The figure below shows the route that Maya traveled home from the library this afternoon. From the library to Maya's House, the distance is 5 miles + 4.5 miles + 3 miles.
Maya wrote the expression 3 + 5 + 4.5 to represent the total distance that she traveled. Which statement best describes Maya’s expression?

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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this may not be at all, but i use the same website you're using for school, and if i'm stuck doing one of these i try to look for it on the section.

x = -5

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