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Question 465052: if an octagon equals 360 degrees what is the measure of each interior angle?
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Question 465064: which of the following is NOT true about the diagnols of a rhombus.
a. the diag. are perpedicular.
B. the diag. bisect eachother.
c, diag. are congruent
d. the diag. bisect the angles of the polygon
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Question 465071: what is the area of jasons hexagonal garden?
theres a drawing of a hexagon with dotted line halfway on it from the bottom up and it is 5 square root 3 ft and each side of the hexagon is 10 ft what is the area? if u dont understand how i worded it can u please explain how to find the area of a hexagon?
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Question 465065: which lengths of squares would form a right triangle?
a. 7.5, 4.5, 6
b 5, 9, 11
c. 6, 3, 7
d.4, 2.5, 5.5
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Question 465045: given ∠P ≅ ∠N and M is the midpoint of line PN, which of the following would be a valid reason to prove
ᅀPMK ≅ ᅀNMQ?
a. H.l
b. SSS
c. AAS
d. ASA
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Question 465175: what is the measure of the smaller angle of two supplementary angle if twice the larger is ten less than three times the small angle.
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Question 465254: If angle d = 145 degrees and angle c = 66 degrees, what is the measure of angle b?

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Question 465254: If angle d = 145 degrees and angle c = 66 degrees, what is the measure of angle b?

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Question 465228: what is the same as a four inch square
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Question 464866: a volume is 5040 cubic inches. How many cubic feet?
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Question 465287: a baseball diamond is shaped like a square. each side is 90 ft long. how far is it from home plate?
a. 180 ft.
b. 127.3 ft
c. 13.4 ft
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Question 465287: a baseball diamond is shaped like a square. each side is 90 ft long. how far is it from home plate?
a. 180 ft.
b. 127.3 ft
c. 13.4 ft
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Question 465294: april designed a circular walkway. find the value of x. there is a circle divided into 4 unequal parts and the equations are as follows ; x-3, x-5, x+6, and x+2
a. x= 24
b. x=12
c. x= 5
d. x= 2
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Question 465286: james was hired to edge the neighbors yard. if the yard has the dimensions 7 square root 3, 8 square root 3, 3 square root 27. what is the total number of feet he must edge?
a. 168 square root 243 ft
b. 18 square root 3 ft
c. 24 square root 3 ft
d. 18 square root 33 ft
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Question 465307: a flyer on 8 inch by 6 inch paper is to be enlarged to make a poster. the print shop will enlarge it any size up to 3 ft on the longer dimension. what are the dimensions of the largest possible enlargement of this flyer?
a. 3 ft by 30 inch
b. 3 ft by 27 inches
c. 3 ft by 4 feet
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Question 465314: HOW MUCH WATER WILL IT TAKE TO FILL A PIPE 12 INCHES WIDE AND 1800FT LONG
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Question 465341: spanish club has to decorate a float for the homecoming parade. the square pyramid on the top needs to be wrapped with chicken wire to attach decorating materials. how many square feet of chicken wire do they need?
a. 48 sq ft
b. 60 sq ft
c. 120 sq. ft
d. 144 sq ft.
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Question 465337: the diameter of a basketball rim is 18 inches. a standard basketball has a circumfrence of 30 inches. about how much room is there between the ball and the rim in a shot in which the ball goes in exactly in the center of the rim?
a. 9.6 inches.
b. 8.5 inches
c. 4.8 inches
d. 4.2 inches
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Question 465325: steph. wants to calculate the volume of her beach ball. the diameter of the beach ball is 24 inches. waht is its volume?
a. 6912 pi cu. in.
b. 2304 pi cu. in
c 576 pi cu in
d. 196 pi cu in
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Question 465380: a Rectangular Garden measures 34ft by 64ft. Surrounding (and bordering)the garden is a path 5ft wide. Find the area of this path
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Question 465388: the lumber yard is going to cut a square beam from a log. a cross section is shown ( its 16 inches). what are the dimensions of the largest square beam with the given cross section?
a. 4 inches x 4 inches
b. 16 square root 2 inches x 16 square root 2 inches
c. 8 inches x 8 inches
d. 8 square root 2 inches x 8 square root 2 inches
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Question 465384: a glass sphere holds .5 gallons of water. how much water does another sphere hold if its diameter is 4 times as large?
a. 24.7 gal
b.32 gal
c. 8 gal.
d. 2 gal
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Question 465471: The diameter of a construction pipe is 4ft. If the pipe is 16ft long, what is its volume?
(Use the value 3.14 for pie , and round your answer to the nearest cubic foot. Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.)
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Question 465383: how many cans of paint are needed to paint both the interior and exterior of an open conical shaped tank that has an 8 ft base radius and is 15 ft tall? one can covers 200 square feet.
a. 3
b. 4
c 5
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Question 465309: if my yard is 145ft long and I put my poles 10ft apart how many poles will i need

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Question 465611: the perimeter of a rectangle is 80cm. If the ratio of its length to its width is 5:3, what are it's dimensions?
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Question 465766: I would sincerely appreciate assistance with the following question:
A rug is to cover two-thirds of the floor area of an 8 m X 12 m room. The uncovered part of the floor is to form a strip of uniform width around the rug. Find the width of the strip.
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Question 465870: You are 64 inches tall and your shadow is 72 inches long. A tree casts a shadow of 144 inches. How tall is the tree?

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Question 465960: find the area of 36cm lengh and 22cm widght

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Question 464834: The perimeter of a rectangle is 34 inches, and the area is 60 square inches. What is the length and width of the rectangle.
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Question 466114: Use indirect reasoning to explain why a quadrilateral can have no more than three internal obtuse angles.
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Question 466110: Two sides of a triangle have lengths 6 and 8. What lengths are possible for the third side? Explain.
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Question 466108: Li went for a mountain-bike ride in a relatively flat wooded area. She rode for 5 km in one direction and then turned and pedaled 17 km in another. Finally she turned in the direction of her starting point and rode 8 km. When she stopped, was it possible that Li was back at her starting point? Explain.
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Question 465310: using 3 boards of lengths 15 ft, 23 ft, and 30 ft, james laid out a triangular plot. assuming he did not cut the boards, classify the triangle formed.
obtuse, right, or it cannot be determined from info given or the boards will not form a triangle?
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Question 466520: I was looking to find out if I am doing my homework correctly. The problem is
there is a room that is 12'6" by 10'4" in length. I need to find out what the area is in square feet and then I need to express that as an improper fraction.
So far I have tried and got 129 for the area of the room. I am lost after that.
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Question 466600: ∠DEF and ∠ABC are supplementary angles and ∠DEF is four times as large as ∠ABC. Determine the measure of each angle. For some reason I have major problems with these lines. Any help, please.
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Question 466644: what is the total length of the small and larger triangles? if one is 25in and the other 17in?
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Question 466891: By how many degrees is the sum of the angles of a polygon increased when the number of sides is increased by 4?
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Question 466890: If the number of sides of a polygon were doubled, the sum of the angles of the polygon would be increased by 900 degrees. How many sides does the original polygon have?
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Question 467057:
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Question 467063: the height of a right triangle is 3 more cm than the base. if the area is 44 cm squared, find the height of the triangle.
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Question 467069: 6 2/3 yd multiplied by 4 1/2 yd and it $18 per square yard what will it cost to re carpet my living room?
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Question 467113: a right triangle has a base that is 2 more than twice the height. find the length of the base for the triangle if the area is 30 square units.
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Question 465891: A birthday celebration meal is $40.50 including tax. Find the total cost if a 15% tip is added to the cost.
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