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Question 529533: If f(x) = -x^2 - x - 1, then f(-2) =
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Question 530536: The length of a rectangle is 3 ft more than twice its width, and the area of the rectangle is 35 ft^2 . Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 530663: show that the three points (-3,4) (3,2) (6,1) lie in the same line
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Question 535122: Here is the question I can't solve: A police person passes a speeding car and makes an immediate U-turn to stop the speeder. The police person has to drive 140/mph for four miles in order to catch up to the speeding car. How fast is the speeding car traveling?
I feel like my teacher is leaving out some numbers to help me solve this problem. I mean how long did it take the cop to turn around? Heck my whole class is having trouble with this one. Its worth 20 bonus points and I need all the help I can get. Thx.
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Question 535253: what is the distance between the points (1,1) nad (-0.5,-1)

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Question 535253: what is the distance between the points (1,1) nad (-0.5,-1)

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Question 536093: how many cubic yards of dirt is in this area: 500 yards wide x 2 miles long x 38' deep. we are going to build a canal for ships and barges. please give me the answer today. thanks jim.
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Question 536189: what is the length of the line segment whose endpoints are (1,-4) and (9,2)
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Question 536851: You walk 110 yards due south, then 140 yards due west, and then 50 yards due north. How far are you from your starting point?

A new concrete floor will be 15 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 6 inches thick. Concrete is measured by the cubic yard. One sack of dry cement mix costs $6.80, and it takes three sacks to mix up 1 cubic yard of concrete. How much will it cost to buy the cement?
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Question 537067: A 18-foot ladder leans against a wall at a 74 degree angle of elevation. Find the distance from the ladder's base to the wall.
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Question 537505: how to solve this equation, V = (6)sqrt"h" water flows 60 feet per second how tall is the water tower. V is feet per second "h" is height
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Question 539008: Find the point on the y-axis that is equidistant from (5,1) and (-3,-1).
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Question 539259: give the coordinates of two points that are √ 13 apart

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Question 539556: what is the equation of the perpemndicular bisector of ab if a (-3,4) and b ( 7,-6)
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Question 539772: Billy rides his gas-efficient motor scooter to school everyday in a meandering way. He rides 5 miles north, then 3 miles east, then 6 miles south, then 8 miles west, then 3 miles north, then 10 miles east, then 2 miles west, then 7 miles north, then 15 miles west, then 9 miles south, then 6 miles east, then 4 miles west, then 13 miles south, then 3 miles west, then 4 miles north, then 12 miles east to reach school. If, instead of meandering, Billy rode in a straight line to school, what would be the slope of the line perpendicular to the path? please show me the steps
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Question 542004: what is the distance of J(0,1) and F(3,5)
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Question 542508: How many meters are in 805.1 cm? Do not round the answer!
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Question 543543: If you walk 16ft north, then 12ft south, how far are you from your original position?
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Question 543899: please help I have been trying to get an answer for this problem all week. 1. an open top box with the base width of 4 feet base length of 5 feet and height of 3 feet. now suppose the there are three straight rigid wires of lengths 6, 7, and 8feet can any of these wires be laid flat on the base of the box? If it cant be laid flat determine if it can be placed inside the box without bending the wire. if they cant be be placed in the inside of the box without bending the wire explain why or why not
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Question 544572: please help when ever you can. Using the simplest form of printed captial letters, name the first TWO and then the last TWO letters of the alphabet that CAN NOT BE DRAWN without lefting my pen. How does the theory explain which letters to choose.
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Question 544659: Name a point that is sqrt(2)away from (-1,5).
Name a point that is between 50 and 60 units away from (7,-2) and state the distance between from the two points.
Could you show me how to work them out? Please?

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Question 544797: √3
—
√5 -2
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Question 546092: How do I find the coordinates of the midpoint of LB if L(8,5) and B(-6,2)?

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Question 546542: A board is 86 cm in the length and must be cut so that one piece is 20 cm longer than the other piece. Find the length of each piece.
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Question 547703: Adventure Jim is surveying a rectangular hole in the jungle floor, thinking, “That
looks suspiciously like a trap!” While walking around the entire perimeter of the
hole, he maintains a precise one foot distance from its edge. If the hole’s
dimensions are 2 feet by 6 feet, how many feet does Adventure Jim travel, while
surveying the hole?
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Question 547832: a 360m cable is attached to a wall making a 45° angle with the floor. How far is the bottom of the cable from the base of the wall?
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Question 549103: I need help on a word problem.
A 20 meter ladder and a 15 meter ladder were leaned against a building. The bottom of the longer ladder was 7 meters farther from the building than the bottomof the shorter ladder, but both ladders reached the same distance up the building. Find the distance the ladders reached up the building.
I don't even remember how to begin to do this.
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Question 549312: What is the length of the segment with endpoints
A(1, 7) and B(3, -l)
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Question 549576: A flagpole is 12 ft tall casts a 9 foot-shadow. How far is it from the top of the flagpole to the tip of the shadow?

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Question 549576: A flagpole is 12 ft tall casts a 9 foot-shadow. How far is it from the top of the flagpole to the tip of the shadow?

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Question 550252: A sequence of 20 terms is formed by using f(x)=4x-1 for x=1,2,3,...,20. What is the sum of the last eight terms.
i just did 20 + 19 + 18 + ... 13 and it was wrong can you please explain how to do it
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Question 548570: A triangle has vertices at coordinates (2,2), (5,6) and (6,2). What is the number of units in the length of the longest side of the triangle?
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Question 550447: The coordinates of point R are (-3,2) and the coordinates of point T are (4,1). What is the length of RT?
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Question 550470: Which quadrilateral has diagonals that always bisect its angles and also bisect each other? (1.) rhombus
(2.) rectangle
(3.) parallelogram
(4.) isosceles trapezoid
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Question 550560: solve m
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Question 550652: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A AND B IS 20^1/2, THE CO-ORDINATES OF A IS GIVEN (7,2) FIND CO ORDINATES OF B.
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Question 548741: Find variables x,v and c!
c=((x+771)sin(113.7-v))/sin(66,3)
c=((x+321)sin(138.5-v))/sin(41,5)
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Question 550472: On the banks of a river,surveyors marked locations A,B, and C. The measure of 1. AB 2. BC 3. BC 4. AC
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Question 550714: a five foot step ladder is placed 6 feet from a point that is also 15 feet from an orange tree.What is the height of the orange tree?
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Question 551041: On the ellipse (9(x)^2)+(25(y)^2)=225.Find the point whose distance from the right hand focus is 4 times that from the left hand focus.
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Question 551343: A water tank, having the shape of a rectangular prism of base 100 square centimeters, is being filled at the rate of 1 liter per minute. Find the rate at which the height of the water in the water tank increases. Express your answer in centimeters per minute.

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Question 551342: Each dimension of a cube has been increased to twice its original size. If the new cube has a volume of 64,000 cubic centimeters, what is the area of one face of the original cube?

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Question 551368: a cyclist leaves a certain place at a constant speed of 33 kilometers per hour. Three and a half hours later, a motorist leaves the same starting point and overtakes the cyclist in 2.5 hours. What is the speed of the motorist?
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