The streets in a town are arranged in square blocks. Sam leaves his house and rollerblades 4 blocks south and 3 blocks west to the athletic field. He then rollerblades 2 blocks south and 5 blocks east to the library. How far is the library from Sam's home?

How can you solve an equation with a variable on both sides? complete the explanation. you can solve the equation by using *(blank)* operations to get the variable terms on one side of the equal sign and the constant terms on the *(blank)* side. then *(blank)* both sides by the coefficient of the resulting variable term.

Acompany is making new soccer uniforms for a team. the company uses 2.5 yards of fabric for each shirt. the company uses 82.5 yards of fabric to make shirts and shorts for 15 players. the equation and solution below represents the situation. 15(2.5+x)=82.5; x=3 what does the solution, x=3, represent?

Kayla wants to find the width, ab, of a river. she walks along the edge of the river 65 ft and marks point c. then she walks 25 ft further and marks point d. she turns 90° and walks until her location, point a, and point c are collinear. she marks point e at this location, as shown. (a) can kayla conclude that δ and δ are similar? why or why not? (b) suppose de = 15 ft. what can kayla conclude about the width of the river?