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Question 330179: A triangle has 3 sides, represented by the following expressions:
Side 1: 2x – 1
Side 2: 3x + 7
Side 3: x + 3
Write an algebra expression representing the perimeter of the triangle.

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Question 330096: The area of one triangle is 36 one of the side length is 7 and the angles are 50, 60, 70 . In second triangle one of the side length is 14 and the angles are 50, 60, 70 . what is the area of second triangle ?

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Question 330266: the base of a triangle is 6 meters less than the height. the area is 12 meters squared. find the base and the height of the triangle.
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Question 330530: each of the equal angles of an isosceles triangle measures 25 less than twice the vertex angle. find the measure of the vertex.
2(2x-25)+x=180
4x-50+x=180
5x-50=180
+50 +50
5x=230
/5 /5
x=46
2(46)-25=67 does not equal 180 when put back into equation
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Question 330754: (p/4)-(3p/8)=4 solve the equation.
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Question 330754: (p/4)-(3p/8)=4 solve the equation.
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Question 330884: If the measures of the three angles of a triangle are x,2x-20, and 3x-10, then what is this type of triangle?Why?
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Question 330897: If <1 and <2 are complementary angles, and m<1=5x-9 and m<2=4x, find the measure of the two angles
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Question 330934: if ab+bc=18, then the perimeter of triangle ABC is equal to what
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Question 330992: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 32 feet long. One leg is 2 feet longer than the other. Find the length of the shorter leg. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 331030: in the right triangle, the ratio of the measures of the two acute angles is 4:1. what is the measure in degrees, of the larger acute angle?
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Question 330744: A rug is to fit in a room so that a border of even width is left on all four sides. If the room is 15 feet by 23 feet and the of the rug is 240 square feet, jpow wide will the border be?
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Question 331522: Draw an isoscles triangle with a perimeter of 6x+2y.
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Question 331516: TriangleABC and Triangle DAC are two isosceles triangle with angle BAC=20 and angle ADC=100.Show that AB=BC+CD.
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Question 331441: Angles of a triangle. The second angle of a triangular building lot is three times as large as the first. The third angle is 10° more than the sum of the other two angles. Find the measure of the third angle.
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Question 331766: we have a pile of dirt with the measurements of 26 ft wide base, 100 ft long, and 8 ft high, how do we measure this and turn it into cubic yards, this is more of a right triangle than triangle
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Question 331853: What is the length and width of a rectangle if the hypotenuse is 24 inches?. The ratio of width to height is 16:9.
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Question 331833: One leg of a right triangle is twice the length of the other. The hypotenuse is 8 m long. Find the length of each leg. Report your answer to the nearest tenth of a meter.
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Question 332081: Angles of a triangle. The second angle of a triangular kite is four times as large as the first. The third angle is 5° more than the sum of the other two angles. Find the measure of the second angle.
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Question 332234: the perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 72 inches. the opposite side of the vertex is 18 inches what is the length in inches of the other two sides?
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Question 332266: Triangle ABC has vertices A (-5, 4), B (1, -2) and C (3, 6),
(a)Write the equation of the line of which AB is a segment.
(b)Write the equation of the line of which the altitude to line AC is a segment.
(c)Write the equation of the perpendicular bisector of line AC.
(d)Find the perimeter of triangle ABC.
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Question 332206: In triangle ABC, the length of each side is an integer and AB < BC < AC. If the
perimeter of triangle ABC is 12, what is the smallest possible length of side AB?
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Question 332243: what is the length of the base if the height is 5 less than the base and the area of the triangle is 21?
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Question 332393: If you have a right triangle , and the smallest side is 60 meters, the hypotenuse is 20 meters longer then the longest leg how do you find the length of the longest leg?
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Question 332571: A triangle with sides measuring 5,12, and 13 inches is a
a) equiangular
b) a right triangle
c) isosceles
d) equilateral
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Question 332699: A Triangle has sides that measures 12,9, and 15.
Find the area.
Find the perimeter
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Question 332752: if the area of a right triangle is 10cm2 and the height if 5cm, whatis the base of the right triangle?

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Question 332726: Find all positive integers x for which it is possible for 2x + 3, 3x + 8, and
6x + 7 to be side lengths of a triangle.
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Question 332812: It is possible for the interior angles of a triangle to be in the ratio 1:2:6, but is it possible for the exterior angles of a triangle to be in the ratio 1:2:6? Why or why not?

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Question 332859: an equilateral triangle the incenter is the intersection of _______.
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Question 332869: write an algebraic model for the area of a triangle
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Question 332844: If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 2:3:5,what kind of triangle is it?
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Question 332992: If the perimeter of the triangle is 145 inches then what is the lenght of ac?
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Question 333245: A triangle has a perimeter of 28 inches. One side of the triangle is 4 inches longer than the shortest side and 5 inches shorter than the longest side. Find the dimensions of the triangle.
-Thank you so much!
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Question 333327: The measures of two angles of an isosceles triangle are (3x + 4 and ( x +17)
Find all possible values of x.
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Question 333416: if i have the measurements of a video screen that is 17.5 ft diagonally, how can i figure out the height and width of this video screen?
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Question 333564: We know that the area of a triangle is (b*h)/2, b being its base, h being its height. If a triangular sail has an area of z2 + 6z + 8 square meters and a height of z + 2 meters, an expression that will give the length of the sail's base is:
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Question 333565: Given: Equilateral triangle ABC
Let D be a point on BC such that BD = BC
Prove that 9*AD² = 7*AB²
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Question 333586: Determine the length of the leg of a 45o – 45o – 90o triangle with a hypotenuse length of 15 inches
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Question 333575: the flower garden has the shape of a right triangle. 5 ft of a perrineal border forms the hypotenuse of the triangle and one leg is 1 ft longer than the other legs, find the lengths of the legs
Can you please help me thank you
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Question 333585: An equilateral triangle has an altitude length of 36 feet. Determine the length of a side of the triangle
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Question 333532: What is the largest possible perimeter of an isosceles triangle with a vertex angle of 60°, if all of its sides are integers and no side is longer than 20?

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Question 333662: Find the length of the hypotenuse of a triangle that has a base lenght of 3, an a side length of 8
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Question 333591: Classify triangle ABC by its sides if side AB = 6x, side AC = 4x + 6 and side BC = 8x + 3. The perimeter of triangle ABC is 63. Show all your work.
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