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Every weekday, mr. jones bikes from his home to his job. sometimes he rides along two roads, the long route that is shown by the solid lines. other times, he takes the shortcut shown by the dashed line. how many fewer kilometers does mr. jones bike when he takes the shortcut instead of the long route?

Aclothing designer is selecting models to walk the runway for her fashion show. the clothes she designed require each model’s height to be no more than y inches from 5 feet 10 inches, or 70 inches. which graph could be used to determine the possible variance levels that would result in an acceptable height, x?