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Question 112277: The length of a rectangle is 8 cm mor than 3 times its width. the perimeter of the rectangle is 64 cm.
A. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
B. What is the area of the rectangle?

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Question 112496: please help me on this problem!
A contractor has been assigned the job of painting the rooms of an office building. Each floor of the building has 12 identical rooms that need to be painted. The four walls and the ceiling of each room will be painted. Each room is 12 ft. by 14 ft. and has a height of 10 ft.One wallhas a door with dimensions of 8 ft. by 3 ft. and another wall has a window that is 5 ft. by 3 ft. If the contractor charged $0.75 per square foot for labor and paint,how many floors were painted if the bill was $17,523?

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Question 112529: I need your help I will appreciate it.
The Great Pyramid of Giza in Cairo,Egypt is a square pyramid. Each edge of the base is 751 feet and the slant height of each face is 610 feet. Find the approximate surface area of the pyramid.

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Question 112529: I need your help I will appreciate it.
The Great Pyramid of Giza in Cairo,Egypt is a square pyramid. Each edge of the base is 751 feet and the slant height of each face is 610 feet. Find the approximate surface area of the pyramid.

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Question 112756: The shape of Colorado is nearly a rectangle. The length is 100 miles than the width. The perimeter is about 1320 mi. Find the length and width of colorado.
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Question 112803: PLEASE HELP ME ON THIS PROBLEM
A can of green beans is a cylinder with a diameter of 3.5 inches and a height of 6 cm. What is the area of the label around the can?

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Question 112792: PLEASE HELP ME ON THIS PROBLEM
A can of green beans is a cylinder with a diameter of 3.5 inches and a height of 6 cm. What is the area of the label around the can?

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Question 112804: A can of green beans is a cylinder with a diameter of 3.5 inches and a height of 6 cm. What is the surface area of the label around the can?

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Question 113052: Calculate the perimeter of a figure if one side is 4.5ft,another side is 1.7ft., another side is 1.5ft., another side is 8.8ft, another side is 1.9ft., and the last side is 2.2ft.
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Question 113053: Calculate the perimeter of the figure if one side is 1.4cm, 6sides have 2.1cm, 3 sides have 2.8cm, and 2 sides have 3.5cm.
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Question 113048: Find the periometer of a rectangle if the long side is 555mm and the short side is 185mm.
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Question 113050: Find the perimeter of the figure if two sides of it are 10inches, 5sides of it are 20inches and 1 side of it is 60 inches.
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Question 113139: Hi, I need to find the expression that represents this rectangle?
The sides are 4x-4 and 8x+10.
Can anyone help me?
Thank you very much.
tracy

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Question 113936: Find the perimeter and area for a rectangle measuring 12x5
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Question 115877: Find the surface area of each pyramid to the nearest whole number?
11in. = slant height
12in. = perimeter

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Question 115841:
FIND THE SURFACE ARES OF A SQUARE PRISM WHOSE BASE HAS A SIDE OF LENGTH 5CM AND A HEIGHT OF 6 CM?

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Question 117167: What is the surface area of the square pyramid with an 11 inches square base and a 15 inches slant height of the pyramid?
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Question 117465: hI1
please help me with this. I have done so many questions before but this one just doesnt give the right answer?? any help would be apreciated


The volume of a library is 20000 m (cubed) We have to minimize the Surface area to ignore the heat loss.Dtermine the dimensions of the building that will best give us teh minimum Surface area.??
thanks for any help coming this way.

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Question 117538: A driveway 30m long and 5m wide is to be paved with blacktop 3 cm thick. how much will the blacktop cost if it is sold at the price of $175 per cubic meter?

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Question 117538: A driveway 30m long and 5m wide is to be paved with blacktop 3 cm thick. how much will the blacktop cost if it is sold at the price of $175 per cubic meter?

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Question 117599: a cylindrical shaped water storage tank with diameter 60 feet and height 20 feet need to be painted on the outside. If the tank is on the ground, find the surface area that needs painting
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Question 117896: Since i cannot draw a pie, i have to do it this way. Please help...
30% rent, 25% food, 8% other, 5% entertainment, 12% clothing, 12% transportation, 8% utilities.
The pie chart shows the distribution of a persons total yearly income of $42,000. Find the amount budgeted for clothing.
Any help would be appreciated.

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Question 117896: Since i cannot draw a pie, i have to do it this way. Please help...
30% rent, 25% food, 8% other, 5% entertainment, 12% clothing, 12% transportation, 8% utilities.
The pie chart shows the distribution of a persons total yearly income of $42,000. Find the amount budgeted for clothing.
Any help would be appreciated.

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Question 117651: draw a rectangular prism with all edges 8 feet long?
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Question 118000: Find the perimeter of the figure. Use 3.14 for the pie and round your answer to one decimal.
This looks like a square with a line going from the right corner slanted down to the bottom left, but there is a half circle there so it doesnt actually touch the bottom left. on the right half of the line is 13 in.
Thank you to anyone who can help. Merry Christmas to all.

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Question 117975: Find the perimeter of the figure. (which i cannot draw) Its a square shape with a line going from corner right to a half circle before it hits the bottom left corner. It says use 3.14 for pie and round your answer to one decimal. I am totally out of my league with this one. please help.
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Question 118208: The area of a tennis court is 2808 ft 2, or 8 square feet more than 3.5 times the size ofthe area of a racquetball court. What is the area of a racquetball court?
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Question 118207: The perimeter of a rectangle is 80 ft. Find the dimensions of the length is 5 feet longer than 4 times the width. What is the area of the rectangle?
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Question 115754: hey can someone help me on this. i have a heptagon (7 sides) and its telling me to find the surface area, how do i do that?
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Question 113939: Find the perimeter and area of a triangle measuring 5x3x4
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Question 113847: Find the surface area of a cube 3 inches on a side.
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Question 113844: Find the perimeter of a rectangle that has a dimension of 12 ft by 8 ft.

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Question 118539: Can you please help me on how to minimize the surface area of a square based prism
Thanks

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Question 119029: Here's a math question that I'm stuck on about minimizing the surface area of a square-based prism.
Jacinth has been asked to design a square-based prism container to transport hot food. To keep heat loss to a minimum, the total surface area must be minimized.
a) Find the dimensions of the container with volume centimeters cubed that has minimum heat loss.

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Question 119215: find the ninth term of the sequence 2,6,18,54....using the formula a n=1 x r (n-1)
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Question 119215: find the ninth term of the sequence 2,6,18,54....using the formula a n=1 x r (n-1)
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Question 113942: Find the perimeter and area of a triangle measuring 5x3x4
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Question 119669: Q. The radius of circle is 14 cm. A chord of this circle subtends an angle of measure 120 at the centre. Find the area of the minor segment formed by this chord.(sqare root of 3=1.73)



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Question 119763: please. give me the formula to figure the radious of a circle?
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Question 119956: find the surface area of a cube whose edge has a length of 5cm.
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Question 120072: Dear Tutors,
The question asks:


The area of a rectangular playground is 2,700 ft2. The length is 3 times the width. What are the dimensions of the play ground? Please help!!!THANKS

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Question 120073: A 25-ft ladder is placed 8 ft from the base of the house. How high up the side of the house can the ladder reach? Round your answer to the nearest foot.Thanks a lot
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Question 120076: I have a question. How can you determine if a number is rational or irrational?


1.) Is 64 squared rational or irrational?
2.) Is -1.2 repeating decimal rational or irrational?
Can some please explain different ways to determine if a number is irrational or rational? Thanks!!!!

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Question 120076: I have a question. How can you determine if a number is rational or irrational?


1.) Is 64 squared rational or irrational?
2.) Is -1.2 repeating decimal rational or irrational?
Can some please explain different ways to determine if a number is irrational or rational? Thanks!!!!

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Question 120076: I have a question. How can you determine if a number is rational or irrational?


1.) Is 64 squared rational or irrational?
2.) Is -1.2 repeating decimal rational or irrational?
Can some please explain different ways to determine if a number is irrational or rational? Thanks!!!!

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