Solve the problem. 8) Two tracking stations are on the equator 146
miles apart. A weather balloon is located on
a bearing of N 43°E from the western station
and a bearing of N 23°E from the eastern
station. How far, to the nearest mile, is the
balloon from the western station? Round to
the nearest mile.

you can first factor out the n to get n(1+5). we know that 1+5 is 6, so we just have 6n.

c.   x=2.4cm

step-by-step explanation:

similar triangles are triangles which have the same shape but not the same size. this means their angle measures are equal but their side lengths are not instead they are proportional. to solve, we will set up a proportion and solve.

a proportion is two equal ratios set equal to each other. we form the ratios by finding corresponding sides (sides which match to each other on both triangles by their position). out ratios will be one side of the small triangle over the corresponding side on the big triangle as shown below:

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to solve the proportion, we'll cross multiply by multiplying numerator with denominator across the equal sign.