Elias’s teacher has given him a rectangle that is 15 feet by 20 feet. She has asked him to create a new rectangle using a scale factor of 8/3. Elias says that will be a reduction because the scale factor is a fraction. Is he correct? Explain.

Answer the questions in the attachment. a rescue helicopter is at point a and a rescue boat is at point e. the helicopter pilot spots boats in distress at points d and c,with angles as marked in the diagram. figure abce is a rectangle. the altitude of the rescue helicopter, represented by ae, is 5000 feet.

Cd is the perpendicular bisector of both xy and st, and cy=20. find xy.

Randy and trey take turns cleaning offices on the weekends. it takes randy at most 4 hours to clean the offices. it takes trey at most 6 hours to clean the offices. what is the greatest amount of time it would take them to clean the offices together? 2.4 hours 2.5 hours