If 2a = 3b, and 4a - 7 = 2b + 9. what is the value of a?

Asoccer ball manufacturer wants to estimate the mean circumference of soccer balls within 0.1 in

Solve the system by the elimination method. x + y - 6 = 0 x - y - 8 = 0 when you eliminate y , what is the resulting equation? 2x = -14 2x = 14 -2x = 14

In the following diagram it is given that dec,ab || dc, ad || eb, and ad is congruent to bc. a)why isn't abc a parallelogram even though it has a pair of parallel sides and a pair of congruent sides b)explain why be must be congruent to bc. further explain what type of triangle this makes triangle abc and what it tells you about angle 1 and angle 2c) finally why must angle 3 be congruent to angle 1? further, explain why we know that angle 3 is congruent to angle 2