A farmer has 220 bushels of beans for sale at a farmer's market. He sells an average of 15 and seven eighths
bushels each day. After 7 days, what is the change in the total number of bushels the farmer has for sale at the farmer's market?

35

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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