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Question 477944: A rectangle has an area of 6x^2+7x+2 Find possible
dimensions for this rectangle. Make a sketch of
the rectangle.
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Question 478764: a rectangular field is 20m long and 10m wide.within it a rectangular pond has been dug of 5m long,2m wide and a 10m in height.find the increase in the height of the rectangular field.

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Question 477858: find the cost of the lampshade at the rate of rs 5 percentimetre when the diametre of the lampshade is 15.4cm. when pie is 22/7
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Question 477854: the diametre of the wheel of a motor cycle is 49 cm.in how many revolutions,the motor cylcle will cover b6.16k.m of distance ?when pie is 22/7
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Question 477849: a park if of circular shape the diameter of which is 63 m.find the cost of wire for hurdle around this park at the rate of rs 50 per metre. when pie is 22/7
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Question 477782: when the length of each side of a square is increased by 5 cm, the area of the resulting figure is 2.25 times the area of the original square . what is the area of the original square.?
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Question 478783: two circles have diameters which differ by 4.00 cm. if the sum of the areas of the circles is 146.0 cm2, determine their radii
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Question 478991: An 84 metre rope is cut into three pieces. The second piece is twice the length of the first. The third is 4 metres longer than the first. Find the length of each piece.
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Question 479110: the perimeter of a triangle is 71cm. the first side is 3cm shorter than the second side, and the third side is twice as long as the first side. find the length of the longest side
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Question 479178: a piece of wire 3 1/2 meters long is to be cut into six pieces. what is the length of each piece
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Question 479398: a chessboard has an area of 324 square inches. there is a 1 in border around the 64 squares on the board. what is the length of one side of the region containing the small squares?
How would you figure out the answer

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Question 479463: A small square of side length x cm is cut from each corner of a square cardboard of side length 10 cm, then the area of the remaining piece of cardboard is?
Ans: (10-2x)(10-2x) which will give me (10-2x)^2
And the greatest volume? 10-2x* 10-2x * x
And then I expand but I don't know what to do next
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Question 479529: To avoid paying a toll on a direct road, i go west 10 miles, south 5 miles, west 30 miles, and north 35 miles. what is the lenght(in miles) of the toll road.

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Question 479591: the exterior angle of a triangle are 5x,3x and 4x.
Find the size of the smallest interior angle
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Question 479659: A circular flower garden has a diameter of 18 ft. Around the garden there is a circular sidewalk which is 2 ft wide. What is the length around the outer edge of the sidewalk? (Hint: Make a drawing.)
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Question 479676: a wire of length 200 cm is cut into two parts and each part is bent to form a square. if the area of the larger square is 9 times that of the smaler square, find the perimeter of the larger square
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Question 479655: A circular flower garden has a diameter of 18 ft. Around the garden there is a circular sidewalk which is 2 ft wide. What is the length around the outer edge of the sidewalk? (Hint: Make a drawing.)
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Question 479846: Wat is the total length of a 80ft circle if put in a straight line
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Question 479908: the perimeter of a square piece of land is twice the perimeter of an equilater triangular lot. If one side of the square is 60 meters, find the length of a side of the triangle.
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Question 479958: A lot is in the shape of a right triangle. The short leg measures 180 meters the hypotinus is 60 meters longer than the longer leg. How long is the longer leg?
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Question 480535: The second side of a triangle is 3 more meters than the first side. The third side is twice more than the first side. If the perimeter of the triangle is 47 meters, find the length of the second side.
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Question 480543: If the length and breadth of a room are increased by 1 metre, the area is increased by 21 metres. If the length is increased by 1 metre , the area is dcreased by 5 square metres . Find the perimeter of the room.
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Question 480644: 2. The theoretical probability of undesirable side effects resulting from taking Grebex is 1 in 11. If 121 people take Grebex to lower their blood pressure, how many will encounter undesirable side effects?

Thank you
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Question 480641: 1. Mr. Doodle’s grade distribution over the past 3 years for a course in college algebra is shown in the chart below.
Grade Number

A 45

B 180

C 110

D 95

F 65

I 5

If Jane plans to take a college algebra course with Mr. Doodle, determine the empirical probability that she does not receive an F.

Thank you.
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Question 480670: Graph the inequality on a number line. Tell whether the graph is a segment, a ray, or rays, a point, or a line. X<_3......x less than or equal to 3
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Question 480704: The perimeter of a triangle is 86 inches. The largest side is four inches less than twice the smallest side. The third side is 10 inches longer than the smallest side. What is the length of each side?
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Question 480745: the total lenght of the edges of a cube is 12 times the length of an edge

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Question 480890: If the ratio of two areas of the circles A and B is 4, what is the ratio of the radii of A and B?
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Question 481261: If a>b and c>d then c-a>d-b. true or false?
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Question 481199: If the probability of seeing moose in a day in a certain region of Alaska is 0.37, what is the probability of not seeing any moose in a day there?
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Question 481395: these circles share a common center, point O. the smallest circle has a radius of 2; the next circle, a radius of 5; and the largest circle, a radius of 9. what fraction of the area of the largest circle is the area of the shaded region ?
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Question 481480: a rectangle flat-screen computer monitor has a diagonal that measures 20 inches. the ration of the length of the screen to the width of the screen is 4 to 3. what is the perimeter of the screen in inches?
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Question 481506: Find an angle such that 3 times its supplement equals 450 degrees
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Question 481522: the ratio of tulips to roses is 17 to 11. If there are 3444 tulips and roses in the garden, how many are tulips?
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Question 481519: The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of 2:4:5. If the perimeter of the triangle is 88 meters, determine the length of the each side.
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Question 481539: a photo that is 3 inches wide and 5 inches long is being enlarged to 12 inches long. how wide will the enlarged photo be?
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Question 481574: A qudrilateral has interor angles x,2x,4x and 5x.calculate x
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Question 481963: planes p and r intersect in l
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Question 481934: The perimeter of a triangle is 49 centimeters. The longest side is 5cm less than the sum of the other two sides. Twice the shortest side is 10cm less than the longest side. Find the lengths of each side of the triangle.
Then lengths of the sides, from shortest to longest are..
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Question 482343: a box has length of 20 inches, the height of 12 inches, and the width of 38 inches. What is the volume of the box using the formula V=lwh?
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Question 482359: Two plastic containers have square bases, but the base of one container is 10 cm longer and wider than that of the other. Both containers are filled to a depth of 30 cm. Find the dimensions of the base of each container if the volume of water in the larger container exceeds that in the smaller container by 15,000 cm3 (cubic centimeters)
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Question 482325: A rectangular pool is three times as long as it is wide. A redwood walkway 2 m wide with an area of 208 m^2 borders the pool. What are the dimensions of the pool?
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Question 482316: A rectangular area is 5 m longer as it is wide. One side of a square swimming pool will match exactly the width of the area. After the pool is built, the area left will be only 30 m^2. How wide is the area?
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