Acar bought for $6,995 falls to $6,495 after one year. calculate the percentage decrease of the price. round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

(original-new)/original *100% decrease

(6995-6495)/6995  *100%

500/6995*100%

7.14796%

To the nearest whole percent

7% decrease

answer: '

the distance between points l and m

step-by-step explanation:

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4