for every 5 red cars there are 8 black cars. If there are 24 more black cars than red cars how many total vehicles are there​

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.

Sum is 17 and their difference is 3

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