a rope 25 feet long is cut into 3 pieces. the first piece is 2x feet long, the second piece is 5x feet long, and the third piece is 4 feet long.
a.) write and solve an equation to find x
b.) find lengths of the first and second pieces.

Kayla wants to find the width, ab, of a river. she walks along the edge of the river 65 ft and marks point c. then she walks 25 ft further and marks point d. she turns 90° and walks until her location, point a, and point c are collinear. she marks point e at this location, as shown. (a) can kayla conclude that δ and δ are similar? why or why not? (b) suppose de = 15 ft. what can kayla conclude about the width of the river?

Which shows a reasonable estimation for 124% of 42 using the distributive property?

The average daily maximum temperature for laura’s hometown can be modeled by the function f(x)=4.5sin(πx/6)+11.8 , where f(x) is the temperature in °c and x is the month. x = 0 corresponds to january. what is the average daily maximum temperature in may? round to the nearest tenth of a degree if needed. use 3.14 for π .