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Question 1170227: A bookshelf is 3 1/2 feet long. Each book on the shelf is 5/8 inches wide. How many books will fit on the shelf?
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Question 1170237: A mile is 5280 feet and one kilometer is equal to .62 of mile. How many inches are there in 3.5 kilometers?
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Question 1170156: Find the equations of the perpendicular bisector of the sides of the
triangle having vertices (3,-2), (3,4), (-1,1) and prove that they meet
in a point.
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Question 1171083: The length of a rectangular room is 6 feet longer than twice the width. If the room's perimeter is 156 feet, what are the room's dimensions?

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Question 1171270: In the diagram, point N is on the inside of the cylinder, 10 cm from the bottom, and point M is on the outside of the cylinder, diametrically opposite Point N, 4 cm from the bottom. An ant walks from point M to point N, using the shortest possible route. The cylinder has height 12 cm and circumference 15 cm. When the ant got to the top of the cylinder, how many cm did it still have to walk? Ignore the thickness of the cylinder wall.
A) 3
B) 2
C) 2.25
D) 2.5
E) 2.75
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Question 1171291: i need help with this question
A square barn has a perimeter of 24 meters. How long is each side?

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Question 1171291: i need help with this question
A square barn has a perimeter of 24 meters. How long is each side?

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Question 1171499: To the nearest tenth, what is the distance between (3, - 1) and (7, - 6)?

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Question 1171525: Find the midpoint of the segment with endpoints (6, -8) and (3, -1).
a) (1.5, -3.5)
b) (4.5, -4.5)
c) (9, -9)
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Question 1171572: A protected wilderness area in the shape of a rectangle is 3 kilometers long and 3.7 kilometers wide. The forest is to be surrounded by a hiking trail that will cost $11,000 per mile to construct. What will it cost to install the trail? Note that 1 mile is 1.6 kilometers (km).
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Question 1171642: find the distance between the point (-1,5) and (2,3)
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Question 1171714: what is the coordinates of the midpoint for line segment JK if J(-9, 5) and K(21, -7)
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Question 1171834: The length of a rectangle is 2 cm longer than its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 68 cm, find its length and width

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Question 1171826: Points B(b,0) and C(c,10) are to be placed on this graph so that the distance from A to B to C to D is a minimum. Find the value of b.
A) 3 4/15
B) 1 7/15
C) 2 2/15
D) 2 4/15
E) 2 7/15
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Question 1171985: Find the distance between each pair of points. Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
(-4, -1), (-5,5)

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Question 1172145: I need help on this question:
The equation of a straight line AC is 2y = -3x + 6. Given the points A(-2,6). Find the equation of a straight line that passes through point B and perpendicular to line AC.
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Question 1172342: How many squares on the co-ordinate plane exist with one vertex at P(-1,1) and having atleast one of the coordinate axes as axis of symmetry...??
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Question 1172378: What is expression of the equation r = 2SinQ - CosQ in rectangular co ordinates?
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Question 1172906: Rectangles A and B are both four times as long as they are wide and the length of rectangle A is three times the length of rectangle B. If the difference in the perimeters is 16cm, find the dimensions of each rectangle.
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Question 1173231: Two boats leave a harbour at the same time and head out at an angle of 35o to each other. Boat A is travelling at 45 km/h and boat B is travelling at 52 km/h. How far apart are the two boats after two hours?
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Question 1173553: 6. Suppose that the expression
𝑥2+7𝑥+12 by
(𝑥+2)2
represents the area of a rectangle. Find the expression
for the perimeter of the rectangle.
(Remember : A = l w and P = 2l + 2w) (Hint : Factor first and then split into two expressions)
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Question 1173552: 6. Suppose that the expression
𝑥
2+7𝑥+12by
(𝑥+2)2
represents the area of a rectangle. Find the expression
for the perimeter of the rectangle.
(Remember : A = l w and P = 2l + 2w) (Hint : Factor first and then split into two expressions)
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Question 1173554: The equation used for converting degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit is F=2C+30. (In function
notation this would be f(c)=2c +30 )
a) Find the inverse of this function.
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Question 1173709: A 28 ft ladder is placed against a wall 19 ft high. How far away from the wall is the base of the ladder? (Draw a picture to help) Give your answer to one decimal place.
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Question 1173713: Find a function of the form y = A sin ( k x ) + C or y = A cos ( k x ) + C.
Leave your answer in exact form; if necessary, type pi for
π.
y=
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Question 1173713: Find a function of the form y = A sin ( k x ) + C or y = A cos ( k x ) + C.
Leave your answer in exact form; if necessary, type pi for
π.
y=
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Question 1173753: What is the length, to the nearest tenth, of the line segment joining the points (-4,2) and (146,52)?
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Question 1173753: What is the length, to the nearest tenth, of the line segment joining the points (-4,2) and (146,52)?
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Question 1174291: What is the position of an ant and a spider in a room are A(2,3,5) 5(6,0,8) (1)determine the distance is a point in a represented by 0(1,0,2) (2)the distance between ant and spider.
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Question 1174592: The lenth of a line segment is 9cm to the nearest cm
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Question 1175342: Two lines, a and b, are parallel. If both of the lines are rotated 90° in the same direction and then translated to the right by the same number of units, which statement about the lines resulting from these transformations is true?
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Question 1175531: A construction site in the shape of a square is surrounded by a wooden wall 2m high. If the length of one side of the wall is 45m, find the area of the construction site
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Question 1175576: The width of a rectangle is 3 ft less than the length. The area of the rectangle is 108ft^2. Find the length L and width W of the rectangle.
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Question 1175574: The width of a rectangular is 5 ft less than the length. The area of the rectangle is 336ft^2 . Find the length L and width W of the rectangle.
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Question 1175607: The height of a triangle is 2 m more than twice the length of the base. The area of the triangle is 30 m^2. Find the height of the triangle
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Question 1175765: Segment TA and segment HA are secants. If TA= 18cm,LA=8cm,and AE=10cm, what is the length of segment AH in the figure?
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Question 1175868: Point A is located at (1,3). What are the coordinates when it is reflected over the x-axis
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Question 1175868: Point A is located at (1,3). What are the coordinates when it is reflected over the x-axis
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Question 1136101: A circular mold in a Petri dish had a diameter of 1/2 inch. The diameter grew by 32% in a day. What is the scale factor of dilation? Find the diameter of the mold after a day.
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