Find the area of the trapoziod

Find the value of the variable and the length of each secant segment.

△cde maps to △stu with the transformations (x, y) arrowright (x − 2, y − 2) arrowright (3x, 3y) arrowright (x, −y). if cd = a + 1, de = 2a − 1, st = 2b + 3 and tu = b + 6, find the values of a and b. the value of a is and the value of b is .

Acommunity group sells 2,000 tickets for its raffle. the grand prize is a car. neil and 9 of his friends buy 10 tickets each. when the winning ticket number is announced, it is found to belong to neil's group. given this information, what is the probability that the ticket belongs to neil? a.1/5 b.1/10 c.1/200 d.1/4