A. a=1/2
b. a=2
c. a=-5
d. a=-2

22. catie is starting a babysitting business. she spent $26 to make signs to advertise. she charges an initial fee of $5 and then $3 for each hour of service. write and solve an inequality to find the number of hours she will have to babysit to make a profit. interpret the solution.!

In the diagram below,abc is congruent to dec what is the value of x

Given: ab ≅ cd and ad ≅ bc prove: abcd is a parallelogram. statements reasons 1. ab ≅ cd; ad ≅ bc 1. given 2. ac ≅ ac 2. reflexive property 3. △adc ≅ △cba 3. ? 4. ∠dac ≅ ∠bca; ∠acd ≅ ∠cab 4. cpctc 5. ∠dac and ∠bca are alt. int. ∠s; ∠acd and ∠cab are alt. int. ∠s 5. definition of alternate interior angles 6. ab ∥ cd; ad ∥ bc 6. converse of the alternate interior angles theorem 7. abcd is a parallelogram 7. definition of parallelogram what is the missing reason in step 3? triangle angle sum theorem sas congruency theorem sss congruency theorem cpctc