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Question 380119: The equilateral triangle is one in which all three sides are of equal length.
If two vertices of an equilateral triangle are (0,4) and (0,0), find the third vertex.
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Question 380263: two tranigles are similar find the legnth of the missin side

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Question 380297: im stuck on a geometry problem, the problem says "find the value of the variable."
then right below it shows a triangle with the angles, "3x degrees, 4x degrees, and 5x degrees." i really need help on this problem, please..
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Question 380424: if the measures of the angles of a triangle are represented by x, 2x, 2x+20, what is the value of x?
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Question 380352: SCALENE TRIANGLE THAT HAS A LINE INSIDE AND CREATES A TRAPEZE. WE KNOW ONLY SIDE CA,AE AND BC.THEY ARE ASKING FOR SIDE CD?
AB//ED. SUPPOSE THAT AC=9,AE=15,AND BC=10,FIND CD? NO ANGLES ARE GIVEN OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION.
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Question 380320: Given an isosceles triangle with a height of 4 and a vertex angle of 14.25 degrees, I would like to know a formula to determine the length of the base. Thank you.
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Question 380589: a right triangle has a hypotenuse with a length of 8 inches and a leg with a length of 5 inches. What is the length of the other leg?
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Question 380801: If two angles of a triangle measure 43 degrees and 48 degrees, the triangle is
A. Right
B. isosceles
C. obtuse
D. acute

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Question 380867: hey i would like to know how to find the area of a geometric figure 10 yd 13yd
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Question 380966: The vertices of abc are A(1, 1) B(7, 3) AND C(2, 6). WRITE AND EQUATION OF THE LINE THAT CONTIANS THE MEDIAN FROM C TO AB

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Question 381169: in right triangle DEF, angle D eguals 90 and angle F is 12 degrees less than twice angle E. find angle E
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Question 381317: how would i find the third length of a triangle if i am given the base of 5 and the height of 4?
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Question 381406: What is the equation of the line that is the perpendicular bisector of the line that passes through (n,5) and (n,-3)?

I've tried putting the numbers in slope formula and got -8/0 but the answer in the back of the book says its wrong. Its suppossed to be in formula like y=n or y=4 but I can't figure out how to get it there. Please help!
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Question 381632: Given the special right triangle, please find the short leg and the hypotenuse if the long leg is 5√3. and measurement of angle c is 60.

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Question 381689: The perimeter of a triangle is 48 inches and the sides are in the ratio of 3:4:5. Find the length of the longest side.
4
9
16
20
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Question 381728: The measures of the angles of a triangle are in the extended ratio given. Find the measures of the angles of the triangle. 3:5:10
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Question 381737: The perimeter of a rectangle is 154 feet. The ratio of the length to the width is 10:1. Find the length and the width.
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Question 381732: The measures of the angles of a triangle are in the extended ratio given. Find the measures of the angles of the triangle. 11:12:13
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Question 381803: How do you solve for possible measures of a side in a triangle? For example: Find the possible measures for XY in triangle XYZ. XZ=2 and YZ=3
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Question 381804: uzing a ruler creat a triangle whith an area of 27 cm squared

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Question 382015: If a triangle has one side that is 18 meters and another side that has 18 meters, what is the measurement of the third side and why?
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Question 382121: The base of a triangle one-third of the triangle's height. Find the area of the triangle as a function of the base
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Question 382072: A triangle is 3cm wider than it is tall. the area is 27cm square. find the width.
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Question 382070: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 1 centimeter longer than one side and 4 centimeters longer than three times the other side. Find the dimensions of the triangle.
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Question 382406: Which of the following sets of numbers can be the lengths of the sides of a triangle; A) 12, 9, 2 B) 11, 12, 23, C) 2,3,4 D) Square root of 3, square root of 5, and square root of 18
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Question 382356: The Area of a right triangle is 36. The base is 2 times the height. What is the base and height? Looking for an answer pretty quick.
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Question 382606: Find the perimeter of an eqilateral triangle whose altitude has a length of 6.
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Question 382673: Triangle has 2 sides that are lengths of 17 and 22. Which don't match up the length of the 3rd side?
A) 40
B) 21
C) 35
D) 32
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Question 382673: Triangle has 2 sides that are lengths of 17 and 22. Which don't match up the length of the 3rd side?
A) 40
B) 21
C) 35
D) 32
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Question 382681: I was woundering if i can get help on solving for x with a triangle.
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Question 382794: If a triangle has the measures 4,7 and 9 is it an acute, obtuse or right?
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Question 383058: how many integer values of x are there so that x,5, and 8 could be the lengths of the sides of a triangle
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Question 383771: what is a lenth of a diagonal of a square with side 16ft. long?
round to te nearest tenth if necessary

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Question 384107: In a triangle ABC, angle B is 3 times angle A and Angle C is 20 degrees less than 6 times angle A
The size of Angle A is
The size of Angle B is
The size of Angle C is
All answers need to be simplified. Type an integer or a decimal
I really need a good tutor.
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Question 384134: I need help finding x if one leg is 7 square root 2 and x is the hypotenuse and it has a 45 degree angle?
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Question 384134: I need help finding x if one leg is 7 square root 2 and x is the hypotenuse and it has a 45 degree angle?
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Question 384137: find the decimal notation for the fraction -6 divide -13
The decimal notation for the fraction -6 divide -13 is
(Round to the nearest hundredth)
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Question 384178: the measure of one angle of a triangle is 40. The measures of the other two angles are in a ratio of 3:4.
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Question 384182: Which of the following lengths could be the sides of a triangle?
6,18,12
15,22,8
22,13,8
or
18,6,12

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Question 384182: Which of the following lengths could be the sides of a triangle?
6,18,12
15,22,8
22,13,8
or
18,6,12

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Question 384160: I have a right triangle with a 30 degree angle; the hypotenuse is 24 and I need to find x the length of the shortest leg?
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Question 384241: okay so heres the deal, i have triangle GHJ in which the only given measurements is that of angle JHG being 32degrees and segment JH being 2x-12. The problem is asking to find the range of values of x.......WTF please answer!
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Question 384273: The legs of a right triangle measure 3x and 15. If the hypotenuse measures 3x + 3, what is the value of x?
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Question 382212: Five friends drove at an average rate of 55 miles per hour to a weekend retreat. On the way home, they took the same route averaged 75 miles per hour. What was the distance between home and the retreat if the round trip took 10 hours
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