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Question 23959: I have an area 128 feet x 168 feet.
I would like to fill this area with sand to a depth of 3 inches.
How much sand will I need?
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Question 13632: The dimension of a closed rctanqular box are 3ft by 6ft by 4ft. find the box's a. total surface area b. volume
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Question 43272: The area of triangle ABC is 20 square units. If angle A = 130o and b = 6, find the value of c.
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Question 43310: what is the area of a rectangle with a wi
dth of 12 feet and a lenth of 10 feet
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Question 43314: what would be the radius of a circle with a diameter of 8 inches
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Question 43312: what is 5% sales tax on 1,500.00
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Question 43311: a cube measures 3 inches on all of it's sides. what is the volume of the cube in inches
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Question 43275: Find the area of the given triangle:
angle B = 20o
angle C = 115o
C = 16
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Question 43574This question is from textbook strategies for problem soving
: The kitchen floor of your home is 12'6" in width and 10'4" in length. You are going to place 5" tiles on the floor. Each tile is 5" on each side.
1.Express the area of the kitchen floor, in square feet, as an improper fraction.
2.Express the area of each tile in square feet.
3.How many tiles are required to tile the floor?This question is from textbook strategies for problem soving

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Question 43562: I have the distance around an irregular shape lawn and would like to know a formula for figuring how many sq. feet is in the lawn. I used a measuring wheel the total ft. around the lawn is 2357. thank you
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Question 44012: What is the formal for the surface areaand voluma
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Question 44384: Geometry. The volume of the box is represented by (x^2+ 5x + 6)(x + 5). Find
the polynomial that represents the area of the bottom of the box: x + 2.
Thank You!!!
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Question 44480: The surface area A of a right circular cylinder is A=2Pi times the radius square + 2Pi times the radius times the height and "h" is the height. Find the radius of a right circular cylinder whose surface area is 96.3Pi square inches and whose height is 11.7 inches.
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Question 44503: I have two questions.
1 Flor is putting a fence around a field. The fiels is rectangular and measures 7.52 yards long & 18.89 yards wide How much fence does she need?
2. I have a figure I am not sure what it is called but it is sort of a slanted rectangle if that makes sense and the length is 8 ft and the height is 5 ft what is the area?

Any tips on how to show my work for long division on the computer ?
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Question 44605: Question
A closed box is 135 cm long, 80 cm and 60 cm deep internally. It is to be lined on its sides and bottom with cedar veneer of negligible (what is it and what does it mean ?) Find, in square metres, the area of veneer needed.
All I know and understand from this question is :-
Volume = l x w x h = 135 x 80 x 60 = 648000
So what I supposed to do next ? Please help. Thank you.
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Question 44739: My Question
A swimming pool is 50 m long ad 25 m wide. It is 1 m deep at the shallow end and 8 m deep at the other end. Find the volume of water in the pool when it is full as well as the total area of the pool when it is contact with water (refer to the figure below).
Please help to solve this question. Thank you.
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Question 44834: This is not making sense to me, can someone help me?
Geometry: If the sides of a square are decreased by 2cm, the area is decreased by 36cm^2. What were the dimensions of the original square?
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Question 45168: The lenght of a rectangle is 2 in. more than twice its width.if the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 in. find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 45515: the length of a side of a square is (2x + 1)km
find the area of the square in terms of the variable x.
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Question 47096: What is the surface are of a right circular cone if the cone's diameter is 10cm and the lenght is 20cm.
HElp please
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Question 47531: I need help in figuring out how to solve this problem. It is very confusing to me. I'd like to know how to work it out.
Find the area of a regular octagon with side length 5cm and apothem 6cm.
Find the volume of a square pyramid with height 12cm and slant height 15cm.
Please help!
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Question 48665: I'm having difficulty determining the following: How would I find the volume and surface area of a cylinder when the radius is 6 and the height is 15?
Thanks!
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Question 48759: My question is from a review sheet from last year not in our book. I need to understand how to find the surface area of a cylindrical can. If the can is 15cm high and with a diameter of 8cm. Thanks
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Question 49233: Suppose you had 100 sugar cubes. What is the largest cube you could build with the sugar cubes?
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Question 28633: 2[7x5]+[7+5+7+5]x11
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Question 50217This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

: The volume of the box is represented by (x^2+5x+6)(x+5). Find the polynomial that represents the area of the bottom of the box. The problem shows a box with (x+2) beside it.
Should I start with: (x^2+5x+6)(x+5)/x+2 ?
Not sure on this one!This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

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Question 50524: Bob and Wendy live in a house in which the floor of every room is a square and covered with identical square tiles. Wendy's room contains 101 tiles more than Bob's room. How many tiles does Wendy's room contain?
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Question 50566: I need help with this problem
The width of a swimming pool is 18.5ft and the length is 10.75ft.Write the ratio of length to width as ratio of whole numbers?
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Question 50803: 1. Rubber bungs are made by removing the tops of cones. Starting with a cone of radius 10cm and height 16cm, a rubber bungs made by cutting a cone of radius 5 cm and height 8cm from the top. Find the volume and total surface area of the rubber bung.
2. A metal cylinder is melted down and made into spherical balls for a game. The cylinder is 15cm high and has radius 6cm. The balls each have radius 1cm. How many balls can be made?
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Question 50718: What is the value of x in a rightv triangle when length =6 and width=9
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Question 52126: find the area of the figure described: rectangle with length 12 yd and width 9yd
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Question 52121This question is from textbook
: What's the area of a triangle whose vertices have coordinates (-1,2), (-1,-1), and (-6,2)This question is from textbook

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Question 52267: Find the area and perimeter of: 12m in length, 4m in width
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Question 53268: I am very bad at understanding dimensions. Will someone help shed some light?
"The length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than twice it's width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 52 cm, find the dimensions of the rectangle."
Thanks!
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Question 53409: Good evening, i would like to ask you this three problems, i am not sure that i work out the answers. Please, help in those

1) A solid cube of side 6 is first painted pink and then cut into smaller cubes of side 2. How many of the smaller cubes have paint on exactly 2 sides?
2) A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle o radius R cms. What is the perimeter of the regular hexagon?
3) A 4cm cube is cut into 1cm cubes. What is the percentage increase in the surface area after such cutting?
From yours poor students
babynarah and modi
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Question 53572: Find the radius of each sphere described.
Volume = 4.5 TT
Surface area = 144 TT
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Question 53593: I am in pre algebra and need help with this extra credit question.
The area of the shaded retion is 71 cm2. What are the dimensions of the inner 2 squares if all the dimensions are intergers?
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Question 54113: Find the total surface area of a square-based pyramid with isosceles triangular faces.
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Question 54342This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
: A boxing ring is in the shape of a square with 20 ft. on each side. How far apart are the fighters when they are in opposite corners of the ring?This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

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Question 54406This question is from textbook
: Susan needs to find out the surface area of a deck that has one side that is 5.75 feet and another that is 8 feet and another that is 3 feet by 5.75 feet.This question is from textbook

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Question 54380: I hope this is the right topic! I am not sure where to start with this....
The volume of the box is represented by (x^2+5x+6)(x+5). Find the polynomial that represents the area of the bottom of the box.
Thank you in advance!
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Question 54607This question is from textbook Integrated mathematics
: find the length of the side of a rhombus whose diagonals measure 6 centimeters and 8 centimeters.This question is from textbook Integrated mathematics

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Question 54765: Given a right circular cone leaking water (original dimensions of r=6m h=8m
1. Rewrite the formula for V in terms of the radius only.
2. Rewrite the formula for V in terms of height only.
3. If the volume is decreasing at a rate of 81/32 (pie) m^3/min. how fast is the height dropping when h=3m?
Please help...i've search so many places for help. Lillian

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