Matthew went to a amusement park during his summer vacation. He went with four of his best friends. The admission fee for the park was $10.50. The cost of each ride
ticket is $5.50. His favorite ride was the tilt-O-whirl. Matthew had $36.75 to spend at the
amusement park. How many ride tickets can Matthew buy?

4 rides

Step-by-step explanation:

36.75-10.5= 26.25    cost of admission

26.25 divded by 5.5= 4.7777777

so 4 rides with left over change

proofs involving isosceles triangles often require special consideration because an isosceles triangle has several distinct properties that do not apply to normal triangles.(more about triangle types) therefore, when you are trying to prove that two triangles are congruent, and one or both triangles, are isosceles you have a few theorems that you can use to make your life easier.

step-by-step explanation:

an isosceles triangle has two congruent sides and two congruent angles. the congruent angles are called the base angles and the other angle is known as the vertex angle. ∠bac and ∠bca are the base angles of the triangle picture on the left. the vertex angle is ∠abc

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