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Question 321247: how many square feet of floor are in a room that is 126 inches wide by 160 inches long?
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Question 321893: Can anyone help me with this? I'm not sure if this is the right topic, I am trying to find a length: In right triangle ABC, point O is the in-center. CD=2", AC=8"; AB=10". Find y if DB=y. (DB is a segment of CB, a line drawn from in-center O to CB). I have no idea where to begin. Any help would be appreciated!
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Question 322502: a triangle, STR ... s=(-4,7) t= (4,7)r=(0,1), and they're asking me to write an equation that contains the median of triangle RST from S to side RT. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Question 322525: Can anyone help me with this problem? Given 2 similar figures, explain how to tell if there is a size transformation that transforms one of the figures onto the other? Would you use an algorithm to model a change for stretching? Any help would be appreciated!
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Question 322868: a 31 inch square tv is on sale at the local electronic store. If 31 inches is the measure of the diagonal of the screen use the pythagorean theorem to find the length of the side of the screen.
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Question 323718: The length is 2ft more than the width and is perimeter is 84 feet
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Question 323902: What is the equation of the line perpendicular to the line joining (4, 2) and (3, -5) and passing through (4, 2)?
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Question 324563: a store space in a shopping mall is ofter rented by the square foot. What is the area if a rectangular jewelry store that is 12 feet wide and 18 feet long?
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Question 324966: I need help in figuring out how to do this problem and showing my work.
7,000,000,000ps=_________ms
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Question 324981: I have two questions now I am having so many problems out of this math it is unreal I would appreciate any help with these. Thanks
#1) 7,000,000ps = ________ms

#2) 6min = _________ms
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Question 325506: If the sides of a square are lengthened by 3 km, the area becomes 81 square kilometers.Find the length of the original square
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Question 325506: If the sides of a square are lengthened by 3 km, the area becomes 81 square kilometers.Find the length of the original square
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Question 325506: If the sides of a square are lengthened by 3 km, the area becomes 81 square kilometers.Find the length of the original square
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Question 326287: Can anyone help me with this problem? I have no idea where to even start?? Any help would really be appreciated!

If 5x° and (7x – 12)° are the measures for vertical angles formed by two intersecting lines, what is the measure of each angle?
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Question 328049: In the figure above, line m is parallel to the x-axis. Which of the following is an equation of a line that has a slope less than the slope of line m?
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Question 328541: In the standard (x, y) coordinate plane, the line that passes through (1, -7) and (-8, 5) is perpendicular to the line that passes through (3, 6) and (-1, b) . What is the value of b?
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Question 329080: The midpoint of EF is M(4, 10). One endpoint is E(2, 6). Find the coordinates of the other endpoint F.
There is no picture provided.
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Question 329447: A ladder is resting against a wall. The top of the ladder touches the wall at a height of 15ft. Find the length of the ladder if the length is 5ft more than its distance from the wall.
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Question 330759: If L is the midpoint of KM (it has - on top of the first KM) and KM = 5X-6 and LM = 2X+4, what is the value of x?
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Question 330759: If L is the midpoint of KM (it has - on top of the first KM) and KM = 5X-6 and LM = 2X+4, what is the value of x?
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Question 331056: Using the points A (-3, 6) and (2, -1), find each of the following. All equations should be stated in Ax+By+C=0 form. A is a natural number (1,2,3,...). B and C are integers.
What is the length of segment AB?
What is the midpoint of segment AB?
What is the slope of line AB?
What is the equation of line AB?
What is the slope of the line perpendicular to line AB?
What is the slope of the line parallel to line AB?
Please help, I need to know how to solve this problem! Please!
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Question 331597: find all points with integer coordinates located at a distance 5 from (2,3)
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Question 331802: What is the equation of a circle touching the lines x-3y-11=0 and 3x-y-9=0 and having its center on the line x+2y+19=0.
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Question 332042: (b,4) (2,-1) distance = 5
i need the steps for distance when the distance is given with a variable
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Question 332141: a bicyclist rode up a mountain at 12 km/h and then back down at 30 km/h. if a round trip takes 3.5 hours, how long did the ride up take?
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Question 332323: the distance around a rectangle is 2000ft and the length is 800 what is the width
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Question 332613: How do I do this kind of math? I find it some what difficult. I want to learn how to do coordinates very well. please help!
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Question 332440: a building 80 feet high casts a shadow of 20 feet. a nearby building casts a shadow of 40 feet. how tall is the second building
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Question 332857: an atlete runs 105m south and 80m west how far is he from the starting point
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Question 332980: 180 ft rope is cut into three pieces the second piece is twice as long as the first,the third piece is 3 times as long as the second. how long is each piece of rope?
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Question 333188: The unit of measure for a line is in inches. use the distance formula to find the length of the line with points at (-3,0) and (4,3)
A 12.57inches
B 7.61 inches
C 10.48 inches
D 10.57 inches
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Question 333202: If T is (-4,3) and S is (-1,5), what would be the missing endpoint is S is the midpoint of RT? What would R be?
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Question 333204: Find the coordinates of the missing endpoint given that S is the midpoint of RT.
T(-4,3), S(-1,5) and R(2/3,-5), S(5/3,3)
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Question 333166: Find the ordered pair that is a solution to the graphs Y=2x+3
Y=x-2
A (3,-7)
B (0,-7)
C (7,2)
D (-5,-7)
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Question 333398: The length of the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 30 meters. Find the area of the triangle. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
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Question 333648: If RS=8y+4, ST=4y+8, and RT=15y-9, Find the value of y.
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Question 333722: Any assistance is greatly appreciated:
A runner is training for a marathon on a track whose straightaways are 500 ft and semicircles have a diameter of 40 ft. What is the total distance he will run if he runs the track 13 times? What is his average speed in MPH if it takes him 40 minutes and 35 seconds after 13 times?
Thank you for your time.
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Question 333962: Find the coordinates of the midpoint of the two given points.
(4, 8) and (3, 18)
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Question 334529: The vertices of triangle FGH are F(1,1), G(3,-5),H(6,0). Find the coordinates of the vertices after a reflection over the y-axis
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Question 334528: The vertices of triangle FGH are F(1,1),G(3,-5),H(6,0). Find the coordinates of the vertices after a reflection over the x-axis
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Question 334525: Find the coordinates of Point 5,5, after a (0,-2) translation
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Question 334331: John drove to a distant city in 5 hours. When he returned, there was less traffic and the trip took only 3 hours. If John averaged 26 mph faster on the return trip, how fast did he drive each way?
It seems that something is missing from the problem. Help please.
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Question 334636: find the coordinates of the midpoint of the segment with the given endpoints r(3,1) and s(3,7)
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