A movie theater sends out a coupon for 40% off the price of a ticket. Write an equation for the situation, where y is the price of the ticket with the coupon, and x is the original price of the ticket. Use pencil and paper. Draw a graph of the equation and explain why the line should only be in the first quadrant.

y = 0.6x

It's in the first quadrant because you can't buy a negative amount of tickets and you can't pay a negative amount of money.

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4

step-by-step explanation:

classify each pair of angles as alternate interior, same-side interior, or corresponding angles.