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Question 571282: i need help finding the equation used to find the problem.
each of the two equal sides is 4 feet shorter than the third side. If the perimeter is 25 feet, find the lengths of the sides.

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Question 571233: Can someone help me figure out how to solve for area of a triangle when B=1 and H=2x ?
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Question 571203: In triangle ABC, a right triangle, the hypotenuse is 26 cm long. The altitude to the hypotenuse is 12 cm long. How long are the two segments of the hypotenuse formed by the altitude?
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Question 571081: Leg XY of right triangle XYZ shown below is 3 inches long. The sise of Z is about how long?
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Question 571046: The second angle in a triangle is one third as large as the first. The third angle is two thirds as large as the first angle. FInd the angle measures. Draw a picture of the triangle. Please help! I need to know how it is worked out and everything. Thanks in advance!! :)
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Question 571043: if the legs of a right triangle have measures 7 and 18, find the measures of the two acute angles to the nearest degree.
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Question 570936: Steve has three lengths of fence. He connects them to make a triangular pen for his dog. If the lengths are 5 meters, 6 meters, and 10 meters, what type of triangle is the dog pen?
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Question 570924:
One side of a triangle is half the longest side. The third side is 8 meters less than the longest side. The perimeter is 62 meters. Find all three sides.
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Question 570923: The length of a rectangle is 6 feet less than twice the width. The perimeter is 48 feet. Find the length and width
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Question 570878: if you have a isosceles triangle with the legs being 9 and the base is 10 find the altitude. how do you solve it. we learn a equation leg squared = half part and base but if you solve it you wouldn't get the base to be 10.
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Question 570511: How do you find the area of a triangle?
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Question 570758: ?...WHAT IS THE AREA OF AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE WHOSE SIDE LENGTH IS 12 CM? IS THE ANSWER 72?
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Question 570626: How do you find the area of a triangle with the sides 33,30 and 23. (I can NOT use Herons formula or the law of sine or cosines to find it btw. Its an extra credit problem and I need help : /
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Question 570584: How do i determine missing side lengths,of a triangle using the degrees of a triangle?
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Question 570631: find ar if ab is 18 milimeter
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Question 570115: triangle ABC has sides of 50, 90 and 130. triangle DEF has side lengths of 60, 108 and 156. Determine whether or not the two triangles are similar
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Question 570297: The sides of a triangle are 30, 40 and 50. What is the ratio of the sides of the triangle?
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Question 570283: if you have an isosceles triangle with both legs equaling 27 and both base angles measuring 23 degrees will the base side also equal 27?
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Question 570090: I am so lost. How do I find the height of an equilateral triangle where all the sides measure 16 cm. Ive tried using the area formula but changing the result to equaling h but its just not clicking in my head right now. Help? Please?
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Question 570050: find the area of a 30-60-90 triangles with longest leg of 12

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Question 569851: Which set of side lengths could not form a triangle?
a) 4,5,10 b)1,2,2 c) 11,15,20 d)55,41,37
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Question 569980: Please help me solve this equation:
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Question 568999: Two vertical poles have heights 6 ft. and 12 ft. A rope is stretched from the top of each poles to the bottom of the other. How far above the ground do the ropes cross?
*Note: I need to solve this problem using similar triangles.

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Question 569279: learning sin, cos and tan, and we are having trouble getting the correct answer for: a right triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 and an angle of 54 degrees, and we are asked to find side "w". The answer is 13.8, but we aren't getting it. We know the formula is tan=opposite/adjacent, so we put in calculator Tan 54x17 (tan54=w/17)....please help!
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Question 569236: The perimeter of a triangle is 23 feet. Two sides are equal and the length of the third side is 1 ft less than twice the length of an equal side. What is the length of one of the equal sides?
This is what I did:
2x-1=23
-1
2x=22
divide by 2
x=11
2(11)-1=21
This would make the two equal sides 1ft. Is this right?
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Question 569209: how would i be able to figure out if something is a triangle for example if they would give me {8,24,25}?
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Question 568916: We are learning similar triangles using AA, SSS and SAS.
I am stuck on this problem using similar triangles. Can someone please help?
Thanks.
If ABG=130, and ADJ=20, find CFD, GKF, GFK, G, and GKJ.

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Question 568659: We are learning Similar Triangles by AA, SSS and SAS.
I am not sure how to fine the solution to the following problem by using "Similar Triangles"
If ED || AB, AB=10, BC=6, AC=8, CD=5, and GE=3, find EC, GC and EF.
Thanks.

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Question 568709: A doctor is performing surgery to remove a patient’s tumor. The tumor is enclosed in a triangular shaped area having all sides equal to 0.6 inches. If the surgeon decides to remove an area have sides 2.5 times as large, what will be the perimeter of the of the region removed?

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Question 568551: What is the area of a triangle with a base of 7 cm and a height of 8 cm?
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Question 568453: how to find the height of a triangle with a base of 12 and area 54
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Question 568183: In the triangle y/x = 3. Which one of the following must be true?
a. 4x>z
b. 4x < z
c. 4x=z
d. it cannot be determined from the information given
The picture of the triangle shows one side is X one side is Y and one side is Z.
There is no right angle.the xy angle is obtuse, the zy and xz angles are acute.
I wish I knew how to draw the triangle for you but hopefully my description will do it.
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Question 568114: A triangle has two sides of lengths 4 centimeters and 6 centimeters. Its area is
N square centimeters , where N is a prime number. What is the greatest possible
value of N?
Choose one answer:
a. 12
b. 11
c. 9
d. 2
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Question 568112: The three sides of a triangle have lengths 9, 16 and k. Which of the following could equal k?
I. 6
II. 16
III. 25
Choose one answer:
a. III only
b. I and III only
c. I,II, III
d. II only
e. I and II only
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Question 567920: determine the altitude of an equilateral triangle if each side measures 15 centimeters

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Question 567638: A 16 foot ladeer leans against a wall at a 74degree angle of elevation find the distance from the ladder's base to the wall.

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Question 567630: What is the angle between the horizontal (x) axis and the line containing the points (2,8) and (4,9)?
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Question 567352: Hilly areas often have road signs giving the percentage grade for the road. A 5% grade, for example, means that the altitude changes by 5 feet for each 100 feet of horizontal distance.
What percentage grade should be put on a road sign where the angle of elevation of the road is 3 degrees?
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Question 567400: please help me solve this problem: one side of an equilateral triangle increased by 11 is 33 less than three times another side. if the sides are measured in inches, what are the measures of the three sides of the triangle?
I have tried a bunch of different ways and just can not figure it out. I tried doing things back words (ex:increased by 11/decreased by 11) and nothing is working your help would be much apreciated.
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Question 567354: Hilly areas often have road signs giving the percentage grade for the road. A 5% grade, for example, means that the altitude changes by 5 feet for each 100 feet of horizontal distance.
Suppose an uphill road sign indicates a road grade of 3%. What is the angle of elevation of the road?
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Question 567348: What angle does the line y=7/6x in the xy plane make with the positive x axis?
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Question 566996: If a triangle has a 3 inch side on each side is is a triangle?
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Question 566996: If a triangle has a 3 inch side on each side is is a triangle?
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Question 567006: The shadow of a flag pole is 20 feet long. How high is the flag pole?
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