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Question 493300: Find the minimum and maximum limits for the length of a third side of a triangle if the other two sides are 8" and 13"
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Question 493255: The ratio of the measure of a vertex angle to a base angle of an isosceles is 2:3. Find th e measure of the smallest angle
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Question 493236: There is a 15 75 90 degree triangle, the shortest leg is 40 meters what is the length of the long leg and the hypoteneus?
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Question 493637: In a right triangle, once leg has length and the other has length . What is the length of the hypothenuse?
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Question 493573: prove that right angle triangle hypotenuse side length is always longer
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Question 494172: if one angle of a triangle is twice the smaller angle and the third angle is three times the smaller angle, find each angle
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Question 494714: A man wants to build a teepee for his kids. He plans to use 10 foot poles for the supports and wants the base of the teepee to be 12 foot across. What would the height be?
It has been years since I did anything like this so I don't even know where to begin. It's an algebra problem.
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Question 494949: There is a triangle with two lines drawn from hypotenuse to longest leg, creating three similar triangles, each one is a right triangle. You are told that the two line segments (drawn on the inside of the triangle) create 3 lines of equal size (on the side of the hypotenuse of largest triangle) Then you are told that the area of the smallest triangle is 42 and asked to find the area of the largest triangle. (you are not given any lengths)

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Question 494919: One side of the triangle is 1 in. longer than the shortest side and is 1 in. shorter than the longest side. The perimeter is 17 in. Find the dimensions of the the triangle.
I have tried 1x+(-x)+1x = 17 in. but it just doesnt seem right. thanks for your help!
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Question 494703: how tall will a triangle with a 6 foot base and a 10 foot angled side be
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Question 494689: I have 3 side measures given to me, but how do I use trig to find the angle measures?
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Question 494688: In a right angled triangle the length of the shortest side is unknown. The hypotenuse is 7cm more than double the length of the other side which is 3cm longer than the shortest side. Find the length of the hypotenuse.
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Question 494632: each of the two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle is 7cm shorter than twice the base. find the length of the three sides if perimeter of triangle is 106cm
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Question 494557: In a right triangle, the hypotenuse is 1 meter more than the length of one of the legs and this leg is 17 meters more than the length of the shortest leg. What are the lengths of the three sides of the triangle?
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Question 495111: The Hypotenuse of a Right Triangle is 3 times the length of a leg. The perimeter of the triangle is between 6 and 8. If the Hypotenuse is an integer, find the length of the other sides and solve for its perimeter.
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Question 494523: A triangle has a perimeter of 18 inches. If one side has length 8 inches, find the length of the shortest side if the other lengths are in the ratio of 2 units : 3 units.
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Question 495255: find the value of the missing term(s) of each of the following proportions.
A. 5/3 = N/12
B. 7/2 = 42/N
C. N/2 = 50/N
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Question 495253: The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 and the length of one leg is 8. What is the length of the other leg?
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Question 495251: The lengths of two legs of a right triangle are 5 and 12. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
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Question 495264: prove that in a triangle, other than an equilateral triangle, angle opposite to the longest side is greater than 2/3 of a right angle.
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Question 495500: given the short leg of a 30-60-90 triangle, how do you find the other two sides?
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Question 495461: if one side of a triangle is 4 units and the two other sides are blank what are those two sides equal to? the triangle is a right triangle and the four is the base of the right angle.
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Question 495741: if an triangle has a angle that is 54 degrees and another that is 90 degrees what is the third angle

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Question 495645: A triangle has angles measuring 45 degrees and 55 degrees. What is the measure of the triangle's third angle?
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Question 495627: triangle A has a perimeter of 15 find similar perimeter of triangle B that has sides 9 and 6
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Question 495879: what is the length of the third side of a rectangle if one side is 30 ft. and the other is 12 ft.
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Question 496074: if a triangle has an area that's exceeding 12ft^2 and the base is 8 ft how tall can the triangle be ?
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Question 496086: If angle A is obtuse and angle B is acute, then angles A is larger than angle B.Question 2 options:
True
False

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Question 496077: The area of acute angled triangle ABC is 12cm(squared). Given that the length of two of the sides are 5cm and 6cm. Find the length of the third side.
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Question 496160: "Sketch a triangle similar to triangle X with an area that is 1/4 the area of triangle X." The area of triangle X is 12.5. How would you find the dimensions of the new triangle?
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Question 496196: kan measured the angles of and isosceles triangle.one angle measured is 36 degrees.the other two angles have the same measure what is the measure of the other two angles?

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Question 496272: A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 8 inches. If one angle is 35 degrees, find the length of each leg.
Please help me with this question my textbook only shows how to find the other leg when you are given one leg and a degree
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Question 496334: How do you find the missing side length of a triangle, when given two side lengths (12cm, 32cm), and one degree (72)
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Question 496535: Q: Do three acute angles make a triangle?
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Question 496535: Q: Do three acute angles make a triangle?
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Question 496505: How do you find the length of the sides and the measures of the angles for the congruent triangles ABC and A′B′C′. What I need is the lenght for A'B'
The first triangle is lying down with point C on the right and it has a 84 degree angle. Side A is 14 and side B is 30. The second triangle is standing up with point C at the top. It has a 28 degree angle and side A' is 28.

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Question 496711: Determine the sides of the triangle. Given that the perimeter is 180 in. If the angles of the triangle are in the ratio of 5:6:7
so hard..... please help!! :)
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Question 496686: A Bamboo of 18` height is broken by wind.Its top touches the ground 6` away from the root.Find the length of the broken segment.
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Question 496771: A triangle has a vertical height 2cm longer than its base length. Its area is 20cm^2. What are the dimensions of the triangle?
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Question 17499: I have an equilateral triangle with an area of 30 square centimeters. I need to find the base and height of the triangle.
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Question 496863: a triangle has two sides measuring 6 ft and 9 ft. if the height is 2ft and you are looking for the area, which number do you use in the formula A=1/2bh?
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Question 497035: A triangle has a base with length 13, with the other two sides equal in length. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle are integers, what is the shortest possible length of a side?
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Question 496968: the measure of one angle of a triangle is three times the measure of the smallest angle, and the measure of the last angle is equal to the sum of the other two angles, find the measure of the greatest
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Question 496967: The measures of the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 4:5:6 find the measure of each side if the perimeter of the triangle is 60 inches
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