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Question 108634: A pyramid has a square base. Find the surface area of the pyramid if its slant height is 10 centimeters and the sides of its base are 5 centimeters long.
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Question 108635: to the nearest hundredth, find the surface area of a cone whose slant height is 9 centimeters and that has a base with radius 6 centimeters.
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Question 109069: I can't figure this one. Google brought me to your site but I still can not find it in this site. Can you please help me solve this problem:
The volume of a box is (x^2+5x+6)(x+5), find the polynomial that represents the bottom of the box. Then it shows the box with x+2 next to it.If anyone could help me wiht this it would be greatly appreciated.
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Question 110190: I am stuck on thi one!!!
Solve for r
v=1/3pi*H^2(3r-H)
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Question 110190: I am stuck on thi one!!!
Solve for r
v=1/3pi*H^2(3r-H)
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Question 110313: find the volume of a rectangular prism that is 4 feet high, 6.5 feet wide, and 8 feet long
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Question 110313: find the volume of a rectangular prism that is 4 feet high, 6.5 feet wide, and 8 feet long
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Question 110359: If a rectangular solid (4x5x7) is inscribed in a sphere, what is the radius of the sphere? (Is the diameter the diagonal of the rectangular solid? I know it would be if the rectangular solid were a cube.) If so, I got the radius to be 4.7434.
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Question 110706: Geometry. The volume of the box is represented by(x2 + 5x + 6)(x + 5) . Find the polynomial that represents the area of the bottom of the box. (x + 2) is the height of the box.

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Question 111234: A box with an open top is to be constructed from a rectangular piece of cardboard with dimensions 5 in. by 10 in. by cutting out equal squares of side x at each corner and then folding up the sides as in the figure.
(a) Express the volume V of the box as a function of x, then determine the range and the domain of this function.

(b) Express the surface area S of the box as a function of x, then determine the range and the domain of this function.
(c) Find the value of x that gives the largest volume of the box
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Question 111603: What is the measurement in pounds to fill a cylinder container with a diameter of 5 in. and a length of 4 feet?
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Question 111700: A basketball with a 30-in circumference is tightly packed into a cubical box for shipment.
a. What is the volume of the ball?
b. What is the smallest possible volume for the box?
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Question 111857: Good afternoon and happt thanksgiving.
I am working on some math homework and could use a littlel help.
Here is the question.
A line passing through (5, –6) and (–9, y) is perpendicular to a line with slope 14/5 . Find the value of y.
Thanks you tutors rock
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Question 111948: Not sure how to do this.
One day, the temperature at 9:00 A.M. was 42°F, and by 2:00 P.M. the temperature was 57°F. What was the hourly rate of temperature change?

Thanks
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Question 113026: Determine the cost of carpeting a room 8 meters by 4.5 meters at $14.50 per square yard.
Can you please help me figure this problem out?
Thanks, con832002
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Question 113413: How do i solve for the volume of a box when height is equel to x

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Question 113457: Jim wants to buy cement to anchor two posts for a swing he is building. He has dug 2 round holes that 12 inches in diameter and 40 inches deep. He wants to fill each with concrete around a rectangular supporting beam that is 3.5 inches by 5.5 inches. Each 80-pound bag of concrete mixes with water to make 0.6 cubic fee of concrete. How many bags of concrete must he buy for the job?

if you would explain how you got the answer to this question that would be awesome. thanks!
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Question 114294: Aaron's paperweight is a cube with a sphere inside. the sphere touches each face of the cube at one point. the radius of the sphere is 3.25 centimeters. How much space inside the cube is not inside the sphere?
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Question 114794: so you have a cube that is x by x by x you slice a one inch slice off it and the remaining volume is 294 what is x
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Question 115048: Please help me I am stuck with this question. Find the volume of a rectangular solid with a length of 3m and a width of 0.9m and a height of 5m.
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Question 115475: 0.3 lb = ________ g (round to the nearest gram)
I have come up with 136g could you tell me if I am correct? Thanks so much
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Question 116911: A olympic swimming pool is 50m long, 21m wide and 1.8m deep. Calculate the amount of water it can hold?
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Question 116909:

Leslie has 200 cm cubes.
What is the volume of the largest cube she can make with them?
How many different cubes can she make with the centimetres cubes she have left over?

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Question 117117: How much is 1.5 L carton of milk equals to in ml
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Question 117117: How much is 1.5 L carton of milk equals to in ml
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Question 117363: HI!
please help me with this. I am really CLULESS on this question.
Pineapple chunks are often packed in Cylindrical cans. If each can holds 500 ml determine
a) The dimensions to one decimal place, of the can with minimum volume
b) The cost to the nearest penny if the aluminum costs $ 0.2/ cm(squared)

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Question 117735: Please help with this problem
A rectangular picture window is 5 ft by 8 ft. Polly wants to put a trim molding around the window. How many feet of molding should she buy?
Thank you so much
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Question 117733: Please help me with this one.
A shipping container is 8 ft by 6 ft by 3 ft. What is it's volume?

Thank you so much
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Question 117733: Please help me with this one.
A shipping container is 8 ft by 6 ft by 3 ft. What is it's volume?

Thank you so much
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Question 117930: word problems again ugh!
Geometry. The volume of the box is represented by (x^2 + 5x + 6)(x + 5). Find
the polynomial that represents the area of the bottom of the box. x + 2 is the height.
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Question 113278: I am not certain if this is a volume problem but I would really appreciate some help.
A rectangular solid has a base with length of 6cm and width of 5 cm. If the volume of the solid is 300 cm to the third, I need to find the height of the solid.
Is it 9cm?
10cm
11 cm or
12 cm.
How do I go about solving this problem. I know that the volume of a retangular solid is V=LWH
Thank you very much.
Tracy
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Question 117973: Can someone help me please?
This is a rectangular cube with a 12in side, 6 inch bottom right, and 6 inch bottom center. The cube is standing up. It says to find the volume of the solid shown. Help please since i cannot draw this thing.
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Question 116990: The Fudge is packed into boxes 30cm long 21cm wide 12cm high. How many blocks of fudge can fit into each box?
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Question 118067: The width of a rectangular gate is 2 meters(m) larger than its height. The diagonal brace measures the square root of 6. find the width and height.
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Question 113442: I'm not even sure what kind of math problem this is. I need the formula to figure out how much (Time) it will take to mow the lawn in a certain area. All I have is the square footage ... is there such a formula?
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Question 118107: hi please help me with this question. i dont know what to do

The inside of an aircraft is a square based prism and will be built usin 4 m (squared) of of aluminum. Th plane or cockpit needs a floor, ceiling and three walls. What demensions will maximize the volume of the cockpit. Round out the deminsions to the nearest meter.

thanks for any help coming this way
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Question 118206: Hi!!
Please help me with this question
How many mm2 are in 3cm2. What is the ratio of cm2 to mm2 ?
Thankyou
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Question 118232: How many 80 pound cement bags can I fit in a 40 foot shipping container?
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Question 118441: I need you to provide me the Proof of the volume of a sphere, using Geometry, and trigonometry.
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Question 118690: 1 cual es el perimetro de un triangulo que los lados miden 6, 8 y 10 pulgadas?
2 un cubo mide 3 pulgadas en todos los lados. cual es el volumen en pulgadas?
3 cual seria el radio de un circulo con un diametro de 8 pulgadas?
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Question 118689: cual es el perimetro de un triangulo que los lados miden 6, 8 y 10 pulgadas?
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Question 119136:
Length= 11yd width=5yd height= volume=165yd3 can you find the height
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Question 119984: please give me the formulia for the volume of a cylinder
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Question 120079: H!
please help me with this. I dont get this. Thanks for any help coming this way

A can is cylinder for chocolates. The can will contain 75 wrapped chocolates, each with the voulme of 19 cm (cubed). The can has the height of 15 cm. WHat is the radius.
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