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Question 173522: What is the relationship between the number of lines and the number of kilometers on the grid?
Why was it so important to plot the originals points accrately?
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Question 174807: how do you convert 5km in us metrics? What is the metric system for the European system? The U. S is very confusing to grasp, at least it is for me.
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Question 174815: Find all the possible coordinates for the fourth vertex of a parallelogram with the given vertices. The three coordinates are: (3,-4), (-2,-1), and (1,2).
I actually found one of the coordinates, which is (6,-1) but I'm lost after this one.
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Question 175453: point C lies on line AB such that AC= 3/4 AB. If the endpoints of line AB are A(8,12) and B(-4,0) ,find C.

i know i have to use substitution but its been a couple months since I have had a problem like this. If you could please guide me through the steps you would be very helpful. Thank You
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Question 175790: There are eight points, each with integer coordinates that are 10 units from the origin. List the points.
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Question 175789: L (8,a) is 25 units from T (15,35). Find all the possible values of a.
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Question 176130: PS is the hypotenuse of isosceles right triangle PST for P(-6,-2) and S(-6,5). Find some possible coordinates of T.
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Question 176129: A triangle has vertices S(0,7), E(5,-6), and T(10,7). Find the length of the altitude to the shortest side.
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Question 176129: A triangle has vertices S(0,7), E(5,-6), and T(10,7). Find the length of the altitude to the shortest side.
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Question 176807: we have a pipe it's leanth 1.5 meter and we have a wire it's leanth 3meter .we want that are around the pipe cover of wire how much tunr are required?
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Question 177002: Starting at Joe's Gas Station, a car travels due north on Avenue A for 3.4 miles, then turns right and travels on Cedar Street for 1.0 miles, and then turns right again and travels on Washington Avenue for 0.6 miles. How far is the car from Joe's Gas Station?
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Question 177220: i need help over distance formula i set the problem up right but now im stuck (-3-2)^2+(5-8)^2 negative 3 subtract 2 squared plus 5 subtract 8 squared equals ? then i need the square root
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Question 177770: How do you solve for the mid point for the following points (-3,-3) and (9,-15). Please provide detail step by step instructions.
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Question 177770: How do you solve for the mid point for the following points (-3,-3) and (9,-15). Please provide detail step by step instructions.
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Question 178069: TWO JETS LEAVE DENVER AT 9 AM ONE FLYING EAST AT A SPEED 50km/h GREATER THAN THE OTHER,WHICH IS TRAVELING WEST.AT 11 AM THE PLANES ARE 2500 km APART .FIND THERE SPEEDS.
I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL WAYS IS THERE AN EASIER WAY TO REMEMBER THE FORMULAS FOR THIS
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Question 178259: find the distance from (6,5) to the line defined by y=-2x-8. express as radical or a number rounded to the nearest hundredth
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Question 178276: find the distance from (2,1) to the line defined by y=-2x-5. Express as a radical or a number rounded to the nearest hundredth
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Question 158060: 5W + 4L = 198cm
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Question 179595: Select the equations of the line passing through (0,5)
a) y=6x+2
b) y=6x+5
c) y=5x+5
d) y=5x+6
Explain why or you came to your answer?
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Question 180622: I plan on tutoring college students in math this summer.
.
I have no idea how to do college calculus, is there websites that would be able to teach me some subjects in college calculus/trigonomotry/... . I want to know the subjects in calculus, so I can help even better in tutoring
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Question 181159: Find the distance between the given numbers
a.) 2 and 17
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Question 181262: Need help Please!!!!
A rancher with 750ft of fencing wants to enclose a rectangular area and then divide it into four pens with fencing parallel to one side of the rectangle.
a. Find a function that models the total area of the four pens.
b. Find the largest possible total area of the four pens.
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Question 181319: Hi Maths tutor, Can you please solve this question for me.
Sam has twice as many bananas as Sandra. There are 3 dozen bananas altogether. How many does Sam have?
Thanks,
Teddy
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Question 181678: In kite ABCD,measure BAC=35 degrees and measure BCD=44 degrees.
1.Find measure ABD
2.Find measure DCA
3.Find measure ABC
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Question 181784: Find the point that is one-eighth the distance from the point P(8,8) to the point Q(-7,-7) along the segment PQ
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Question 181901: Two airplanes leave chicago at 12 noon, one traveling west at 575 km/h and the other at 625 km/h. At what time will they be 300 km apart?
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Question 181900: two jets leave chicago at 8 a.m, one traveling north at 650 km/h and the other south at 750km/h. At what time will they be 3500 km apart?
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Question 181902: A cemist has 60 g of solution that is 70 % acid. How much water should be added to make a sloution that is 40% acid?
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Question 181898: Two cars traveled in opposite directions from the same starting point. The rate of one car was 10km less than the rate of the other. After 4 hours the cars were 600km apart. Find the speed of the train.
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Question 181899: Two cars start at the same time from the same point and travel in opposite directions. One car travels 10 mi/h faster than the other. In 3 hours they are 300 miles apart. Find the rate of each car.

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Question 181897: An express train travels 150 km in the same time that a freight train travels 100km. The average speed of the freight train is 20km/h less than that of the express train. Find the speed of each train.

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Question 182694: A city block 500 feet by 500 feet has a large building 300 feet by 300 feet in the exact center. The rest of the block is an unobstructed paved lot. What is the shortest distance from the SW corner to the NE corner of the city block, going through the paved lot (to the nearest foot)??
Not sure on what I need to do here...
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Question 179917: Does the equation
-1
y=____
x
represent a direct or inverse variation?
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Question 183894: The height of a football t seconds after a punt depends upon the intital height & velocity of the ball and on the downward pull of gravity. Suppose a punt leaves the kicker's foot at an initial height of 0.8 meters with initial upward velocity of 20 meters per second.
A. Write an algerbraic rule relating flight time t in seconds and height h in meters for this punt.

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Question 184276This question is from textbook Geometry
: How can you describe a transformation just looking at a graph?This question is from textbook Geometry

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Question 185287: if the endpoint is 7,15 what is the length
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Question 185764: The height, H, in centimeters, of a woman whose humerus bone is x centimeters long can be represented by the formula below.
H=2.75x + 71.48
Base on the formula, what is the height, to the nearer centimeter, of a woman whose humerus bone is 33 centimeters long?
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Question 186064This question is from textbook Pre-Algebra
: brandon hikes 7 miles south and 4 west. How far is he from the starting point of his hike?This question is from textbook Pre-Algebra

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Question 186100: I am new to this so i dont just need the answer i need help to understand.
10^6-x=2^x+4
^= square root sign
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Question 186102: ^2*^18=^2*18
^= square root sign
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Question 186099: 15-^2x+2=13
^+ square root
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Question 186314: Matt’s mathematics class is playing “Guess My Rule.”
The teacher writes this table of values on the
chalkboard, and the class finds an equation that fits
the values in the table. Which of these equations
describes the relationship between the values in
the table?
Table of Values
x y
-3 -11
0 -2
2 4
5 13

F. y = 2x - 2
G. y = -2x - 2
H. y = -3x - 2
I. y = 3x - 2
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Question 186388This question is from textbook

: The volume of the triangular prism is 1440 cm^3. The base is a triangle with the area of 60 cm^2. What is the height of the prism.This question is from textbook

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Question 186404: A tree casts a shadow 39m long. At the same time, the shadow cast by a 70cm tall statue is 85 cm long. Find the height of the tree.
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