Honestly I don't know what to do at this point please help Joe is working at the storage yard. It is 50 yards from the entrance (V) to the checkpoint (W). From there, it is 40 yards to the guard post (X). From his spot at the guard post, Joe notices a barrel tipped over 12 yards away (Z). The spill stretches to the fence (Y). If AXYZ is similar to AXVW, what is the distance d across the chemical spill? * zd Y 12 yd X 40 yd 50 yd W

15 yds

Step-by-step explanation:

40 divided by 50 equals 4/5, so the lengths of the other triangle have to match that ratio. 3 fits into 12 four times and 15 five times, which makes it a four to five ratio.

1/4 and 8/3 because:

the reciprocal if 4 is 1/4 because 4 is used as 4/1 and the opposite of that is 1/4. the opposite of 3/8 is 8/3 so that is the answer.

step-by-step explanation:

12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 7 hours.

4: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 3 hours.

this means that from 4: 00 p.m to 7: 00 p.m. this represents 3/7 of what was lost from 12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m.

after knowing this, after doing 11,600 - 6,800 = 4,800

4,800 represents 3/7 of what was lost for 7 hours.

we then divide 4,800 by 3 which gets 1,600.

because we know that 1,600 represents 1/7 of how much water was lost, we just have to multiply by 7, which gets 11,200.   after adding 11,200 to how much water was left at 7: 00 p.m. which was 6,800. 11,200 + 6,800 = 18,000

this means that the pool originally had 18,000 gallons in the pool.

you can also check your work by doing 18,000 - 4(1600), which becomes           1800 - 6400 which gets you 11,600.