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Question 245904: One side of a triangle is twice as long as second side the third side is 11 ft long perimeter cannot be more than 35 ft. Find longest possible values for 2 sides.
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Question 245911: question 1 the slope of a line running parallel to (2,4) (-1,0) is
question 2 find the ordered pair that is a solution to this system of inequalities y>x+1
y>-x+3
question 3 the slope of a line that is perpendicular to (2,4)(-1,0 is

problem 4 the unit of measure for a line is in inches. use the distance formula to find the lenth of the line with points at (3,0) and (4,3).
problem 5 use the slope formula to find the slope of a line at (-3,0)and (4,3)

problem 5

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Question 246021: The perimeter of a triangle is 120 inches. If one side is twice the second side and the third side is 20 inches more than the second side, find the length of each side.
The length of the first side is ____ inches.
The length of the second side is ____ inches.
The length of the third side is _____ inches.
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Question 245996: The shortest side of a triangle is 10. The angle ratios are 4:5:9. What is the length of the longest side?
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Question 246102: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 2 units longer than the longer leg which is 14 units longer than the shorter leg. Determine the lengths of the three sides. How do i begin solving this question?
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Question 246316: 1. An isosceles triangle has a 20 degree angle. What are two possible measures for the smallest angle of the triangle?
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Question 245405: how you measure a slope of hill by having the countor lines only on map?
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Question 246270: A triangle has sides length x+4, 2x+2, and 3x-1 . If two of the angles of the triangle are equal, what are the possible values of x?
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Question 246345: A certain triangle has two angles that have the same measure. if the lengths of the sides of the triangle are 50 and 30, what is the least possible value for the perimeter of the triangle?
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Question 246449: I have triangle an know the length of 2 sides I need to know the length of the 3rd side.
1 side is 1500 mm
1 side is 1200 mm.
What is the length of the 3rd side?
How do I work out angles?
Thanks
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Question 246534: The two acute angles of a right triangle are in the ratio of 4:11. How many degrees are in the smallest angle of this triangle?
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Question 246819: In triangle ABC, the measure of angle A is 30 more than twice the measure of angle B and the measure of angle C is three times the measure of angle B. Find the measures of angles A, B, and C.
Thanks in advance
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Question 246855: One leg of an isosceles triangle has a length of (x2 + 9)cm. The base of the isosceles triangle has a length of (5x + 12)cm. The perimeter of the triangle is 42 cm. Find the value(s) for x and the lengths of the sides.
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Question 246874: I have a 45 45 90 degree triangle and one leg is 5(square root of)2. I have to find the length of the hypotenuse. I don't know what to do. Thank you!
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Question 246877: Determine whether the given numbers can be the degree measures of the angles of a triangle. 25,100,55
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Question 246890: how do you know if a triangle is scalene, equilateral, or right? thanks! =]
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Question 246890: how do you know if a triangle is scalene, equilateral, or right? thanks! =]
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Question 246890: how do you know if a triangle is scalene, equilateral, or right? thanks! =]
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Question 246892: Jacob places a 2m rod 24m from a tree. He finds that he can align the top of the rod with the top of the tree when he stands 1.9m from the rod. Jacob's eyes are 1.6m above the ground. What is the height of the tree?
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Question 246633: Find the measure of angle A to the nearest tenth of a degree.
its a 90 degree triangle and the hyp. is 12 the adjacent is 7. i dont know if to use sin or cos? can u help me figure out this problem?
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Question 247154: Find the largest possible area of a triangle that has two sides of lengths 30 and 40.
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Question 247152: Find the area of a triangle that has sides of length 5, 6, and 7.
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Question 247152: Find the area of a triangle that has sides of length 5, 6, and 7.
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Question 247268: a right isosceles triangle has perimeter 12cm find its area?
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Question 247392: the midpoint of the sides of a triangle are L(4,2),M(2,3)andN(5,4).What are the coordinates of the vertices of the triangle,
please help. have a test tomm
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Question 247396: can the lengths 0.5,0.7,0.3 make a proper triangle
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Question 247459: One leg of an isosceles triangle has a length of (x2 + 9)cm. The base of the isosceles triangle has a length of (5x + 12)cm. The perimeter of the triangle is 42 cm. Find the value(s) for x and the lengths of the sides.
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Question 247562: An airplane is sighted at the same time by two ground observers who are 4 miles aparts and both directly west of the airplane. They report the angles of elevation as 15 degrees and 20 degrees. How high is the airplane?
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Question 247568: Two side and an angle are given. Determine whether the given information results in one triangle, two triangles, or no triangle at all. Solve any triangle(s) that results.
a=7,b=5,B=20 degrees
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Question 247780: The angles of a triangle are three consecutive even intergers. what are the measures of the angles?
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Question 247796: If you have an isosceles triangle and you know that the top angle is 55 but the bottom two angles are unknown would that make the angles equal 62.5 because they all have to equal 180 and they both have to be equal?
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Question 247756: How do I calculate side BC of an Isosceles triangle when the two equal sides AB and AC are 12 and angle A [BAC] is 130°??
Thank you for any help
Jasmine
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Question 248243: if x is the first of three consecutive odd integers, express the sum of the first odd integer and the second odd integers as an algebraic expression containing the variable x? simplify the answer
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Question 248242: The sum of the angles of a triangle measures x and the second angle measures (4x+6), express the measure of the third angle in terms of x simplify the expression
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Question 248265: A highway that has a 6% grade rises 6 ft vertically for every 100 ft horizontally. Which trigonometric ratio is being used in reporting the 6% grade? Explain why.Draw the answer out.
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Question 248295: find all the zeros of the function

f(x) = x^3 - 2x^2 - 5x + 6
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Question 248305: Leg xy of the right triangle shown in the diagram below is twice as ling as leg yz. if the area of the triangle is 36 cm^2, what is the length, in cm, of leg xy
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Question 247627: How do figure this answer out?
The area of a trapezoid is 51 square feet. If the bases are 5 ft and 12 ft, find the altitude of the trapezoid.
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Question 248413: Starting at point A, a boat sails due south for 6 mi, then due east for 5mi, and then due south for 4 mi. How far is the boat from A?
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Question 248517: A point is equidistant from points A(0,0) B(4,0)and C (4,4). Its coordinates are _____.
A (2,1)
B (1,3)
c (0,4)
d (2,2)
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Question 248706: Two sides of a triangle are equal in length. The length of the third side is three meters less than the sum of the lengths of the other two sides. Find the length of the longest side of the triangle if its perimeter is 29 meters.
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