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The length of triangle base is 26. a line, which is parallel to the base divides the triangle into two equal area parts. find the length of the segment between triangle legs.

The first week samantha learned to read braille, she could read 10 words per minute. in the second week she increased her speed by 20%. in the third week she increased her speed again by another 25%. how many words could she read per minute by the third week? hurry and tell me!

Out of five men and five women, we form a committee consisting of four different people. assuming that each committee of size four is equally likely, find the probabilities of the following events: 1. the committee consists of two men and two women 2. the committee has more women than men. 3. the committee has at least one man. for the remainder of the problem assume that alice and bob are among the ten people being considered. 4. both alice and bob are members of the committee.