Shawn and Dorian rented bikes from two different rental shops. The prices in dollars, y, of renting bikes from the two different shops for x hours is shown. Shop Shawn used: y = 10 + 3.5x
Shop Dorian used: y = 6x

If Shawn and Dorian each rented bikes for the same number of hours and each paid the same price, how much did each pay for the rental?

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answer: the angel abc is 30°,and the abc is a triangle where the angel bac is 90°

so ac is the half of 24=12ft,and from the pythagorean theorem we find ba

ba=√bc^2-ac^2=√576-144=√432=12√3ft

so bac is 12+12√3=12(1+√3)ft

1st integer x

2nd integer x+1

3rd integer x+2

4th integer x+3

x+x+1 +x+2+x+3 =74

combine like terms

4x+6 = 74

subtract 6 from each side

4x = 68

x = 17

the integers are 17,18,19,20