Is 4/9 half of 8/18 ?

Beth took out a $20,000 loan for college she is borrowing money from two banks. bank a charges an interest rate of 8.5% bank b charges and interest rate of 10.5% after one year alice owes $1860 in interest how much money did she borrow from bank a

Is the figure congruent? yes or no?

Find the value of x. give reasons to justify your solutions! l, m ∈ kn