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Louis wants to carpet the rectangular floor of his basement. the basement has an area of 864 square feet. the width of the basement is 2/3 it's length. what is the length of louis's basement

Given: lines a and b are parallel and line c is a transversal. prove: 2 is supplementary to 8 what is the missing reason in the proof? statement reason 1. a || b, is a transv 1. given 2. ∠6 ≅ ∠2 2. ? 3. m∠6 = m∠2 3. def. of congruent 4. ∠6 is supp. to ∠8 4. def. of linear pair 5. ∠2 is supp. to ∠8 5. congruent supplements theorem corresponding angles theorem alternate interior angles theorem vertical angles theorem alternate exterior angles theorem

Iknow its nothing to do with education, but what type of thing should i wrote here? ? : ) its for mcdonald's btw.