Three students are arguing over who can run the fastest. Student A says that she can run 2/3 mile in six minutes. Student B says that he can run 1/2 mile in four minutes. Student C says that he can run 4/5 mile in eight minutes. Type your answer as a number, and if necessary, use / for the fraction bar. Fractions should be expressed in lowest terms. What fraction of a mile can Student A run in one minute? PLease i need this

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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+

25.45584

i believe the answer is 323 ft

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