Of 66 cars making up a freight train, 17 are boxcars. what fraction of the cars are not boxcars

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many cars are not boxcars, you have to subtract 17 from 66 which gives you 49.

Then you can set up your fraction as 49/66 which can't be reduced.

i think the answer is fried chicken ; >

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