In the figure below, the triangles ABC and APQ are similar. Given that AB=8cm, BC=6cm, CQ=5cm, PQ=9cm.

Every weekday, mr. jones bikes from his home to his job. sometimes he rides along two roads, the long route that is shown by the solid lines. other times, he takes the shortcut shown by the dashed line. how many fewer kilometers does mr. jones bike when he takes the shortcut instead of the long route?

Over the last 4 seconds, a snail has traveled 4/9 of an inch. if the snail traveled the same distance each second, how far did it travel each second?

Quadrilateral abcd is a parallelogram with diagonals that intersect at point e. which of the following statements is true?