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Question 1057506: The current in a stream moves at a speed of 7 mph. A boat travels 38 mi upstream and 38 mi downstream in a total time of 3 hr. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
And,
The outside of a picture frame measures 14 in by 20 in. 184 in. squared of the picture shows. Find the thickness of the frame.
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Question 1057766: The current in a stream moves at a speed of 4 km/ h. A boat travels 17 km upstream and 17 km downstream in a total time of 10 hr. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 1057769: The diagonal of a square has length (6 square root of 2) ft. Find the length of the side of the square.

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Question 1057769: The diagonal of a square has length (6 square root of 2) ft. Find the length of the side of the square.

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Question 1057765: Airplane A travels 1400 km at a certain speed. Plane B travels 1000 km at a speed 50 km/ h faster than plane A in 3 hrs less time. Find the speed of each plane.
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Question 1057764: The flower garden has the shape of a right triangle. 5 ft of a perennial border forms the hypotenuse of the triangle, and one leg is 1 ft longer than other leg. Find the lengths of the legs.
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Question 1057781: The coordinates of the vertices of a polygon are (−2,−2),(3,−3),(4,−6),(1,−6), and (−2,−4).

What is the perimeter of the polygon to the nearest tenth of a unit?

15.3 units
16.9 units
17.5 units
17.9 units
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Question 1057767: Speaker Placement. A stereo receiver is in a corner of an 11-ft by 8 -ft room. Speaker wire will run under a rug, diagonally, to a speaker in the far corner. If 3 feet of slack is required on each end, how long a piece of wire should be purchased?
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Question 1058327: Find the dimensions of a rectangle whose width is 6 miles less than its length and whose area is 55 square miles
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Question 1058395: The ratio of length to width in a rectangle is 3 to 1. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 152 feet, what is the length of the rectangle?
Select one:
a. 57 feet
b. 76 feet
c. 114 feet
d. 38 feet
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Question 1058412: A farmer decides to enclose a rectangular garden, using the side of a barn as one side of the rectangle. What is the maximum area that the farmer can enclose with 32 ft of fence? What should the dimensions of the garden be to give this area?
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Question 1058415: Total profit P is the difference between total revenue R and total cost C. Given the following total-revenue and total-cost functions, find the total profit, the maximum value of the total profit, and the value of x at which it occurs.
R(x)= 1000x-(x squared)
C(x)= 3400+10x

And,

A farmer decides to enclose a rectangular garden, using the side of a barn as one side of the rectangle. What is the maximum area that the farmer can enclose with 32 ft of fence? What should the dimensions of the garden be to give this area?

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Question 1058410: A farmer decides to enclose a rectangular garden, using the side of a barn as one side of the rectangle. What is the maximum area that the farmer can enclose with 60 ft of fence? What should the dimensions of the garden be to give this area?
And,
Total profit P is the difference between total revenue R and total cost C. Given the following total-revenue and total-cost functions, find the total profit, the maximum value of the total profit, and the value of x at which it occurs.
R(x)=1300x-(x-squared)
C(x)=3100+20x
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Question 1058421: What is the minimum product of two numbers whose difference is 34? What are the numbers?
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Question 1058421: What is the minimum product of two numbers whose difference is 34? What are the numbers?
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Question 1058425: Total profit P is the difference between total revenue R and total cost C. Given the following total-revenue and total-cost functions, find the total profit, the maximum value of the total profit, and the value of x at which it occurs..
R(x)= 1200x-(x squared)
C(x)= 3100+20x
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Question 1058420: A one compartment vertical file is to be constructed by bending the long side of an 8 in by 12 in. sheet of plastic along two lines to form a U shape. How tall should the file be to maximize the volume that it can hold?
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Question 1058413: Total profit P is the difference between total revenue R and total cost C. Given the following total-revenue and total-cost functions, find the total profit, the maximum value of the total profit, and the value of x at which it occurs.
R(x)= 1000x-(x squared)
C(x)= 3400+10x
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Question 1058426: A one compartment vertical file is to be constructed by bending the long side of an 8 in. by 10 in. sheet of plastic along two lines to form a U shape. How tall should the file be to maximize the volume that it can hold?
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Question 1058552: The 3rd and 4th terns of a geometric progression are 12 and 6 respectively. What are the first five terms?
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Question 1058844: I need help on how to answer this trigonometry question. Any help on a better understanding of the question would be great. Thank you
Write an explanation confirming that running "10 yards out, then 10 yards to the right" puts you in the same place as going "10 , yards at a 45-degree angle."
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Question 1059648: The outside of a picture frame measures 14 in by 20 in. 172 in^2 of the picture shows. Find the thickness of the frame.

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Question 1059653: The outside of a picture frame measures 14 in by 20 in. 212 in^2 of the picture shows. Find the thickness of the frame.

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Question 1059653: The outside of a picture frame measures 14 in by 20 in. 212 in^2 of the picture shows. Find the thickness of the frame.

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Question 1060376: The current in a stream moves at a speed of 7 mph.
A boat travels 38 mi upstream and 38 mi downstream in a total time of 3 hr. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 1060374: The outside of a picture frame measures 14 in by 20 in. 184 in squared of the picture shows. Find the thickness of the frame.
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Question 1060474: A stone dropped into a still pond sends out a circular ripple whose radius increases at a constant rate of 2ft/s. How rapidly is the area enclosed by the ripple increasing at the end of 13s?
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Question 1060486: A spherical balloon is to be deflated so that its radius decreases at a constant rate of 11 cm/min. At what rate must air be removed when the radius is 9 cm?
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Question 1060521: Assume that the wheelchair ramp described each have a slope of 1/12 which is the maximum slope recommended for a wheelchair ramp.
A) a wheelchair ramp has a 21 foot run. What is its rise?
B) a wheelchair ramp rise 4 feet. What is its run?
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Question 1060829: A rectangles perimeter is 16cm and it's area 13cm^2. Please find it's exact dimensions use any method show all work
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Question 1060829: A rectangles perimeter is 16cm and it's area 13cm^2. Please find it's exact dimensions use any method show all work
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Question 1060829: A rectangles perimeter is 16cm and it's area 13cm^2. Please find it's exact dimensions use any method show all work
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Question 1061057: If your yard is 4feet wide and requires 52 pieces of sod that are cut into 1foot squares, how long is it ?
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Question 1061922: If FG=3/4 miles and LM=1.5 miles, then the scale factor for the dilation is _____.
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Question 1062054: A car traveling at 60 km/h will skid 30 m when its brakes are locked. If the same car is traveling at 180 km/h, what will be the skidding distance? Be sure to show all work to support your answer.
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Question 1061920: The foot of a ladder is 1.2 m from a fence that is 1.8m high. The ladder touches the fence and rest against a building that is 1.8m high behind the fence. Determine the height on the building reached by the top of the ladder.
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Question 1062360: A long wire of some length is cut into small pieces of 216 cm,leaves a small piece of length of 89 cm.If this part were cut into equal pieces each of 18 cm,the length of the leftover wire would be?
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Question 1062402: A boy has Rs 728 in denomination of Rs 2 notes,Rs 5 notes and Rs 10 notes in the
ratio of 3:2:4, respectively. What is the total number of notes he has?

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Question 1062502: Name the single translation that can replace the composition of these three translations: (x,y)→(x+2,y+3), then (x,y)→(x-5,y+7), then (x,y)→(x+13,y).
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Question 1062902: Use △ABC, in which m∠A=46�, m∠B=41�, and AC=6, to answer the question.
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What is the length of BC�?
BC≈ __________ units

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Question 1062956: y+7= -4/5(x-4)

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