PLS HELP Simplify (write without the absolute value sign)
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1. are the triangles similar and if so why? what is the value of x? show your work.

Huong is organizing paperback and hardback books for her club's used book sale. the number of paperbacks is 12 less than three times the number of hardbacks. huong had 162 paperbacks. how many hardback books were there?

In triangle abc, angle c is a right angle. find the value of the trig function indicated. find tan a if c = 17 and a = 8