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Question 399408: I need to find the height of a storage unit that is 5 ft wide by 8 feet long with a square footage of 40 feet. I thought v=lwh would work but I'm wrong. Thanks for the help.
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Question 399482: What is the ratio of the surface area of the larger cylinder which has a diameter of 12cm. and a height of 6cm. to a smaller cylinder which has a diameter of 8cm and a height of 4cm. the book answer is 9:4 my answer is 2:1
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Question 399906: what is the surface area of a sphere with a radius of 20 inches?
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Question 399906: what is the surface area of a sphere with a radius of 20 inches?
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Question 400350: Find the exact value of the volume of a can of tomato paste with a diameter 5 centimeters and height of 8 centimeters. Include correct units with your solution. Use "pi" in place of the pi symbol.
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Question 400964: The volume of a rectangular prism is 60 cubic inches. The height is 4 inches. What could the length and width of the rectangular prism be?
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Question 402005: Provide an appropriate response.
24) Indicate whether the tasks involve perimeter or area:
(i) Determining the amount of string needed to mark off a garden plot;
(ii) Determining the amount of plaster needed to plaster a ceiling;
(iii) Determining the amount of stainless steel sheeting needed to cover a kitchen
backsplash;
(iv) Determining the amount of crown moulding needed to finish a bedroom;
(v) Determining the amount of fertilizer to purchase to fertilize a lawn
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Question 402354: The area of a circle is (9y^2+78y+169)(pi) square centimeters. What is the diameter of the circle (make sure answer is labeled correctly)?
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Question 402377: what is the area of a rectangle that is 3(1/3)yr by 1(2/3) yd?
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Question 402434: I have calculated this BUT it doesn't seem right.
Mr Rawlings is going to cover the floor with carpet that costs $18 per square meter. How much will it cost? The deminsions of the figure are 550cm by 650cm.
Please help....instructions would be appreciated since I have to explain this step by step.
Thanks in advance,
Bambi
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Question 402598: What is the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle?
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Question 402598: What is the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle?
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Question 402806: a square has a permeter of 36 cm find the length of ech side
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Question 402850: find the area of a trapezoid with a height of 6 meters and bases of 12 meters and 23 meters.
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Question 402858: In a 9 inch square cake pan and a 10 inch square cake pan, what is the difference in volumn each pan will hold? assume each pan is 3 inches high. step by step, please.
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Question 402854: an ice cube measures 2.5 cm on each side contains how many cubic centimeters of ice?
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Question 402995: 1/2 40
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Question 403559: how do you solve this triangle 24in by 15in by 19in and get the answer 143in to the second power
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Question 404088: How would you solve the area of a triangle with the base of 8.3 cm, and the height of 6.4 cm?
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Question 404190: SHOW THAT:
A) TOTAL SURFACE OF A CUBE TWICE THE SQUARE OF ITS DIAGONAL.
B) VOLUME OF A CUBE IS 1/9 TIMES SQUAROOT OF 3 TIMES THE CUBE OF ITS DIAGONAL.

THANK YOU.... PLS. HELP ME...
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Question 404191: PLS. HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROB. THANK YOU SO MUCH...
FIND THE VOLUME AND TOTAL AREA OF THE LARGEST CUBE OF WOOD THAT CAN BE CUT FROM A LOG OF CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION WHOSE RADIUS IS 12.7 INCHES

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Question 404189: PLS. HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

1. FIND THE LENGTH OF DIAGONAL OF THE SECTION ABCD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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Question 404193: PLS. HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FIND THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE WHOSE VERTEX IS AT THE MIDPOINT OF AN UPPER EDGE OF A CUBE OF EDGE A, AND WHOSE BASE MEET WITH DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE EDGE OF A CUBE.
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Question 404592: The perimeter of a rectangular field is 504 yards. It's length is 6 yards shorter than twice it's width? What is the area?
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Question 406264: Yo whats the answer and formula
to find out the suface of a Cylinder with a hieght of 8cm ad a radius of 6cm
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Question 406264: Yo whats the answer and formula
to find out the suface of a Cylinder with a hieght of 8cm ad a radius of 6cm
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Question 406556: What are the dimensions of a dining room that is 1.5 inch wide, 1.25 inches high, and 3 inches long?
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Question 406721: A vertical plane intersects a right circular cone, whose slant height is 10 cm and diameter is 12 cm.What is the largest isosceles triangle formed?

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Question 407382: vertical plane intersects a right circular cone, whose slant height is 10 cm and diameter is 12 cm.What is area of the largest isosceles triangle formed?
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Question 407640: A rectangular prism has a height of 4 millimeters and width 5 millimeterss. If the total surface area is 166 square millimeters, what is the length of the prism?
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Question 407860: What is the surface area of a prism with length 14 in., width 6 in., and a height 3 in.?

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Question 407901: the area of a triangle is 24 in to the second power and the height is 6in. what is the base?
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Question 408699: if i have a cube and one side is 9 units what is the surface area?

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Question 408824: A triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are 25 cm, 11 cm and 31 cm. What will be the approx area of the square made from the same rope?
A) 67 cm2
B) 280 cm2
C) 134 cm2
D) None of the above

please give solution for dis problem
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Question 408875: a gallon of paint will cover 40 square meters .how much paint is needed to paint a wall 5 meters by 20 meters ?
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Question 409074: A small plastic pool has a diamter of 8.5 feet. Find the area of the lawn that will be covered by the pool. Use pie = 3.14.
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Question 410185: If earth's radius is 4000mi, With 2/3 covered by water and 1/3 covered by land. How much water is on the earth?
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Question 411033: THE length of the base of a triangle is twice its height. if the area of the triangle is 169 squared kilometers find the height
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Question 411448: Stacey has a rectangular garden that measures 30 feet long by 8 feet wide. A plastic sheet will be placed on top of the soil to prevent weeds from growing. Find the area of this plastic sheet.
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Question 412116: 4. In order to properly design a heating system for a greenhouse, the volume of air in the building needs to be determined. Find the volume of air in the greenhouse below.
7 ft 40 feet 8 feet
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Question 412304: draw a rectangular prism. The rectangular base has side lengths of 4 and 6 units. The height of the prism is 12 units. Whats the surface area?
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Question 412697: You have a square, the area together is 72inches. One side of the square was 9 inches, the other side was "w". WHAT WOULD "w" be?

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Question 413126: what is the area of a circle if the radius is 4.8cm

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Question 413137: if the length of a side of a cube is 17cm,what is its volume?
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