Kate is determining the actual distance between Harrisville and lake town using a map. the scale on her map reads 1 inch = 50 miles. She measures the distance to be 4.5 inches and weights the following proportion: 1 in/4.5 in = 50 mi/ x mi explain why her proportion is equivalent to 50 mi/1 in = x mi/4.5in

Look at the figure below: triangle abc is a right triangle with angle abc equal to 90 degrees. the length of ac is 5 units and the length of ab is 4 units. d is a point above c. triangle adc is a right triangle with angle dac equal to 90 degrees and dc parallel to ab. what is the length, in units, of segment cd?