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Question 596076: A farmer wants to fence in a rectangular pasture that is 400 yards by 224 yards. the cost of fencing is $15.75 per 8 ft. What is the total cost of the fencing?
(HINT: 3 feet = 1 yard)
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Question 596207: To jog 6 miles, how many times must you jog around a city block that is 1/4 mile long by 1/8 mile wide?
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Question 596995: what is the length of a segment?

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Question 597040: 1. A parallelogram has the vertices (0, 3), (3, 0), (0, -3) and (-3, 0). Determine what type of parallelogram. Find the perimeter and area.

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Question 597720: Given A(6, -17), B(-6, 17), C(4, 9), D(-4, 4), the midpoint of which segment is at the origin?
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Question 598619: Find the coordinates of the point that lies one fourth of the way from (-10, -2) to ( -12, -6)
please helpppp!
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Question 598640: Find the coordinates of the point that lies three fourths of the way from
(10, -8) to (6, 0)
a) (8, -4) b) (9, -2) c) (7, -2) d) (9, -6)
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Question 598640: Find the coordinates of the point that lies three fourths of the way from
(10, -8) to (6, 0)
a) (8, -4) b) (9, -2) c) (7, -2) d) (9, -6)
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Question 599051: the area of a granite countertop is 12x^2+10x-12. the width of the countertop is 2x+3. whats the lenght of the countertop?
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Question 599855: Question: You would like to buy a wheels for your child's wagon so that the wheels roll 1 meter in a full revolution. What should be the approximate diameter? Give the answer in decimeters rounded to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 600797: a square poster board has a perimeter of 12 centimeters. what is the area of the poster board?
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Question 601037: the base of a triangle is given by the co-ordinates of the end points (0,0), (0,6). If the slopes of the other two sides are 2 and - 2/3, determine the co-ordinates of the third vertex.
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Question 601118: Find the coordinates of the point that lies one fourth of the way from (-12,4) to (0,6)
PLEASE HELP ME. :[
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Question 601308: if pq and mn are parallel,what is the lenght of mn?
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Question 601560: A pole that is 3.1m tall casts a shadow that is 1m long. At the same time, a nearby building casts a shadow that is 45.5m long. How tall is the building? Round your answer to the nearest meter.
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Question 602437: M(-7, 6) is the midpoint of line RS. If S has coordinates (0, 9), find the coordinates of R.
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Question 602456: Find the distance between each pair of points
(-1, 6) and (3, 6)
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Question 602459: Find the distance between each pair of points. (3, -2) and (3, 5)
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Question 602677: Hi!
I can't seem to figure this one out.
Use the diagram to find the distance across the suspension bridge. Can someone please help me out?? :)
Diagram - http://i41.tinypic.com/5ph6pt.png
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Question 602932: The distance between points (3,0) and P is five which of the following points could not represent P ?
A. (3,-5)
B.(-2,0)
C.(8,0)
D.(3,5)
E.none of these

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Question 602974: The length of a rectangle is 7yards more than twice its width. Find the dimensions of the rectangle if the area of the rectangle is 39 square yards.
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Question 604143: The Ratio of the side lengths of a triangle is 4:7:9. The perimeter of the triangle is 120 feet. Find the side lengths. Then classify the triangle by its side lengths.
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Question 604278: if c(-2,4) and d(-6,-1) then what is the length of CD
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Question 605456: If P coordinates are (3,4) and Q (3,3) what is the answer using mid point formula?
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Question 606650: Find the coordinates of the midpoint of a segment having the given endpoints.
Q(-8,7) R(-1,1)
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Question 607410: the length of a recreation room is 2.1 m longer than its width if the permiter of the room is 20.6 m what are the dimensions.thanks you very much
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Question 607373: what is the y-coordinate for the point on the curve with x-coordinate 20?
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Question 608534: A spotlight is 5 feet from one wall of a room and 10 feet from the other wall at right angles to it. How many feet is it from the intersection of the two walls?
A)15
B)7.07
C)11.18
D)14.14
E)22.36
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Question 609145: in rectangle abcd , bc = 6 , ab = 8 and ac = 10 find the missing lengths
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Question 609591: An umbrella 50 inch long can lie on the bottom of a trunk whose length and width are, respectively:
A)26, 30
B)39,36
C)31,31
D)40,21
E)40,30
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Question 610729: The diameter of a circle has end points (1,2) and (3,2). Where is the center of the circle?
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Question 612379: The perimeter of a parallelogram is 50 ft and its length is 10 ft. The length of the other side is what?
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Question 612594: given A(-2,1)and B(8,5) the end points of the diameter of the circle
a) what are the coordinates of the center W of the circle?
b) what is the radius of this circle
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Question 612629: given a random point M(X,Y) OF THE CARTESIAN PLANE SHOW THAT D(O,M) = square root sign x^2+y^2
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Question 612627: show rhat the points A(-2,2) B(5,-5) C(4,2) are located on a circle with center w(1,-2) . what is the radius of the circle
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Question 613281: 3. Find the length of a rectangular prism that has a width of 6 inches, height of 4 inches, and surface area of 108 square inches.
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Question 613280: 2. Find the height of a rectangular prism that has a length of 15 meters, width of 5 meters, and surface area of 230 square meters.

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Question 613279: 1. Find the width of a rectangular prism that is 12 inches high, 27 inches long, and has a surface area of 1194 square inches.

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Question 614467: I need help with this problem even though I am familiar with the equation of a circle. Question: Find all points (x,y) which lie on a circle with center (2,6) and radius of 5 if it's x-coordinate is twice its y coordinate. Only an algebraic solution is accepted. I can plot this with points using the center and radius but I just can't figure it out algebraicly.
Thank you
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Question 615035: Find the distance between the parallel lines corresponding to y=2x+3 and y=2x+7.

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Question 615354: Can someone PLEASE help me solve this? Thank you!
Convert these Cartesian coordinate to polar coordinates
a) (-5,-2) 0<(theta)<2pi
b) (-1,-5) 0<(theta)<2pi, r>0
c) (-6,6) 0<(theta)<2pi, r>0
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Question 615353: Can someone PLEASE help me solve this? Thank you!
Convert the polar coordinate (8, ((5pi)/3)) to Cartesian coordinates.
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Question 615940: How do you find the area of a rectangular garden with dimensions ( x + 5 ) and ( 3x - 1 )?
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Question 618699: LM has the endpoints L (-1,1) and M (-5,-3) find the coordinates of the midpoint of LM

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