What is the area of the triangle?

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  7 square units

Step-by-step explanation:

There are several ways the area of triangle EBD can be found.

We choose the latter.

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Pick's theorem says the area of a polygon can be found as ...

  A = i + b/2 -1

where i is the number of grid intersection points interior to the polygon, b is the number of grid points intersected by the border.

The attached figure shows the lines EB, BD, and DE intersect one point in addition to the vertices. So, b=4. A count of the red dots reveals 6 interior points (i=6). So, the area is ...

  A = 6 + (4/2) -1 = 7

The area of ∆EBD is 7 square units.

b. 1.25 hr

step-by-step explanation:

if you have a constant speed of 60 mph, then you have a ratio between 60 mi. to 1 hr. dividing both sides by 60 we get the ratio

1 mi. to

then mult. both sides by 75 we get the ratio

75 mi. to

simplifying we get

75 mi. to

or 1.25 hr.