Paul has decided to take a trip to the United Kingdom. While he is there, he hopes to visit several different cities, which are shown in the table below. The table also includes how much money Paul expects to spend in each city.
taking into consideration transportation, lodging, and so on. All costs listed are in pounds sterling (£).

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step-by-step explanation:

geometry: triangles

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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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