Hey ya'll Math Question.. TwT Help me, please! There are a total of 128 teams at the start of a citywide 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Half the teams are eliminated after each round. Write and solve an exponential equation to determine after which round, x, there are 16 teams left.

The exponential equation is

Lines a and b are parallel. what is the value of x? -5 -10 -35 -55

Statements reasons 1. ab ? cd; ad ? bc 1. given 2. ac ? ac 2. reflexive property 3. ? adc ? ? cba 3. ? 4. ? dac ? ? bca; ? acd ? ? cab 4. cpctc 5. ? dac and ? bca are alt. int. ? s; ? acd and ? cab are alt. int. ? s 5. definition of alternate interior angles 6. ab ? cd; ad ? bc 6. converse of the alternate interior angles theorem 7. abcd is a parallelogram 7. definition of parallelogram what is the missing reason in step 3?

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