Ryan is putting a clothesline in his rectangular backyard. he wants to put it between two trees on the edge of his property. he has measured his property, and made the sketch shown below, where all the lengths listed are in meters. what is the smallest length of rope that ryan could buy which would stretch from one tree to the other?

Given the system of equations presented here: 2x + 4y = 14 4x + y = 20 which of the following actions creates an equivalent system such that, when combined with the other equation, one of the variables is eliminated? multiply the second equation by â’4 to get â’16x â’ 4y = â’80 multiply the second equation by â’1 to get â’4x â’ y = â’20 multiply the first equation by 2 to get 4x + 8y = 28 multiply the first equation by â’1 to get â’2x â’ 4y = â’14