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Map of the City Zoo

A triangle with points zebras, monkeys, and lions. The distance from zebras to monkeys is 52 feet and from monkeys to lions is x feet. A triangle with points lions, tigers, elephants. The distance from lions to tigers is 96 feet and from tigers to elephants is 78 feet.

The path from the zebras to the monkeys is parallel to the path from the tigers to the elephants. What is the distance between the lions and monkeys?


1. Proportion:
52
78
=
x
96

2. Cross-multiply: 4992 = 78x

3. Solve:

The distance between the lions and the monkeys is
feet.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
x = (52/78)·96 = 4992/78 = 64

The distance between the lions and the monkeys is 64 feet.