A contestant in a game show has 6,000 points. The contestant answers the next question incorrectly and loses 700 points. Does the word "lose" suggest a positive integer or a negative integer? What integer represents a loss of 700 points?

Consider the system: y = 3x + 5 y = ax + b what values for a and b make the system inconsistent? what values for a and b make the system consistent and dependent? explain

1. 2. ∠b and ∠y are right angles. 3.? 4.? which two statements are missing in steps 3 and 4? ∠x ≅ ∠c △abc ~ △zyx by the sas similarity theorem. ∠b ≅ ∠y △abc ~ △zyx by the sas similarity theorem. = 2 △abc ~ △zyx by the sss similarity theorem. = 2 △abc ~ △zyx by the sss similarity theorem.

Which geometric principle is used to justify the construction below?