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Question 373718: Please help me with this!! Can an exterior angle of a triangle be less than either of the remote interior angles of the triangle?
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Question 374342: Find the vertex of the parabola.
y = -4x2 - 16x - 11
Possible answers
(5, 2)
(2, 5)
(-2, 5)
(5, -2)
any help would be great

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Question 374342: Find the vertex of the parabola.
y = -4x2 - 16x - 11
Possible answers
(5, 2)
(2, 5)
(-2, 5)
(5, -2)
any help would be great

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Question 375376: A cylinder 126 cm high has a circumference of 24 cm. A string makes
exactly 7 complete turns round the cylinder while its two ends touch the
cylinder's top and bottom. How long is the string in cm?

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Question 379456: Write an equation for the line parallel to AB that contains point C
AB:3x+2y12, C(6,-2)

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Question 380050: what is an equation that passes through (-1,3) that is parallel to y=2x-8?
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Question 380143: what is the distance of the segment formed by joining the following two points on a coordinate?(8,4)and(-7,-4)
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Question 380132: what is the y intercept of the line represented by the equation 3over 2 x + 2y = 6?

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Question 382130: Write the equation of the line with slope and y-intercept (0, 3).
Could someone show me how to do this.

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Question 382129: Write the equation of the line with slope –4 and y-intercept (0, –9).mCould someone please how me how to do this. Thank you
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Question 382129: Write the equation of the line with slope –4 and y-intercept (0, –9).mCould someone please how me how to do this. Thank you
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Question 382411: Graph: y = -5 and describe what kind of line is y = -5?
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Question 383114: A line passing through (6,10) and (-1,y) is perpendicular to a line with slope 7/2. Find the value of y.
Any help would be helpful tryign to figure out points and slop
and like to see how it is done . i am a viuable person
Thank you

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Question 383178: How do i draw four points J, K, L, and M, no three of which are collinear
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Question 383087: Find the slop of any perpendicular to the line through points (8,4) and (9,7)
can someone please show me have to do problems like this where i can do my homework
Thank you

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Question 384061: perpendicular distance between the lines x=3 and x=-3
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Question 384882: i need to plot the graphs of equations and use the X and Y intercept method, and a check point. Using the X value when solving for the chechpoint.
4x-3y=12
checkpoint is: 1
i got for the x intercept (3,0)
i got for the y intercept (0, -4)
but i am having troubles with the checkpoint (1,?)

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Question 384893: i have to plot the graph of the following equations using the X and Y intercept method, and a checkpoint. Using the X value when solving for the checkpoint.
5x-6y=30
checkpoint=2
i got for the x intercept (6,0)
i got for the y intercept (0,-5)
and the checkpoint is (2,?)
-need help with the checkpoint problem.

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Question 384871: I have to find the slope of each line and determine if the pair is parallel, perpendicular, or neither.
equation 1:
2x+y=4
equation 2:
-4x+2y+6

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Question 387064: ____\_______m
117 \
_______\______n
3x \
how do i solve this for m to be parrallel to n
-

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Question 387514: the percentage of workers receiving direct deposits of their paychecks went from 32% in 1994 to 60% in 2004 let 1994 be year 0 and 2004 be year 10
a) write the equation of the line through (0,32) and (10,60) to model the growth of direct deposits

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Question 387783: Determine whether WX and YZ are parallel, perpendicular , or neither
W(4,3) X(7,-1) Y (5,5) Z(7,3)

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Question 388731: Use point-slope form to write the equation of the line passing through the two given points. Write the equation in slope-intercept form.
P(8,0), Q(10,-6)
y=_______________

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Question 388174: Figure is similar. Points A, B, C, D, E, F. AB=DE, BC=CD=EF. AB does not equal BC.


"Give the postulate(s), definition(s), properties, or previous statement(s) that make each statement about the diagram true."


8.CE=AC


10. Line segment CE is congruent to line segment DF


(Sorry I'm putting 2 problems here, but they go to the same figure)

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Question 388908: I am trying to figure out how you get the answer to:
If T is the midpoint of SU, find the values of X and ST.
Example: straight line with S____________T____________U. Under ST is 7X and under TU is 4X + 30.
Thanks

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Question 388987: THe ratio of the angles of a triangle is 1:2:3. If the shortest side of the triangle has length 5 square root of 3. what is the length of the next larger side?
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Question 388987: THe ratio of the angles of a triangle is 1:2:3. If the shortest side of the triangle has length 5 square root of 3. what is the length of the next larger side?
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Question 389312: Hello, I can't seem to figure this out and was hoping someone could help.
Find the coordinates of point D on line BC such that AD is the shortest distance from A to BC for A(9,9, B(-1,-1), and C(-2,2).
Thanks.

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Question 389866: The slope of the line joining the coordinate points (3, -1) and (-4, 7) is -
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Question 389880: What is the midpoint of the segment joining (12, 2) and (-5, -7)?
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Question 390705: six over x equals x over 20
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Question 390952: We are learning about The Triangle Inequality and I am stuck on a question:
If the sides of a triangle have the following lengths, find all possible values of x.
AB=2x+5, BC=3x-2, AC=4x-8
(The answer the book has is X > 3, but I am not sure how)
Thanks.

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Question 392960: two lines are parrallel one passes through the points (-3,4)and (5,k)and the other has slope -2.what is the value of k?
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Question 393303: A 25 meter long diagonal piece of wood runs across a rectangular platform that has a length-to-width ratio of 4:3. What are the dimensions of the platform. I was thinking that you have to set up a proportion like 4/3 = 25/x, but I'm not sure if this is correct or not.
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Question 393645: Please help me solve this question What is slope of line formed by these ordered pairs (2,4 and (3.5)
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Question 393711: Determine the equation of each circle.
a) centre (2,-5) and radius 7
b) centre (-1,3) and passing through (4,1)

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Question 393714: The equations of two lines are 2x – y + 3 = 0 and 4x – 2y – 8 = 0. Find the horizontal distance and vertical distance between the two lines.

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Question 394834: T is the midpoint at PQ
PT= 5x+3 TQ= 48
x= ?

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Question 395219: The slope of the line passing through points (5,0) and (7,4)
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Question 395218: Points (2,4) and (5,__) lie on a line whose slope is 7/3.
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Question 395488: Lucas, Rebbecca, and Brandon order a large pizza. They decide to split the cost according to how much they will eat. Brandon pays $4.46, rebecca eats 1/5 of the pizza, and lucas eats 5/12 of the pizza. How much did the pizza cost?
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Question 395326: How do I solve the following? A, B and C are collinear points and BC=5y+3, AC=3y-1. One point is the midpoint between the other two. Which point is the midpoint and how long is the segment?
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Question 396275: A plank is 13 feet long and reaches 12 feet up the side of a building. How many feet is the bottom of the plank from the base of the building?
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Question 396621: pls. help me solve this prob. thank you....
1. find the equation of the line through (-3,2) with slope -1/3

2. find the equation of the line parallel to 3x-2y=3 and passing through (4,6).
3. find the equation of the line through the y-intercepts of the lines 3x+4y-12=0 and 3x-y-9=0.

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Question 396698: can a line segment have the same amount of points as a line???
infinity???

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