Ten hours after a convict escapes from prison, a guard begins to pursue him. If the convict travels at 12 mph on foot, and the guard travels at 32 mph by car, how far from the prison will the convict be caught by the guard?

answer: 43/157

this is the answer and if you try to prove me wrong your a meanie

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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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yes it represnts a functio, their are not 2 of the same numbers on the both sides