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Question 214090: the prod. of 2 consec. pos. intergers is 29 more than the sum. find the intergers. i havbe 5,6 is this right?
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Question 214110: In Japan, to get on a train you are not allowed to have an object over the length of 36 inches. How did a man get on a train with a ceremonial sword of 42 inches long?
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Question 214130: all the walls in your house are rectangular and 8 feet high. length is 24 width is 15 what is the wall area
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Question 214254: M is the midpoint of QR. Q has coordinates (-3,5), and M has coordinates (7,-9). Find the coordinates of R.
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Question 214464: chapter 2 section 2 "definitions and biconditional statements"
question... give a counterexample that demonstrates that the converse of the statement is false.
problume... if an angle measures 94*, then it is obtuse.
my actaully quetion... i cant figure out how to make this false.
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Question 214514: Consumer Application: Televisions and computer screens are usually advertised based on the length of their diagonals. If the height of a computer screen is 11in. and the width is 14in., What is the length of the diagonal? Round to the nearest inch.
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Question 214194: Q.1: Find the lenghts of the sides of the triangle with vertices A(-4,0), B(3,4) and C(4,1).show that the triangle ABC is isosceles?
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Question 214703: 3. An airplane flies from Stanton to Mercury in a straight flight path. Mercury is 300 miles east and 400 miles south of Stanton. How many miles is the flight
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Question 214701: what is the lenght of the major axis of the ellipse 3x(2power)+4y(2power)=12?
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Question 214132: all the walls in your house are rectangular and 8 feet high. length is 24 width is 15 what is the wall area
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Question 215138: A 90 foot rope is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 5 feet more than three times the shorter piece. Find the length of both pieces.
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Question 215506: The golden ratio. The ancient Greeks thought that the most pleasing shape for a rectangle was one for which the ratio of the length to the width was approximately 8 to 5, the golden ratio. If the length of a rectangular painting is 2 ft longer than its width, then for what dimensions would the length and width have the golden ratio?
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Question 215726: okay well here is my problem i need help on these question and how to do them, these are the direction;
given the coordinate of one endpoint of AB [straight line on top of the AB] and its midpoint M, find the coordinate of the other endpoints
#1 A(0,9) M(2,5)
#2 B(-5,1) M (1,-1)
#3 A(-2,3) M(0.5,0.5)
#4 A (4,2) M (-2,10)
thanks so muchh
PS first time using it lol

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Question 215946: if ab=16 and ac=21 find the lenght of bc how do i find this answer out can you show me step by step

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Question 216076: A(4,2),M(-2,10)
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Question 204508: A body diagonal of a cube is a line through the centre joining opposite verticies. Find the angles between the body diagonals of a cube.
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Question 216534: What would be the definition of length in Geometry, and how would it be exhibited in an example?
Thanks.
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Question 217233: The perimeter of a rectangular backyard is 6x+6yds. If the width is x yds., find a binominal that represents the length.
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Question 217512: find PQ to the nearest tenth and the coordinates of the midpoint of the midpoint of PQ

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Question 217827: on a number line,the coordinate of A is -4.Find the coordinate of T if T is 12 units from A.
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Question 218351: The endpoints of segment LF are L(-2,2) and F(3,1). The endpoints of segment JR are J(1,-1) and R(2,-3). What is the approximate difference in the lengths of the two segments?
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Question 218458: If one endpoint of a segment is (3,1) and the midpoint is (5,4) then find the other endpoint.
I need help with this question. This is the only question I didn't answer on my worksheet.
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Question 218888: the distance between santa fe and roswell is 185 miles. If the two cities are 4 5/8 inches apart on a mpa how many inches woud represent 30 miles on the same map
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Question 219029: A 12 foot ladder is three and a half feet from a wall. How high on the wall does the ladder touch?
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Question 219404: find the coordinates of the vertices of a triangle whose sides lie on the following three lines 2x+5y-16=0, 4x-3y-6=0, 3x+y+2=0
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Question 219671: When finding the coordinates for a problem that requires the
formula (x,y) -> (x+a, y+b) What does a and b stand for and How
do you find it? Thank you for your help! :)
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Question 221448: please help me with X(-2,4)and Y(-2,-4)
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Question 221486: a(k,3) and b(1,5) are two points.
If /ab/= 4.472, find two values for k.
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Question 222064: please help me find this answer.
A is the midpoint of segment DE, and DA=12. I and N are trisection points of segment DE. Find segment AN.
There is also a diagram that shows a line and points which are in this order: D, I, A, N, E.
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Question 222590: N(1,0)P(3,8)
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Question 222708: Write an equation of the line that passes through the point (1,-6) with slope -4
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Question 224053: What is the distance between the two points:
((( A 0,-6 B 14,0 ))).
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Question 224014: please help me with this problem: from point a to b is 5 meter, point a to c is 7 meter, what is the distance from point b to point c. Thank you
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Question 223706: Find the greatest possible error for each measurement.
14 ft. ?
56.38 g. ?
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Question 224662: Please help me solve this problem...thank you
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Question 224665: find the value of k so that the given points are 1.414 units apart. (k, -8) (-2, -7)
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Question 224992: The length of a rectangle is 6 yards longer than triple the width. I f the perimeter of the rectangle is 340 yards, what are its dimensions
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Question 225657: The distance between two points is 5 units. One of the points is (3, 2). The other point has coordinates (x, -1). Use the distance formula to find all possible values of x. Show your work.
Please help!
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Question 225672: a. Make a conjecture about the formula for midpoint in three dimensions. Hint: 3D coordinates are given as (x, y, z).
b. Use the formula from the previous step to find the midpoint of (3, 1, 0) and (11, -8, 15).
HELP!
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Question 225755: How do i find the distance between these two pair of parallel of lines using only this:
y = 2x + 2
y = 2x - 3
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Question 226284: I don't get how to convert units o lengh.
For example 4ft 6in = _________ ft.
Sarah
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Question 226803: FIND THE EQUATION OF THE LINE CONTAINING THE GIVEN PAIR OF POINTS
(2,1) AND (6,4)
WHAT IS THE EQUATION OF THE LINE?
Y=
SIMPLIFY YOUR ANSWER USING INTEGERS OR FRACTIONS FOR ANY # IN THE EXPRESSION
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Question 226833: what are two fractions whose numerators and demoninators are switched and who signs are opposite?
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