21. Higher Order Thinking Edgar Elementary School is having a reading contest. Six
fourth-grade classes each set a goal to read
1,266 pages. Six fifth-grade classes each
set a goal of 2,212 pages. How many more
pages does each fifth-grade class have to
read than each fourth-grade class?

geometry: triangles

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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answer: correct choices are 1, 3 and 5

step-by-step explanation:

answer: graphs are something you write or draw and equations are math problems