You have a 12 inch ruler being used as a miniature seesaw. A pencil is placed under the 4 inch mark. A weight is placed at the 2 inch mark that balances the seesaw. Now the uneven seesaw is balanced. if you then placed a pencil at the 12 inch end, how many similar pencils approximately will you need to place at the other 1 inch end to get a balance again?

a) y = -3x +2

b) y = 1/2x -6

these 2 can be combined into one equation.

-3x +2 = .5x -6

8 = 3.5x

x = 8 / 3.5 = 2.2857142857

y = -3 * (8 / 3.5) +2

y = (-24 / 3.5) + 2

y = -4.8571428571

step-by-step explanation:

ca = ec

cpctc makes it so that corresponding parts of the triangle you proved to be equal are equal, the other options aren't part of the part of the triangles you proved to be equal.