pond leaks 122.5 gallons of contaminated water every 35 days. The reporter wants to make a table showing how much leaks in 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 1 month of 30 days. Find the best first step to make this table. Then make the table.

A.) Convert the number of days to weeks

B.) Multiply the unit rate by the number of days

C.) Use the given ratio to find the unit rate.

D.) Divide the number of days by the unit rate.

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4

the answer is:

the answer is:

to solve the problem, we need to remember the quotient of power property, it's defined by the following relation:

if we have a quotienf of powers that have the same base, we need to keep the same base and subtract the exponent of the denominator power to the exponent of the numerator power.

so, we are given the expression:

then, calculating we have:

hence, the answer is:

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