You are virtually racing against your friend who lives on Spain where they use the metric system. You measured that you ran 430 feet per minute and your friend measured that they ran 6.5 kilometers per hour. Which of you is faster?

the forst and 3rd

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a farmer that lived in ancient egypt would most likely be barried in the sand, in the desert!

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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

answer: x=3 and y=4

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