most stages in professional theaters have a trap door and an elevator so large pieces of scenery or equipment can be brought to the stage. At a local theater the trap door has an area of 84 square feet, and has a whole number length and side measure. A concert grand piano needed for a performance has a length of 8 feet, 10 inches and a width of 5 feet 2 inches. The pianoo fita through the trap door. What is the length and width of the trap door? What is the perimeter?

The answer is 1 because you have to flip the sign when dividing by negative number and 3

Intersecting secant-tangent theorem states that if a tangent segment and a secant segment are drawn to a circle from an exterior point, then the square of the measure of the tangent segment is equal to the product of the measures of the secant segment and its external secant segment.so to break it down: 1. pq acts as the tangent and ps as the secant with an intersection at p.sr = 21rp = 3x + 3pq = 4x + 4following to equation: tangent squared = the two segments multiplied by each otherso (4x + 4) ^ 2 = (3x + 3) • (21) simplifies to 16x^2 - 31x - 47 = 0 or (16x - 47)(x + 1) x = -1 or x = 47/162. pq acts as the tangent and ps as the secant with an intersection at p (again! )sr = 16rp = xpq = 15(15) ^ 2 = 16 • x225 = 16xx = 225/163. the interesting chords are proportional to each other so a ratio is possible to set up: ap dp 10 3 + x = = —— = pc pb 8 xcross multiple to get 10x = (3 + x)(8)x = 12