Hello can anyone help with this? The distance between Heysham and the Isle of Man is 80 km.
A hovercraft travels at 50 km per hour.
How long does the journey take?

1 hour 36 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Amount of time the journey takes = 80km ÷ 50km/h

                                                        = 1.6h

                                                        = 1h 36mins

what "following statement"?

step-by-step explanation:

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