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Question 570635: Aura took three biology exams and has an average score of 85. Her second exam score was 11 points better than her first, and her third exam score was 2 points better than her second exam. What were her three exam scores?
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Question 570227: I've been out sick since Monday and have been getting my work sent home. I've missed this lesson and can't for the life of me figure out how to do this. I've got 10 other similar problems to do but should be able to figure it out if some kind soul will help me understand.
Calculate the distance from point (-2,3) to the line y=x+1
I would really, really appreciate an explanation not just an answer since I have 9 more of these :)
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Question 569751: The distance between two towns on a map is 6 cm. The actual distance between two towns is 48 ikm. What is the scale on the map?
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Question 569751: The distance between two towns on a map is 6 cm. The actual distance between two towns is 48 ikm. What is the scale on the map?
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Question 568322: The sides of the outside square in the figure are 6 inches long. The corners of the next smaller square are at the midpoints of the outside square, and so on. Imagine that the process of nesting squares continues forever. The sum of the perimeters approaches a finite number. What is that number?

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Question 567459: What is the ratio of the number of diagonals in a pentagon to the measure of each exterior angle of a regular decagon?
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Question 566528: the verticed of a triangle abc are a(1,7) b(9,3) and c(3,1)
a. prove that triangle ABC is a right triangle

b.which angle is the right angle?
c.which side is the hypotenuse?
d.what are the coordinates of the midpoint of the hypotenuse?
e. what is the equation of the median from the vertex of the right angle to the hypotenuse?
f. what is the equation of the altitude from the vertex of the tight angle to the hypotenuse?

Please help ASAP. Thank you
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Question 566063: Please help me i dont understand the cocine and sin and tan.
the right trangle.
the acute angle equals 26 and the side acroos the 90 degree angle is b and the side across the 26 degree angle equals a and the last side aquals 80
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Question 566077: Please help me with this problem!!
i would highly appreciate it!
solve for y and z
round values to the nearest whole number.
a right triangle.
the side across the right angle 13
the length across the acute or the smallest angle "y" equals 5
and the other angle is z

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Question 566079: please help me i am ot soo good with word problems. if u can please help me i would appreciate it!!
tim needs to find the height of a tower surrounded by a fence, which prevents direct measurement of the tower's shadow length. Tim was instead able to find that the shadow was 650 feet longer at a 30 degree angle as compared to a 45 degree angle of the sun. Help Tim solve for the tower height.
please help me!!!!
Thank you!!!
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Question 564636: a rectangle is 3/4 as wide as it is long. how long is the rectangle if it is 8 inches wide.
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Question 564036: two cars leave a crossroads at the same time. one heads north at 50 km/h and the other heads east at 70 km/h. how far apart are the cars after 2.0 hours?
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Question 563859: Hans has a sheet of tin 52 cm by 90 cm. He plans to make a box by cutting squares out of each of the 4 corners and folding up the remaining edges. How large a square should he cut so that the finished box will have a length that is twice its width?
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Question 563356: what is the formula for finding the sqare root of 30 feet by 40 feet
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Question 563100: On the coordinate grid of a map Jeff's house is located at (9,5). Hannah's house is at (-5,-5), Kenya's house is located at the midpoint between Jeff and Hannah's houses. What is the distance between Hannah's house to Kenya's house (in mileage).

Note:.... I came up with a distance of 17.2 units, but 1) not sure that is right and 2) need for the answer to be in miles.

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Question 561513: Grace is 4 ft. tall and standing in the light of a 20 ft. tall lamppost. her shadow is 8 ft. long. If she moves 1 ft. closer to the lamppost, by how much will her shadow decrease?
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Question 561277: Is 32 feet greater than, less than, or egual to 11 yards?
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Question 559312: The distance around (perimeter) a certain rectangular playing field is 310 meters. The length is 65 meters more than the width. What are the dimensions (length and width) of the field? I need help solving this problem please....step by step. Thank you.
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Question 559702: the coordinate of p are (-2,5) and the coordinates of q are (6,1).
a.what is the slope of pq?
b.what is the equation?
c.what are the coordinates of the mp of pq?
d. what is the eqquation of the perpendicular bisector of pq?

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Question 559689: A rectangle has a perimeter of 12 m. If each side is a whole number of meters, what arethe possible dimensions for the length and width

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Question 557911: when given the endpoint (4,2) and the midpoint (6,0) how do you find the other endpoint. You have to do (4+x)/2=6 and (2+y)/2=0 then what?
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Question 557473: whats bigger 1.25m or 1200cm
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Question 556822: if the coordinates of the end point of ab are a(-6,3) b(2,-3) and the midpoint is (2.5,1) how do i find the length of ab
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Question 556225: A rope measures 15 1/2 feet and needs to cut in equal parts. Find the length of each piece

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Question 556037: A man is planning to fence the front of his property with posts 2 m apart. Short of money he decides to make the posts 3 m apart and uses 3 posts less. How wide is the property?
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Question 555635: each lace is 75 cm long. How many pairs of laces i can make from a narrow strip of leather 10 m long?
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Question 555259: If the minute hand of a big clock is 1.2 cm long, how far does the tip of the minute hands move in 20 minutes?
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Question 555039: How should I cut a rope into two parts so that one part is 10 feet longer than the other?
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Question 554932: 1in:45yd write the scale without units
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Question 554451: what is the length of a cube if the volume is 80 feet cubed?
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Question 554259: Lora walks to the library in 1/3 of an hour. The library is 3/4 miles away. What is her pace?
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Question 554189: how would you solve (8,4) and (12,2) using the distance formula
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Question 554197: how would you solve (0,1) and (2,-1) using the distace formula
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Question 553751: 1.Find the distance between point A(-3, 5) and point B(4, -6) in the coordinate plane
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Question 552879: Brandon walks 2/3 of a mile to school.How many yards does he walk?
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Question 552692: Points T and J are 7 units apart. What is the number of points 2 units from T and 4 units from J?

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Question 552682: You are fencing in a backyard that measures 30 ft by 20 ft. How
much fencing should you buy?

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Question 551669: A pump boat moves at an average speed of 40 kilometers per hour. Suppose it can cover a certain distance in 2hours. if it is moving in the direction of the current and in 2 1/2 hours if it is moving against the current. What is the speed of the current?
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Question 551668: At 6 AM, Joe set out on a hike from his home and walked at an average speed of 5 kilometers per hour. after walking a certain distance, he noticed that he forgot his lunch box. He rode a jeep and went back home at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour. If he reached his home at 7 AM how far has he walked?
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Question 551665: The length of a rectangle is 5 meters less than four times its width. if the perimeter of the rectangle is 110 meters, what is the length of the rectangle?
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Question 551653: The length of a certain rectangle is 4cm greater than the side of a square. The width of the rectangle is 2cm less than the side of the square. The area of the rectangle is 6square cm greater than the area of the square. How long is each side of the square?
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Question 551651: Two trains are leaving a station. The Southbound train travels at 60 kilometers per hour, while the northbound train moves at 45 kilometers per hour. in how many hours will the trains be 300 kilometers apart if both will travel continuously?
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Question 551652: Find Three consecutive integers such that 6 less than 5 times the smallest integer is equal to the largest integer.
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Question 551499: A play yard is 19ft by 32 ft. A fence is to be built around the yard. How many feet of fencing will be needed? If fencing costs $6.60 per foot, what will be the cost of the fence?

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