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Question 299378: A 20-foot monument casts a shadow 32- feet long. How long of a shadow would a 6- foot man cast at the same time?
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Question 299600: The equation of the inner circle is x2 + y2 = 9. The radius of the outer circle is three times the radius of the inner circle. What is the equation of the outer circle
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Question 299727: a rectangular box has a length of 3 inches, a width of 2, inches, and a height of 4 inches, Find the dimensions of three similar boxes: one that has a length of 6 inches, one that as a width of 6 inches, and one that has height of 6 inches
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Question 299905: Four squares, each with sides 4 cm long, are cut from the corners of a rectangular piece of cardboard having an area 560 cm^2. The flaps are then bent up to form an open topped box having volume 960 cm^3. Find the dimensions of the original piece of cardboard.
Thank you!
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Question 300449: the area A of a triangle with base b and height h is given by A=1/2bh. Find the area when b=17m (meters) and h=24m.
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Question 300629: How Many 2 Inch Square Blocks Can Fit Inside A 10inch By 20 Inch Box? how do u get the answer?
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Question 300773: EVELYN wrote her name 200 times in a row without a space between them. What letter is written in the 100th space? in the 196th space?
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Question 301091: A rectangular blanket is 20 inches longer than it is wide. If the area of the blanket is 1,125 square inches, find the length and the width. Show all.
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Question 301163: How much leather do i need to make a basketball with diameter of 30cm ?
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Question 301163: How much leather do i need to make a basketball with diameter of 30cm ?
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Question 301194: The diameter of the base of a cylindrical milk tank is 59 in. The length of the
tank is 470 in. The depth of the milk in the tank is 20 in. What is the number of gallons of milk in the tank?
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Question 301197: how much coffee can a cup hold ?
radius= 2 inches
height=3 1/2 inches
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Question 301308: What is an enzyme?

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Question 301568: The second angle of a triangle is twice the first angle. The third angle is five more than four times the first angle. What is the measure of the second angle?
Is it 30 degrees?
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Question 302055: Suppose that the width of a rectangle is 5 inches shorter than the length and that the perimeter of the rectangle is 50 inches. The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is P=2L+2W.
a) Set up an equation for the perimeter involving only L, the length of the rectangle.
b) Solve this equation algebraically to find the length of the rectangle. Find the width as well.
I am unsure how to do this problem correctly, I have tried it different ways and do not feel as though it is correct, please help.
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Question 302182: A triangle and a square have the same base and equal areas. If the length of the common base is x and the height of the triangle is h, what is the height of the triangle in terms of x?
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Question 302440: An equilateral triangle and a regular triangle have the same perimeter. Each side of the pentagon is 3 inches shorter than each side of the triangle. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
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Question 302332: A square poster has sides measuring 2 feet less than the sides of a square sign. If the difference between their areas is 28 square feet, find the lengths of the sides of the poster and the sign?
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Question 302550: Solve by factoring and using the principle of zero products.
2x^2 - 20x = 0
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Question 302547: A wheel had an angular velocity of 400 radians per minute. How fast was the wheel rolling along in kilometers per hour if the radius of the wheel was 160 centimeters?
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Question 302652: Hello, How do I construct a stem and leaf plot for the following information,
I am sorry to ask but I been out of school for 15 years and I am lost when it come to stem and leaf plots. Your help is greatly appreciated

The number of surfer’s special burritos served was sampled during a dinner period 5:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at a taco shop on a weekday. Below is the sample: 36 21 15 42 27 6 36 33 15 45 60 42 27 63 42 54 60 17
Thank you so much for your help
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Question 302689: identify the property being used in the conditional statement.
IF 4(3x-10)=40, then 12x-40=40
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Question 302890: If the area of the yard is 256 ft.2 and the walkway is 4 ft. wide, what is the area of the walkway?

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Question 302890: If the area of the yard is 256 ft.2 and the walkway is 4 ft. wide, what is the area of the walkway?

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Question 303575: a jet flying in a direction N 20 E with a speed of 500 mi/h. Find the north and east components of the velocity.
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Question 303596: The length of a garden is 5 feet longer than its width. A 2 foot wide sidewalk
surrounds the garden. The area of the sidewalk is 76 sq. feet. What are the
dimensions of the garden?
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Question 303610: if the volume of a cube is 8 , what is the shortest distance from the center of the cube to the base of the cube ?
a 1 b 2 c 4 d √2 e 2√2
Because the volume of a cube is x^3 base width and height are each 2 the cube root of 8. Now simply observe that the center will be located at the point is 1/2 or 1 unit fom each side so the center to base distance is 1.
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Question 303899: the length of a flag is twice the width. find the width of a flag with an area of 1250 cm squared
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Question 303898: the floor of a gazebo is a regular
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Question 304163: You are lying 120 ft away from a tree that is 50 feet tall. You look up at the top of the tree. Approximately how far is your head from the top of the tree in a straight line?
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Question 304499: a terrible windstorm snapped a big pine tree which remained hinged at the crack while the tip of the tree touched the ground 48 feet away. Paul decided to find the true height of thetree before it broke. he placed a 25 foot ladder 15 feet from the base of the tree and the ladder just reached the break. what is the height of tree before it broke?

please and thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Question 304503: the sum of three numbers id 138. the second is 5 more than the smallest and the third is 10 more than the smallest. find the numbers.

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Question 304483: if you swing a ball held at the end of a string 20 cm long, how far will the ball travel on each turn?
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Question 304848: An isosceles triangle has one 25 degree angle and the base angles are each (5x) classify the triangle by its angle measures
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Question 304898: A runner’s heart rate in beats per minute is given by the formula Heart rate = 65 + 53 / (4t + 1) where t is the number of minutes after the start of a cool-down period. Find the runner’s heart rate in 10 minutes. When is the runner’s heart rate equal to 68 beats per minute?
I tried to substitute 10 for "t" because it said t represents the minutes. I tried to solve it like that but got a answer 4718/41. Could you please help me set this equation up so I can learn how to do it and how to get the answer. Thanks
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Question 304897: 4.The number of miles remaining for a jet traveling from San Francisco to New York can be approximated with the linear equation Miles remaining = 2650 - 475t where t is the number of hours since leaving San Francisco. In how many hours will the jet be 1,000 miles from New York?
I have tried m=2650-475t but I have no starting miles to go off of. I really don't understand how to set this equation up to get my final answer. Could you please help me understand how to solve this problem so I can do it. Thanks
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Question 305312: The longer leg of a right triangle exceeds the shorter leg by 1 inch, and the hypotenuse exceeds the longer leg by 7 inches. Find the length of the legs. Round to the nearest tenth of an inch. Thank you. Amber
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Question 305309: Here is the problem: The length of a rectangle is 4 meters longer than the width. If the area is 8 square meters, find the rectangle's dimensions. Round to the nearest tenth of a meter. I keep arriving at 4 m. by 1.5 m and that is NOT correct...Thank you in advance for your help! Amber
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Question 305294: Please solve.
One leg of a right triangle is four less than twice the other.
The hypotenuse is 10. Find the length of each leg.
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Question 305289: Write the equation and then solve.
a) One leg of a right triangle is four less than twice the other.
The hypotenuse is 10. Find the length of each leg.

Please help me solve this equation.
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Question 305310: A rain gutter is made from sheets of aluminum that are 20 inches wide. The edges are turned up to form right angles. Determine the depth of the gutter that will allow a cross-sectional area of 13 square inches. Show that there are two different solutions to the problem. Round to the nearest tenth of an inch. Thank you for your help...I have been working hard and I am stuck!! Amber
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Question 305478: I'm not sure if this is too big a question but if someone could at least point me in the right direction I'd appriciate it.
Place 3 circles with the same radius, r, with their centers on a horizontal in such a way that the middle circle intersects the left and right circles in exactly 1 point each(like 3 coins, touching, all in a row). Draw a line from the center of the left circle that is tangent to the right circle. This line intersects the middle circle in 2 points. Find the length of the line segment connecting these 2 points in terms of r.
Ok so I have the picture fine I'm pretty sure about that. In the middle circle i tried drawing radii from the center to the points of the segment i have to find the length of, and i know it's an isosceles triangle but that doesn't help me find the length of that segment. I've also tried right triangles in different areas but nothing i have come up with has helped...once again I'd really appriciate it if someone could at least steer me in the right direction. Thanks!
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Question 305407: The legs of a right triangle are 3 and 8 centimeters long, respectively. What is the length of the hypotenuse
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