Lena is buying $12 worth of fruit to bring as a class snack. Apples are $1.40 per pound and bananas are $1.25 per pound. Let a be the number of pounds of apples and b the number of pounds of bananas. Write an equation in standard form to model the scenario. Which equation can be used to model the scenario? Which equation represents the standard form for the given scenario?

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you just switch the numbers basically so it would be 3/17

part a: triangles gcb and epb

part b. sides cg and rp are parallel by definition of parallelogram.

angles cgb and e are congruent by being alternate interior angles of parallel lines cut by a transversal. angles gbc and ebp are congruent because they are vertical angles. by aa similarity, the triangles are similar.

part c. since the triangles are similar, the ratios of the lengths of corresponding sides are equal.

calculation of be:

gb/be = cb/bp

(400 ft)/be = 300/200

(400 ft)/be = 3/2

3be = 2 * 400 ft

3be = 800 ft

be = 800/3 ft

calculation of pe:

gc/pe = cb/bp

(350 ft)/pe = 300/200

(350 ft)/pe = 3/2

3pe = 2 * 350 ft

3pe = 700 ft

pe = 700/3 ft