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Question 204148: A train leaves station M and travels west at 35km/hr. One hour later, a faster train leaves station M and also travels west on a parallel track at 40km/hr. How far from station M will the faster train catch the slower one?
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Question 204653: For a right triangle with a vertical angle of 40 degrees and horizontal angle of 50 degrees and a horizontal length of 5, what would be the hypotenuse length and vertical length? And if you could show me how you came up with your answer? Thanks in advance!
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Question 204847: if the coordinates of two adjacent corners of a square at at A(4,2) and B(7,6) what is the length of the diagonal?
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Question 204862: The length of a rectangle is represented by (x+6) and its width by (x-9). what is the area of the rectangle in terms of x?
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Question 205499: Elena bicycles 8 km/h faster than Dennis. In the same time it takes Dennis to bicycle 60 km/h, Elena can bicycle 84 km. How fast does each bicyclist travel?
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Question 205602: Find the length?
DB
D=-5 1/4
B=2/3

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Question 206226: hey.. thank you very much. The question is-
m= (Mo) / sqrt( 1- v^2/ c^2 where
mo= rest mass
c= speed of light
if Captian kirks rest mas is 80kg, how much would he weigh if he was moving at
i)80% of speed of light ( c=3 x 10^8 m/s)
ii)90% of speed of light

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Question 206710: Solve the problem.
By holding a ruler 3 feet in front of her eyes as illustrated in the diagram, Carla sees that the top and bottom points of a vertical cliff face line up with marks separated by 4" on the ruler. According to the map, Carla is about a half mile from the cliff. What is the approximate height of the cliff rounded to the nearest foot? Recall that a mile is 5280 feet.

(I dont know if this problem is solvable without the pictue, but it is basically Carla viewing the mountain from a particulat distance)

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Question 206928This question is from textbook New Syllabus Mathematics D Book 4
: I donot know whether to put this question on this department or in the others. If you know where to submit the question please let me know. Anyways the question is the following;
Kindly, help me solve this question it is urgent!
I have never solved this type of question.
A wheel of radius 40cm is turning about a fixed axis through the centre of the wheel at acentre rate of 2 revolutions per minute. Calculate the
(a) Angle through which the wheel turns in 10 seconds.
(b) Distance moved by a point on the rim in 10 seconds.
I hope someone will solve it. I shall be highly obliged to you.
Thanks,
This question is from textbook New Syllabus Mathematics D Book 4

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Question 206984This question is from textbook geometry
: my book says use the given enpoint r and m of rs to find the coordinate of the other endpoint s........so r(-4,-6), m(3,-4) but how do i find the answer to that for my geometry homework??? can u help me prettty please...=).This question is from textbook geometry

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Question 206984This question is from textbook geometry
: my book says use the given enpoint r and m of rs to find the coordinate of the other endpoint s........so r(-4,-6), m(3,-4) but how do i find the answer to that for my geometry homework??? can u help me prettty please...=).This question is from textbook geometry

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Question 207126: A rope which is 200 meter long is cut into two parts such that one part is 12 cm. longer than the other.How long is each part?
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Question 207212: 1. The perimeter of a standard basketball court is 288ft. Find the dimensions of the basketball court if its length is 44 ft. longer than the width.
2. Two angles are supplementary.One angle is 15 degree less than twice the other.Find the measures of the angles.
3. Two angles complementary.The sum of the measures of the first angle and half the second angle is 55.Find the measures of the angles.
4. A piece of poster has a perimeter of 130 cm.If you cut 5 cm. of the width, the length becomes three times the width.What are the dimensions of the original piece of poster?
5. A square an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. The sum of one side of the square and one side of the triangle is 28 cm. Find the length of one side of each figure.

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Question 207211: 1. A 30- ft board is cut into two parts such that the shorter piece is tree more than one half the longer.How long is each piece?
2. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 38 cm.The total length of the two equal legs is 6 more than thrice the length of the base.Find the length of three sides.
3. The width of a rectangle is one-third of the length. If the perimeter is 40 cm.,find the dimension of the rectangle.
thank u very much if u response....

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Question 207268: Hey, thankyou for the help..The question is_
a open carboard measures a base of 3m x 1m and has a height of 3m. a spider in
corner A moves across the surface of box to point B. Wnat is teh SHORTEST distance that the spider cab travell between A and B. Imagine 3-D cube i.e. like normall room. Sorry for the ammuture drawing was limited.
_____________*A
/ /
/ /
/____________/

3m /
/ 1m
_____________/
*B 3m

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Question 209160: Use the given endpoint R and midpoint M of Line Segment RS to find the coordinates of the other endpoint S.
29. R (4, -6) M (-7, 8)
I've tried finding the distance between the x points and the y points, but I can't figure it out! THANK YOU!

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Question 209345: Please help me find the distance between the pionts (8,3) and (2,7).
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Question 209350: please help me solve the folowing prolem...
Find the slope of the line that passes through the points(13,10) and (5,-7).

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Question 209346: Please help me figure out this problem...
A forensic scientist uses a grid to photograph and record the locations of clues. the grid is made of fishing net with strands that are 1foot apart. In the grid, each point represents the location of a clue. Point A has coordinates (4,5) and point B has coordinates of (9,8). how far apart (in feet) are the clues at point A and B? Round your answer to the nearest foot.

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Question 209521: Use the distance formula and graph these points.

E (1,4)

F (5,6)

G (5,1)

H (4,-4

Find the lengths of these segments and please tell me whether any of the segments have the same length.

thank you

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Question 209561: find the lengh of each line segment or object
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Question 209565: Use the distance formula on this geometry problem. Find the lengths of the segments. Tell whether any of the segments have the same length.

Problem uses the x, y, coordinate.

Segments are E (1,4)

F (5,6)

G (5,1) and

H (4,-4)

Please show work.

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Question 209785: Find the coordinates of B given A(4,-2) and M(4,7).
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Question 209816: I'm having a lot of trouble with this one:
The angle of elevation of a 15 ft ladder is 70 degrees. Find out how far the base of the ladder is from the wall.

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Question 209882This question is from textbook Geometry
: I do not know how to figure out line segments with Algebra. It says to use the Segment Addition Postulate but I do not know what that is.
31. LM=3x+8
MN=2x-5
LN=23
32. LM=7y+9
MN=3y+4
LN=143
This question is from textbook Geometry

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Question 210057: Given the coordinate of one endpoint of segment AB and its midpoint M, find the coordinates of the other endpoint.
A(0,9), M(2,5)

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Question 210251: IF POINT M IS (8,7)AND POINT n IS 3,5) FIND THE DISTANE BETWEEN M ADN N OR IN OTHER WORDS, FIND mMN.
can you show the steps on how to solve this problem.
thanks

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Question 210287: What is the midpoint of these two points.

G(-5.5,-6.1)

H(-0.5,9.1)

please show work

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Question 210523: If m<1= 40 degrees, then m<2= 140 degrees.

decide whether the statement is always true, sometimes true, or never true.

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Question 210746: Find the distance from point (6,8) to the line 2x+5y=7

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Question 211156: A rectangular room is 9 feet longer than twice the width. If the room's perimeter is 186 feet, what are the room's dimensions?
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Question 212001: The coordinates of the point T are given. The midpoint of segment ST has coordinates (5.-8). Find the coordinates of point S.
points (10,18)

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Question 212293: What is the width of a rectangle with an area of 300 square feet and a length of L feet?
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Question 212917: A garden plot is to contain 200 sq. ft. If its length is to be twice its width, what should be its dimension?

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Question 212917: A garden plot is to contain 200 sq. ft. If its length is to be twice its width, what should be its dimension?

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Question 213269: give a counterexample that demonstrates that the converse of the statement is false.
If an angle measures 94, then it is obtuse

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Question 213415: Hey there. the question is-
A 2m high fence lies 3m from a wall of abuilding. A ladder is placed on the other side of teh fence and just clears the fence to reach the wall.
i) Calculate the shorstest ladder that can be used to reach the wall, and just clearing the fence.
ii) Calculate the lenght of the ladder if its foot is 1m from the fence.
Thanks you so much. Great help!!

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Question 213430: A box measures 1 metre X 1 metre X 1 metre. What would a box need to measure to hold twice the volume of this box?
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Question 211981: How does Dijkstras Algorithm work? Ive looked up some sites and my teacher recommends http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/graph/dijkstra2.htm that one but it makes no sense, whats a simple way to do it?
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Question 213981: the slope of 5/3 and contains point (-6, -2)
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Question 213979: Find the coodinates of the missing endpoint given that S is the midpoint of RT.
T(-4,3),S(-1,5)

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Question 213979: Find the coodinates of the missing endpoint given that S is the midpoint of RT.
T(-4,3),S(-1,5)

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Question 214088: if an object is dropped the distance d it falls in 1 sec. is given by d=1/2gr^2 where g is approx. 32 ft. per sec. find the distance an object will fall in 6 sec.?
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Question 214089: the length of a rectangle garden is 5 m greater than the width. the area is 66m^2. find the dim. of the garden.
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Question 214092: the length of one leg of a right triangle is 9 ft. the length of the hypotense is 3 ft longer the the other leg. find the legth of the hypotense and the other leg. i have 9,hypotense and 6leg is that right
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