Jesse's fish hook was 12 feet below the top of the water. He let out some of his line, and the hook sunk another 3 feet. What is the depth of the
fish hook now? Write an addition problem, and then give the answer.

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step-by-step explanation:

yuo ned the activity or vertical angle of the form of 1,7 but 2,2 has a c4,2 as it verticie so i not have a car

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4

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-12 -5(x + 4) = 3x

-12 - 5x - 20 = 3x

-12 - 20 - 5x = 3x

-32 - 5x = 3x

    + 5x   + 5x

-32 = 8x

8         8

- 4= x