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Question 1166237: Find the distance between the points A(-6, 1) and B(2, -2). Round your answer to the nearest tenth
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Question 1166234: If st=17 and fr=64 find rs
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Question 1166355: Charlie has a collection of books that he wishes to display in a narrow
bookcase with shelves of width 56 cm. The thickest books are no more
than 16 cm wide and, when placed side by side, the entire collection takes
up 2.4m. Find, with justification, the minimum number of shelves required
to guarantee that all of the books can be displayed in the bookcase.
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Question 1166429: AM is a vertical interval 5 units long. If A is the point (1,1), complete the possible coordinates of M.
M= (?,6)
M= ( , )
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Question 1166429: AM is a vertical interval 5 units long. If A is the point (1,1), complete the possible coordinates of M.
M= (?,6)
M= ( , )
thank you
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Question 1166450: C is the midpoint of AB, D is the midpoint of AC, E is the midpoint of AD, F is the midpoint of ED, G is the midpoint of EF, and H is the midpoint of DB. If DC=56, what is GH?
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Question 1166773: what are the values of x and y if t(-2,7) (x,y)= (3,-1)?
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Question 1166834: 25-2x+8x-1=43
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Question 1166834: 25-2x+8x-1=43
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Question 1166855: if point c lies on line segment AB such that AC=1/4AB, If the endpoints of line segment AB ar A(8,12) and B (-4,0) what is the coordinate of C
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Question 1166985: What would be the side length of a regular hexagon with an area of 748.8 cm2 and an apothem of 10.4 cm?
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Question 1166985: What would be the side length of a regular hexagon with an area of 748.8 cm2 and an apothem of 10.4 cm?
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Question 1167039: Find the range of values of the following measurements
(A) the length of a segment is 9cm to the nearest centimeters
(B) a person is 1.75m tall to the nearest centimeters
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Question 1167149: What is the slope of a line perpendicular to the line whose equation is 6x-5y=-406x−5y=−40
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Question 1167170: An athlete whose event is the shot put releases a shot whose path is shown by the graph to the right is released at an angle of 45°, its height, f(x), in feet, can be modeled by f(x)= -0.02x^2 + 1.0x + 5.6, where x is the shot's horizontal distance, in feet, from its point of release
What is the shot's maximum horizontal distance, to the nearest tenth of a foot, or distance of the throw?
(I've tried using the quadratic formula to solve it but I cannot seem to get the decimal it wants.)
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Question 1167242: The coordinates of the vertices of the triangle are P(2,13),Q(7,1) and R(2,1) what is the lenght of PQ in units
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Question 1167268: A square has a perimeter of 36 units.
One vertex of the square is located at (3, 5) on the coordinate grid.
What could be the x- and y-coordinates of another vertex of the square?
x =
y =
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Question 1167338: A ball is thrown downward from a window in a tall building. Its position at time t in seconds is 2822st t= + where s is in meters. How long will it take the ball to fall 20 meters? (4)6.Solve Question #5 using Completing the Square method
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Question 1167459: A pole that is 3.1m tall casts a shadow that is 1.3m long. At the same time, a nearby tower casts a shadow that is 44.75m long. How tall is the tower? Round your answer to the nearest meter.
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Question 1167465: the brakes on a vehicle can slow it down at a rate of 15m/ssquared2 . remember that slowing down is also a rate of change of speed . if this vehicle is travelling at 40m/s how long would it take the brakes to bring the vehicle to a standstill
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Question 1167466: the brakes on a vehicle can slow it down at a rate of 15m/s . remember that slwong down is also a rate of change of speed . if this vehicle is travelling at a speed of 40m/s . how long would it take the brakes to bring the vehicle to a standstill
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Question 1167543: A gardener has 200m of fencing to enclose two adjacent rectangular plots.what dimensions will produce a maximum enclosed area?
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Question 1167542: the height h in feet of a ball t seconds after being tossed upwards is given by the function h(t)=80t-16t^2
A.after how many seconds will it hit on the ground?
B.what is its maximum height?
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Question 1167631: The cables of a horizontal suspension bridge are supported by two towers
120 feet apart and 40 feet high. if the cable is 10 feet above the floor of the
bridge at the center, find the equation of the parabola using the midpoint
of the bridge as the origin. Note: - A suspension bridge cable hangs in a
parabolic arc if the weight is distributed uniformly along a horizontal.
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Question 1167653: The length of a line segment is 9cm to the nearest centimeter,what is the range of value?

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Question 1167840: A square and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. The area of the square is 13 more than the length of a side of the triangle. What is the length of a side in the triangle (in inches)? What is the area of the square (in square inches)?
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Question 1167935: Assign coordinates to the vertices of isosceles triangle PQR with a height of 2 from the base to the vertex
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Question 1168033: If a ladder has a reach of 18 ft. and it is leaning on the wall 8ft.from the base, what is the reach it
Will have?
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Question 1168082: XY= 4k-1 YZ= 11+2k
solve for k
My answer= k=6
Find the length of XZ
I said the length of XZ was 12 but that was wrong. Can you please tell me the length of XZ? Thank you

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Question 1168259: Find the midpoint of the segment with the following endpoints.
(-2, 7) and (-10, -1)
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Question 1168861: M is the midpoint of segment RS.R has coordinate (- 12, 4) , and M has coordinates (1, - 2) . What are the coordinates of S?
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Question 1168911: A field in a shape of rectangle it lenght i 4units longer than its width if its area is 96square unit. What are the dimention of the field?
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Question 1168908: A picture has a height that is 5/3 it's width. It is to be enlarged to have an area of 346 square inches. What will be the dimention of the enlargement?
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Question 1168887: You don't want to spend the winter shovelling snow so you decide to hire a local snow removal company. You know that most companies charge an initial fee and a fixed amount each time that they come to clear your driveway.
Olivia recommends that you use Company A. She doesn't remember the initial fee, but knows that it cost $20 Every time they came,she paid a total of $390 by the end of the winter and they came 17 times.
Kevin recommends that you use Company B. There was an initial fee of $125 but then it only cost $15 each time they came to clear the driveway.
When will it cost the same amount to choose either company? Which company would you choose and Why?
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Question 1168926: What expression represent the width of the floor? How about the representation that represent the length?
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Question 1169692: Find the distance from point A(−1, 7) to the line y=3x.
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Question 1169940: A line segment has endpoints ( 5, 8) and ( 2, 12 ). What is the length of the segment?
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Question 1170057: Flying against the jetstream, a jet travels 5220 miles in 9 hours. Flying with the jetstream, the same jet travels 6120 miles in 6 hours. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the jetstream?
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Question 1170150: The width of a rectangle is 6 ft less than the length. The area of the rectangle is 112 ft^2. Find the length L and width W of the rectangle.
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Question 1170147: The width of a rectangle is 4 ft less than the length. The area of the rectangle is 117 ft^2. Find the length L and width W of the rectangle.
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Question 1170167: The width of a rectangle is 4 ft less than the length. The area of the rectangle is 117 ft^2. Find the length L and width W of the rectangle.''
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Question 1170155: Prove by means of slope that the three points (3,1), (6,0) and (4,4)
are the vertices of a right triangle.
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