Veronica needs to hire carpenters and masons to renovate her house. She needs 9 laborers to finish the work, and has saved $2150 to pay for the laborers. Carpenters charge $250 and masons charge $225 for a day's work. How many carpenters and masons can she hire?

Given: lines a and b are parallel and line c is a transversal. prove: 2 is supplementary to 8 what is the missing reason in the proof? statement reason 1. a || b, is a transv 1. given 2. ∠6 ≅ ∠2 2. ? 3. m∠6 = m∠2 3. def. of congruent 4. ∠6 is supp. to ∠8 4. def. of linear pair 5. ∠2 is supp. to ∠8 5. congruent supplements theorem corresponding angles theorem alternate interior angles theorem vertical angles theorem alternate exterior angles theorem