Mikel is determining if the two triangles below could be similar based on their side lengths. Triangle R S T. Side R S is 3 centimeters, side S T is 6 centimeters, and side R T is 8 centimeters. Triangle W X U. Side W X is 18 centimeters, side X U is 7.5 centimeters, and side W U is 15 centimeters. Which statements accurately describe the triangles? Check all that apply.

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What can be said about the relationship between triangles and circles? check all that apply. a) many circles can be inscribed in a given triangle b) exactly one triangle can be inscribed in a given circle c) exactly one circle can be inscribed in a given triangle d) many triangular shapes can be circumscribed about a given circle

Aprisoner is trapped in a cell containing three doors. the first door leads to a tunnel that returns him to his cell after two days of travel. the second leads to a tunnel that returns him to his cell after three days of travel. the third door leads immediately to freedom. (a) assuming that the prisoner will always select doors 1, 2 and 3 with probabili- ties 0.5,0.3,0.2 (respectively), what is the expected number of days until he reaches freedom? (b) assuming that the prisoner is always equally likely to choose among those doors that he has not used, what is the expected number of days until he reaches freedom? (in this version, if the prisoner initially tries door 1, for example, then when he returns to the cell, he will now select only from doors 2 and 3.) (c) for parts (a) and (b), find the variance of the number of days until the prisoner reaches freedom. hint for part (b): define ni to be the number of additional days the prisoner spends after initially choosing door i and returning to his cell.