Triangles ABC and EDC are outlined on a bridge. The triangles share vertex C and angles D and B are right angles. A new bridge structure requires triangles that are in a ratio of 1:1. If AC = 4x − 3 and EC = 2x + 6, find the distance between the top and bottom of the bridge, in feet. 4.5 ft 15 ft 18 ft 30 ft

Read the excerpt from gilgamesh: a new english version. gilgamesh backed away. he said,"how dreadful humbaba's face has become! it is changing into a thousand nightmarefaces, more horrible than i can bear. i feel haunted. i am too afraid to go on." §enkidu answered, "why, dear friend, do you speak like a coward? what you just saidis unworthy of you. it grieves my heartwe must not hesitate or retreat."