A traveler is trying to determine the fastest way to travel from city A to city Z. The possible travel routes, with the time required for each segment, is shown below. What is the shortest path and what is the shortest possible time to travel from A to Z? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

Shortest Path Choices: A-B, B-E, E-Z ; A-C, C-Z ; A-B, B-D, D-Z

5 quiero

6 vamos

7 puedan

8 quiero

9pedemos

10 dorme

step-by-step explanation:

a.for lorena 14 hours makes $126   for 16 hours she makes 144

for julie 6 hours makes $72 for 21 hours its $252

b. julie makes more money than lorena julie makes $12 an hour and lorena makes $9  

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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