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Question 147135: Find the verex and intercepts. Sketch the graph
g(x) = x^2 + -6
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Question 147135: Find the verex and intercepts. Sketch the graph
g(x) = x^2 + -6
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Question 147135: Find the verex and intercepts. Sketch the graph
g(x) = x^2 + -6
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Question 147511: At the present time, a nutrition bar in the shape of a rectangular solid measures 0.75 inch by 1 inch by 5 inches. To reduce costs the manufacturer has decided to decrease each of the dimensions of the nutrition bar by x inches. What value of x, rounded to the nearest thousandth of an inch, will produce a new nutrition bar with a volume that is 0.75 cu in less than the present bar's volume?
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Question 147510: The length of a rectangular box is 1 inch more than twice the height of the box, and the width is 3 inches more than the height. If the volume of the box is 126 cubic inches, find the dimensions of the box. L=2x+1; H=x; W=x+3, V=126 cu. in.
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Question 147769: When the sun has risen 32 degrees above the horizon, Sandy casts a shadow that is 9 feet 2 inches long. How tall is SAndy, to the nearest inch?

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Question 148072: A company makes an HD-TV that has a 63.4 inch diagonal. If the width of the screen is approximately 51.8 inches, what is the approximate height of the screen? Round your answer to the nearest Tenth.
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Question 148221: A spacelab circles Earth at an altitude of 380 miles. When an astronaut views the horizon of Earth, the angle θ is 65.8 dgrees. Use this information to estimate the radius of the Earth.

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Question 148511: Suppose that the interior angles of a convex pentagon are five consecutive numbers. What is the measure of the largest angle?

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Question 148602: . If Sam can do a job in 4 days that Lisa can do in 6 days and Tom can do in 2 days, how long would the job take if Sam, Lisa, and Tom worked together to complete it?
A. 0.8 days
B. 1.09 days
C. 1.23 days
D. 1.65 days
E. 1.97 days

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Question 148652: 18. It is possible for the interior angles of a regular polygon to measure 145°.
true
false
19. Calculate the measure for each exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
20°
40°
140°
1260°
20. Calculate the measure for each interior angle of a regular 15-gon.
12°
24°
156°
2340°

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Question 148644: Pleaaaaaaase help me!

5. How many diagonals can be drawn from each vertex of a decagon?
6. How many distinct diagonals does a hexagon have?
7. Calculate the sum of the interior angles of a convex hexagon.
8. Calculate the sum of the interior angles of a convex 40-gon.
9. If possible, give the name of the convex polygon in which the sum of the interior angles equals 1260°.

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Question 148651: AH! I need help!
In the convex quadrilateral ABCD if ,angel a is congruent to angel d and, measure of angel b=110 degrees and measure of c=60 find a .
a.95 °
b.170°
c.190°
d.360°
Suppose that the interior angles of a convex pentagon are five consecutive numbers. What is the measure of the largest angle?
a.105°
b.106°
c.109°
d.110°
If the exterior angles of a convex octagon are , and , calculate the smallest of the eight angles.
a.19°
b.21°
c.32°
d.37°
If five of the exterior angles of a convex hexagon measure 55°, 60°, 63°, 70°, and 81°, find the measure of the sixth exterior angle.
a.31°
b.60°
c.120°
d.391°
If the exterior angles of a convex octagon are , and , calculate the smallest of the eight angles.
a.19°
b.21°
c.32°
d.37°
How many sides would a regular polygon have if each interior angle measures 162°?
a.10
b.12
c.18
d.20
How many angles would a regular polygon have if each exterior angle measures 5°?
a.36
b.37
c.72
d.74

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Question 148802: If each dimension of room is increased one meter, the area is increased by 51 meters; and if the length is increased one meter and the width diminished by one meter, the area is decreased three square meters. Find the dimensions of the room?
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Question 148801: I each dimension of room is increased one meter, the area is increased by 51 meters; and if the length is increased one meter and the width diminished by one meter, the area is decreased three square meters. Find the dimensions of the room?
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Question 148907: Hello,
my name is gabrielle and i been stuck on these four ptoblems for a long time and i was wondering if you could show me the work and the answers?
1.an angle measure 14 degress less than three times its compliment. find the measure of the angle and it compliment.

2. the length of a rectangle is 4ft longer than twice its wifth. find the dumension of a rectangle if its perimeter is 58 ft.

2. one angle of a triangle measure 9 degress more than the second angle. the third angle is seven times larger than the second angle. find the measures of each angle of the triangle.
4. the width of a rectangle is 3 feet shorter than its length. the perimeter is 76 decreased by the width. find the dimensions of the rectangle.
i would like for these answer to be answered on july 20th no later than 8 pm. thank yo and have a nice day.
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Question 148960: a triangle has one angle hat measures 2 degrees more than 3 times the smallest angle, and the largest angle measures 22 degrees less than 4 times the measure of the smallest angle. find the measures of the anges.
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Question 148961: the perimeter of a triangle is 41 cm. the measure of the shortest side is 7 cm less than the middle side. the measure of the longest side is 5 cm less than the sum of the other 2 sides. find the lengths of the sides.
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Question 149348: An isoceles triangle has a perimeter of 45cm. Its equal sides each measure 6cm longer than the base. How long is the base of the triangle?
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Question 149347: A triangle has angles of (2x + 11) degrees, (3x - 2) degrees and 4x degrees. Find each angle.
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Question 149381: The length of a rectange is 6in more than 3 times its width. If the width were increased by 4 and the length decreased by 10, the area of the new rectangle would equal the area of the orignal rectangle. Find the length and width of the original rectangle.
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Question 150220: Find the area of a triangle whose altitude is 7 feet and whose base is 22 feet.
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Question 150180: Wallpaper comes in rolls of 6 metres long and 1 metre wide. How much wallpaper is needed to wallpaper walls in a bedroom if the bedroom is 4 metres by 5 metres by 2.5 metres? (Dont wallpaper the 1 metre by 2 metre door nor the 1 metre square window.)
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Question 150562: THE WIDTH OF A RECTANGLE IS 3 FEET LESS THAN ITS LENGHTH .IF THE PERIMETER IS 22 FEET WHAT IS THE WIDTH?
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Question 150588: The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 70dm. If the length of a leg of the triangle is 5dm less than twice the length of the base, find the lengths of the sides of the triangle.
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Question 150605: The altitude of an isosceles trapezoid is 20cm. If the lower base is 10cm longer than the upper base and the area of the trapezoid is 220sq. cm, find the lengths of the bases.
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Question 150832: The lenght and width of a rectangle are in the ratio 3:2. If the length is increased by 20 and teh width is decreased by 5, the ratio of the length to the width becomes 2:1. Find teh length and width of this rectangle.
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Question 150855: If four angles of a pentagon have measures 100,96,87 and 97, fing the measure of the fifth angle.
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Question 150857: in triangle ABC, if angle B is a right angle and measure of angle A=49, find the measure of angle C.
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Question 150858: In triangle DEF, m
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Question 150862: If four angles of a hexagon measures 100, 90, 105, and 75, and if the other two angles are congruent. Find the measure of each.
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Question 150863: If the sum of the measures of two exterior angles of a triangle is 230, find the measures of the third exterior angle and its adjacent interior angle.
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Question 150864: The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a polygon is between 2100 and 2400. how many sides does a polygon have?
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Question 150867: The measures of the angles of four-sided figure can be represented by x,x,5x, and 4x-3, find the measure of each angle.
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Question 150873: to carpet a room 12ft by 11ft,how many square yards do I need to buy?
At $27.00 per square yard, what would it cost?
I know to change feet to yard, I get 4 yds x 3 and 2/3yds = 12 2/3 yds, But they say it should be 14 and 2/3 yds, how did they get this.
I also can't figure out how they are taking 14 and 2/3 x $27.00 to get a cost of$396.00
I am really confused and would be grateful for any help on this.

Thank-You
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Question 150875: Arnel and Dollie are determining whether 5-12-13 is a Pythagorean triple. Who is correct? Explain your reasoning.
arnel's arrangement:
13+5=12
Dollie's arrangement:
5+12=13
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Question 150874: A patio in the shape of a half circle and is 4 inches thick is being built. The radius is 12 feet.
To the nearest cubic yard, how much concrete will be needed?
How did they come up with 3 cubic yds of concrete?
Could you please explain this for me, I am so lost. I am so grateful for any help.
Thank-You
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Question 150865: Find the perimeter of a regular hexagon with side length 4.5cm
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Question 150861: A regular polygon is equilateral and equiangular. The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a convex polygon with n sides is(n-2)180. The sum of the measures of the exterior angles of any convex polygon, one angle at each vertex, is 360.
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Question 150859: In triangle RST, an exterior angle meaure at T has a measure of 75. If measure of angle R= 2 times the measure of angle S, find the measure of each interior angle of triangle RST.
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Question 150856: If four angles of a pentagon have measures 100,96,87 and 97, find the measure of the fifth angle.
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Question 150856: If four angles of a pentagon have measures 100,96,87 and 97, find the measure of the fifth angle.
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