Two friends, Damian and Nicole, took summer jobs. The equation y = 15.52 represents Damian's earnings in dollars and cents, y, for working ac hours. Nicole
earned $475 in 25 hours.
Use the dropdown menu and answer-blank below to form a
true statement.
Damian earns $
per hour
than Nicole.
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Step-by-step explanation:

282 6/7 cm^2

step-by-step explanation:

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