Elijah's scouting troop is running a food drive. They visit the Greener Grocer to ask for donations. The generous owner gives them two boxes of food. One box has twenty 16-ounce bags of pasta. The other box has sixteen 15-ounce cans of beans. How many pounds of food did the grocery store donate in all?

Statement reason 1. δabc is similar to δced. given 2. 3. definition of slope 4. slope of slope of definition of slope 5. slope of × slope of multiplying the slopes 6. slope of × slope of substitution property of equality 7. slope of × slope of simplifying the right side the table contains the proof of the relationship between the slopes of two perpendicular lines. what is the reason for statement 2? a. parallel line segments that meet a common perpendicular line are proportional in length. b. the lengths of vertical and horizontal sides in congruent triangles are in a common ratio. c. trigonometric identities determine the lengths of the legs in a right triangle. d. corresponding side lengths in similar triangles are proportional in length.