The temperature in st. louis, missouri, is 31°f. the temperature in duluth, minnesota, is -29°f. is the temperature in st. louis or duluth closer to 0°f?

-29 is 29 degrees away from 0 degrees.

31 is 31 degrees away from 0 degrees.

-29 (the temperature in Duluth) is closer to 0, because 29 is less than 31.

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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dalila is incorrect. the whisker on the left is very long, going all the way out to 5. the whisker goes from 5 to 30, so it has a spread of 25. the rest of the box plot values are closer together, so 5 is an outlier