3. A prop assistant needs to rent a telescope to use for a scene in a
movie. One company charges $58 per day plus a flat fee of $32 to rent a
telescope. Another company charges $62 per day with no flat fee. For how
many days would the total cost of renting a telescope be the same at both
companies? Justify your answer by writing and solving an equation.

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4

the answer is b

answer is 33

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the answer is -1 for this question

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