A freight elevator is holding 15,893 pounds of merchandise stored in containers. Another container weighing 3,473 pounds is placed on the elevator. Then a container weighing 5,492 pounds is taken off the elevator. Let w represent the weight that the elevator is holding. Which equation could be used to solve for the the amount of weight the freight elevator is holding after the container is taken off of it?

In the following diagram it is given that dec, ab || dc, ad || eb, and ad is congruent to bc. a)why isn't abc a parallelogram even though it has a pair of parallel sides and a pair of congruent sides b)explain why be must be congruent to bc. further explain what type of triangle this makes triangle abc and what it tells you about angle 1 and angle 2c) finally why must angle 3 be congruent to angle 1? further, explain why we know that angle 3 is congruent to angle 2