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Question 762832: 1.) On a number line, point A has coordinate �6, and B has coordinate 2. Which is the coordinate of point M, the midpoint of segment AB?
a. 4
b. 0
c. �2
d. �3

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Question 763430: If I'm am building an octogon that is 16ft by 16 ft what would be the lenght of each side?
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Question 763765: If I started with a piece of yarn that was 3 yards long and cut it in half 3 times how long would all the pieces end up being?
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Question 764265: John's home is at the point (7,5)and his school is at the point (4,1). Find the distance between the school and home.
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Question 764696: find the area of a triangle wit vertices at ( 3, -1, 2 ) ( 1,-1,-3) and (( 4,-3,-1)
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Question 764948: what are the x-intercept and y-intercept of each line?Use the intercept to sketch a graph of each line 5x-2y+20=0

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Question 765973: If the distance between a 13-foot ladder and a vertical wall is 5 feet along the ground, how high can a person climb if the ladder is inclined against the wall?
I've tried my best interpreting the question with diagrams but I'm not getting my answers in any of the options I've got, maybe cause I don't know to use the feet/foot metric system. Is there a way to convert from feet/foot to cm/m?
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Question 743628: What is the length of GH with coordinates G (12,4) and H (12,2).
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Question 767077: Find the coordinates of the midpoint of a segment with the given endpoints. Be sure to enclose your answer in parentheses.
J(3,-3) K(9,9)

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Question 767225: a plane is flying 6 miles above the surface of the earth. A passenger looks out of the window to the distant horizon. On a clear day how far is the horizon to the nearest mile? assume the radius of the earth is 3960 miles
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Question 768185: How to find the length of a rhombus?
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Question 768994: Two race cars start from the same place and race off in the same direction. The speeds of the two cars are 10 and 60 mph respectively. How far from the starting point will the two meet if the second car left 10 hours after the first car?
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Question 770595: The length of a rectangular box is 2 times its width, and its height is 4 in more than its width. The volume of the box is 68 in^3. Find the width of the box. Round your answer to two decimal places.
Thank you for your help!
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Question 770710: hi, im not good with meters, lenths ect.. so me and my other half, want to buy a carpet so we measured the room and its 13 long and 8 wide, im not sure what that means, so can someone help me to tell me what is that in meters please? thankyou x
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Question 771243: A compact disc (CD) is made such that the shortest distance between the edge of the centre hole and the edge of the disc is 53.0 mm. Find the radius of the centre-hole if 1.36% of the disc is removed in making the hole.
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Question 771630: A(-6,4) and m(-1,-1) find the b in the endpoint
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Question 772194: A square field had 5 m added to its length and 2 m added to its width. The field then had an area of 130 m squared. Find the length of a side of the original field.
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Question 772239: Write an equation for a circle with a diameter that has endpoints at (8, 7) and (�4, �3). Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.
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Question 772793: A cannonball is shot into the air with a velocity of 60ft/sec. at what time will the cannonball first reach a height of 36ft, using the equation below?
h=-16t^2 + 60t ???
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Question 772963: An isosceles triangle has a base which is 3 inches shorter that any of the two sides. If its perimeter is 42 inches, find the length of the two sides.
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Question 772993: how do i find the other endpoint when the other Endpoint (10,12) and midpoint (6,9)?
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Question 773042: the perimeter of a rectangular is 324 feet. if its length is twice its width. what is the dimension of the garedn?
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Question 773595: A man walks 5 miles North, 3 miles West, 8 miles South, and 7 miles East. What is his distance from his starting point?
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Question 773871: The cities of New York and Los Angeles are located 35 inches apart on a map. If the actual distance between the two cities is 2450 miles, then what did the key of the map read?
1 inch = 2450 miles
1 inch = 35 miles
1 inch = 140 miles
1 inch = 70 miles

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Question 773873: Meg built a 9 inches long wooden model of a yacht. If the actual yacht was 72 feet long, then what was the scale used?
1 inch = 8 feet
1 inch = 72 feet
1 inch = 4 feet
1 inch = 9 feet

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Question 773977: I need to make an arch that's 20 ft wide at the base and 4 ft high at the apex. How long of a piece of material will I need? Thank you in advance.
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Question 774946: a point is at a distance 4 sqrt of 2 units from (-3/2,-5/2) and at a distance 2 sqrt of 5 units from (9/2,-5/2), find the point
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Question 774946: a point is at a distance 4 sqrt of 2 units from (-3/2,-5/2) and at a distance 2 sqrt of 5 units from (9/2,-5/2), find the point
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Question 775667: How many planes (0, 1, or infinitely) can contain each set of points?
A) two intersecting lines
B)two points
C)three noncollinear points
D)three collinear points
E)a line and a point not on the line
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Question 775945: Find the length of the segment. Round to the nearest tenth of a unit.
J(-2,4) K(1,3)
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Question 776328: My question: 9 workers can build a wall in 10 days.how long wuld 6 workers take to build the same wall?
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Question 776563: Points A, B, and C are collinear. Point B is between A and C. Find the length indicated.
1) BC=2x+23, AC=x+25, and AB=10. Find BC
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Question 776591: Find the value of y
RS=8y+4
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Question 776513: Law of the Lever;
For a system to balance, the product of the weight and its distance from the fulcrum must be the same on each side; that is, (W1*X1)=(W2*X2). This equation is called the law of the lever.
A woman and her son are playing on a seesaw. The boy is at one end, 8 feet from the fulcrum. If the son weighs 100 lb and the mother weighs 125 lb, where should the woman sit so that the seesaw is balanced?
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Question 777279: A ball has circumference of 15.7 cms how many can fit into box measured 18*12*6
cms
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Question 777772: If the line h passes through the two points (1, 2) and (3, 6) What is the slope of the line h passing through the two points?
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Question 777771: If the line h passes through the two points (1, 2) and (3, 6) What is the distance between the two points?
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Question 777780: If the slope of line f is 2, and a line d is perpendicular to the line f, what is the slope of line d?
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Question 778367: How do I find the midpoints of a segment?
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Question 778242: assume L is between K & M

K-------------L--------------M
if L is the midpoint of KM(line over top) and KM = 5x-6 AND LM = 2x +4 what is the value of X?

SO:
K-------------L-------------M
5x-6 2x+4

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Question 778239: for this assume L is between K and M
If KL = 4x-1, LM - 2x-1 and KM = 2x

So:
K--------------L----------------M
(4x-1) + (2x-1) =KM 2x

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Question 778651: the length of a rectangle is 7m more than its breadth .if length is decreased by 10m and the breadth is decreased by 3m, the area is decreased by 95sq.m. find the length and breadth of the rectangle.
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Question 779186: A circular pond has a diameter of 60 m. If you were to run around it 5 times, What distance, to the nearest meter, will you have covered? Use π = 3.14
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Question 779348: show that the points A= (1,5) B= (2,4) C= (-3,5) lie on a circle with center (-1,2). What is the radius of this circle?
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