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Question 1186004: If m-angle ABC= 85 and m-angle ABD= 37, find the m-angle CBD.
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Question 1186004: If m-angle ABC= 85 and m-angle ABD= 37, find the m-angle CBD.
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Question 1186051: Find the distance between each pair of parallel lines with the given equation.
x=-6
x=5
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Question 1186134: A, B, and X are three different points of the same line. X is the midpoint of segment (AB) ̅. AX = 6y - 13 and BX = 2y + 5, what is the value of y?
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Question 1186126: You were called by your friend for a meet up in the nearest 7/11 store. The location of the store is 13 houses away due West and 9 houses due South. How far is your house from your friend's location? Note: Each house is equal to a centimeter.

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Question 1186250: You were called by your friend for a meet up in the nearest 7/11 store. The location of the store is 13 houses away due West and 9 houses due South. How far is your friend's location?
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Question 1186281: A, B, C lie on the same line in that order. The coordinates of A and B are 4 and
9, respectively. What is the coordinate of B if AB = 2BC?
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Question 1186326: Find the equation of the line parallel to 3x + 4y = 20 and at a distance of 5 units from this
line.
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Question 1186326: Find the equation of the line parallel to 3x + 4y = 20 and at a distance of 5 units from this
line.
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Question 1186326: Find the equation of the line parallel to 3x + 4y = 20 and at a distance of 5 units from this
line.
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Question 1186395: A 10-inch-by-11-inch transparency sheet is placed on an overhead projector. If the projector enlarges 300%, what will be the lengths of the sides of the projection? How does the perimeter of the original transparency sheet compare to the perimeter of the projection?
For the lengths of the sides of the projection, I got 30 inches by 33 inches. But for the second part of the question, I’m not sure how it compares. Can someone please help me?
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Question 1186398: Rico and Jane are standing on a bike path looking at a tree, as shown in the diagram in the image. Jane is two times as far from the tree as Rico is. What is the approximate ratio of Jane’s distance from Rico to her distance from the tree? Here is a link to the image: https://imgur.com/a/GsdEXQD
I have the formula but I don’t know how to find cos^2 θ. This is the formula I have:
(1/2)^2 + cos^2 θ = 1
cos^2 θ = ?
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Question 1186556: A particle with a uniform acceleration of 6ms^-2 covers 45m in the 6th second of its motion.Find its initial velocity.
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Question 1186551: An apple falls from a tree that is 28m high. How long does it take for it to hit the ground?
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Question 1186550: If a race car crosses the finish line going 25m/s. What was the acceleration of the car if the race car started at rest and took 5s to reach the finish line?
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Question 1186549: A sleeping dog wakes up and chases a cat for 85m. If the dog has an acceleration of 4m/s^2 how fast was the dog moving at the end?
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Question 1186614: A, B, C are three points on a line. The coordinates of A and B are -4 and 8 respectively. If C is the midpoint of line segment AB, what is the coordinate of C?
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Question 1186616: The coordinate of O, the center of segment PQ is 6. If the coordinate of P is greater than the coordinate of Q, and if segment OQ = 10, what are the coordinates of P and Q?
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Question 1186617: M is between N and O. Line Segment MO = 15, and line segment MN = 7.6. Find line segment NO.
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Question 1186619: S is the midpoint of line segments TV and TS = 4x - 7, and line segment SV = 5x - 15. Find line segments TS, SV and TV.
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Question 1186625: Segment LH bisects Segment GK at M. Segment GM = 2x + 6, and Segment GK = 24. Find x.
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Question 1186816: A standard piece of plywood measures 4'8" long. If 3/4" thick plywood cost .40 per square foot, what is the cost of 3 pieces of plywood?
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Question 1186815: A family is finishing a room in their basement. The room is 20 feet long and 14 feet wide. There is a 2'8" - wide door opening in one wall. How many linear feet of wall base are needed? Note that no wall base is needed along the open door opening.
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Question 1186806: B is between A and C, BC = 2x squared, AC = 64, AB=BC. Find x
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Question 1186853: B is between A and C, BC = 2x², AC = 64, AB = BC. Find x
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Question 1186831: A standard piece of plywood measures 4' wide and 8'long. If 3/4" thick plywood cost .40 per square foot, what is the cost of 3 pieces of plywood?
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Question 1186885: Find the measure of an interior and exterior angle of a regular 45-gon.
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Question 1187047: The length of the diagonal of a rectangle is shorter than the semi-perimeter by 3/4 the length of the shorter side. If the dimensions of all sides are integers, find the minimum length of the longer side.
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Question 1187495: On its own, a certain tow-truck has a maximum acceleration of 3.0 m/s2. What would be the maximum acceleration when this truck was towing a bus of twice its own mass?
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Question 1187492: A 500 kg car parked in the parking lot. Calculate the weight of the car.

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Question 1187492: A 500 kg car parked in the parking lot. Calculate the weight of the car.

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Question 1187607: Given pentagon ABCDE ~ pentagon FGHJK. The area of pentagon ABCDE is 1134 m^2 and the area of pentagon FGHJK is 504 m^2. If the length of FK is 60m, what is the length of AE?
(How do I solve this using concepts of SIMILAR POLYGONS?)
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Question 1187491: An object accelerates from rest at 3 m/s2 to the right with a net force of 280 N. Calculate the mass of the object and the distance it travels in 5 seconds.
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Question 1187455: A figure shows two forces acting at right angles on an object. They have magnitudes = 6.3 N and = 2.1 N. What third force will cause the object to be in equilibrium (acceleration equals zero)?

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Question 1187911: The area of a triangular flag is 42 Square centimeters. It’s altitude is 2 Centimeters longer than twice its base. Find the length of the altitude and the base
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Question 1187936: B is between A and C, BC=2x², AC=64, AB=BC. find x
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Question 1187976: A 905 kg test car travels around a 3.25 km circular track. If the magnitude of the centripetal force is 2140 N, what is the car’s speed?
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Question 1187987: Two balls have their centers 2.0 m apart. One has a mass of 8.0 kg. The other ball has a mass of 6.0 kg. What is the gravitational force between them?
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Question 1187986: Two 3.0 kg lead balls are placed with their centers 7.25 meters apart. What gravitational force exists between them?
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Question 1187989: Two lead balls are placed with their centers 1 meter apart. The resultant gravitational force is 0.00004 N. What will be the new gravitational force if the lead balls are placed 2 meters apart?
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Question 1187988: Two satellites of equal masses of 3000 Kg are put into orbit. The gravitational force between them is 2.0 x 10 -7 N. What is the distance between them when in orbit?
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Question 1188011: This is a Physics problem. Please help. Two 3.0 kg lead balls are placed with their centers 7.25 meters apart. What gravitational force exists between them?
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Question 1188010: This is a Physics problem. Please help. Two satellites of equal masses of 3000 Kg are put into orbit. The gravitational force between them is 2.0 x 10 -7 N. What is the distance between them when in orbit?
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