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Tutors Answer Your Questions about Quadratic Equations (FREE) Get help from our free tutors ===> Algebra.Com stats: 2011 tutors, 419074 problems solved View all solved problems on Quadratic_Equations -- maybe yours has been solved already! Become a registered tutor (FREE) to answer students' questions. Click here to see problems AND answers on one page Question 39163: A rectangle has a perimeter of 46 meters. The area is 124 meters squared. Find the dimensions...thank you! Click here to see answer by Nate(3500)   Question 39164: The sum of 2 numbers is 25. The sum of their squares is 313. Find the two numbers...thank you! 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The sum of their squares is 130." Thank you so much, you really help me! Click here to see answer by venugopalramana(3286)   Question 40040: Thank you so much for your help with this. My brain stopped and I need a push. Can you bring me through this problem please... "Use a quadratic equation to determine the two numbers that satisfy the situation: Their sum is 9 and their product is 20."? Click here to see answer by venugopalramana(3286)   Question 40033: (x^2)^4 * x^3 Click here to see answer by fractalier(2101)   Question 39909: okay in the quadratic function ax(squared)+ bx+ c what does each one of those variables mean.. like is b the y-intercept and c is the slope you know.. i sure dont Click here to see answer by venugopalramana(3286)   Question 40096: can someone help me? 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