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Question 187525: The perimeter of a rectangle is 62m. If the width was doubled and the length was increased by 21m, the perimeter would be 120m.
What is the length and width of the rectangle?

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Question 188217: heres the question
510 inches equal blank feet
can you please helpp me?
i tried really hard but i cant figure it out and im failing math and i really need helpp right now
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Question 188269: how many minute make a mile
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Question 188426: A cow is tied to the long side of a barn 10 feet from the corner. The rope being used to tie the cow to the barn is 21 feet long. The barn measures 11 feet wide and 28 feet long, what is the total area of the space in which the cow can graze?
Please explain and write out your detailed answer.
Thanks!
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Question 188510: A freight train is 69 m long. How many centimeters long is the train?
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Question 188511: What is the best estimate for the length of a school bus?
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Question 188778: I need help in with the following for questions. Thank you
1) 26 yds. 14 ft. 10 in - 13 yds 17 ft 12 in =
2) 10m i 17 yds 10 ft 5 in - 5 mi 95 yds 14 ft 16 in =
3) 12 ft 12 in - 11 ft 24 in =
4) 15 mi 28 ft - 6 mi 4,380 ft =
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Question 188799: Suppose it takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from earth to the moon about how long would it take the same vehicle traveling at the same speed to reach uranus? Closest distance from earth to moon 240,000mi
uranus 1,690,000,000mi
I tried 1.69 x 10^7 I don't think it was right. I have to put the answer in scientific notation.
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Question 188999: Please help with the following:
1) 14 Mi 240 yrds 9 in - 6 mi 1200 yds 10 in =
2) 58 yds 86 in + 26 yds 26 in =
Thanks for you help.
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Question 190162: I want to order an object from a brochure, but need to know if it will fit my space. The dimensions are given as: 12x24x36 inches. Is there a RULE about how to write/read dimensions? (similar to" the top of the map is north".) example do I read this size as width, length and depth? or as length, width, height? or .......?
HELP and THANKS.
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Question 190650: Can someone please help me with this problem:
An airplane travels at constant speed for a distance of 120km it a time of 15 min. Its speed is:
a. 30 km/h.
b. 120 km/h.
c. 480 km/h.
d. 1800 km/h.
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Question 190653: Can someone please help me with this problem:
A wheel falls off an airplane and takes 8 s to reach the ground. If there were no air resistance, the wheel's final speed would be:
a. 9.8 m/s
b. 7 m/s
c. 10 m/s
d. 50 m/s
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Question 190777: Can someone please help me with this problem:
A 1-kg object is moving at 10 m/s. To double its kinetic enrgy, its speed should be increased to approximately
a. 14 m/s
b. 15 m/s
c. 20 m/s
d. 40 m/s
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Question 190776: Can someone please help me with this problem:
The speed of a 4000-kg truch whose KE is 1.8 MJ is:
a. 0.95 m/s
b. 30 m/s
c. 94 m/s
d. 900 m/s
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Question 190778: Can someone please help me with this problem:
A 430-g soccer ball lying on the ground is kicked with a force of 800 N. If the kick lasts 0.01s, the ball flies off with a speed of
a. 0.0186 m/s
b. 0.182 m/s
c. 1.90 m/s
d. 18.6 m/s
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Question 190810: Can someone please help:
A 3-kg pine board is 20 cm wide, 2 cm thick, and 2 cm long. The density of the board is
a. 240 kg/m3.
b. 267 kg/m3.
c. 375 kg/m3.
d. 469 kg/m3.
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Question 190812: a tree casts a shadow 45 ft long, when a 6 foot person casts a shadow 4 feet long, how tall is the tree?
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Question 191405: Are all squares parallelograms?
Every quadrilateral is a parellelogram?
If a quadrilateral is a square, then it is a rhombus?
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Question 191409: Two vertices of a triangle in Quadrant 1 are (2,0) and (13,0).The y-coordinate of the third vertex is 2. What is the x-coordinate if the triangle is a right triangle?
A.2 B.13 C.2 or 13 D.11 or 2
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Question 191852: The perimeter of a college basketball court is 108 meters abd the lenght is twice as long as the width. What are the lenght and width>
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Question 192843: If city A is 450 miles east of city B, and car C leaves A for B at 50 miles an hour, and car D leaves City B for city A at 60 miles an hour, at what point does car C meet D?
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Question 192965: write an equation of the line that passes through the point (4,4) and is perpendicular to the line whose equation is 2x + y = 7
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Question 192965: write an equation of the line that passes through the point (4,4) and is perpendicular to the line whose equation is 2x + y = 7
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Question 192963: in a circle whose diameter is 20 inches, a chord is 6 inches from the center. what is the length of the cord?
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Question 192963: in a circle whose diameter is 20 inches, a chord is 6 inches from the center. what is the length of the cord?
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Question 193054: Perimeter of a rectangle is 32 inches, area of the rectangle is 60 square inches. What is the length and width?
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Question 194555: the distance between sue and dude ranch was 30 mi.straight across a rattlesnake- infested canyon instead of crossing the canyon, she hiked due north for a long time and then hiked due east for a shorter leg of the journey to the ranch. if she averaged 4 mph and it took her 9 hrs to get the ranch, then how far did she hike in a northerly direction?
please help me solve please..... i really don't know how to solve please its urgent!!!!!''.

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Question 194827: What is the value of x?
The above question has a diagram shown in a link:
http://i43.tinypic.com/2pt9izn.jpg

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Question 194865: Two ships leave harbor at the same time. The first sails North 15 degress West at 25 knots. The second sails North 32 degress East at 20 knots. After 2 hours, how far apart are the ships?
Is there a formula I have to follow? Thank you in advance.
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Question 195091: a farmer encloses a rectanglar field whose width is 40 meters with 210 meters of chain lik fencing. What is the length of the field?
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Question 195574: i dont know how to find the hypotenuse side BD
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Question 196803: Hi! Can you help me please? The problem is use the coordinate plane to estimate the distance between the two points which is (2,3) and ( -3,-3). The answer in the book is 8 but I do not know how that answer came about.The next question is find the distance between the points by using the distance formula which I was able to get and the answer is 7.81.thank you very much.
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Question 196808: there is a map. the problem says each side of each square is 4 kilometers the points represents the city locations. Question number 1. use the distance formula to estimate the distance between the Peabody and Bedford. the points are peabody is (3,5) and Bedford is ( -3,4 ). the answer in the book is about 24.33 km. but i do not know where that answer came from, i would really appreciate if somebody can help me.
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Question 196813: Can you please help me with this question: the voltage needed to produce a current of 8 A in a resistance of 12 ohms is?
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Question 196857: A 10-foot board is to be cut into 2 pieces whose lengths are in the ratio 4:1. Find the number of feet in the length of the shorter piece.
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Question 196849: Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs have lengths 6 and 8.
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Question 196848: If the perimeter of a square is 36, find the length of a side of the square.
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Question 196888: Find the value of K so that the given points are 3 square root 5 units apart.
(-8,-2),(-5,k)
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Question 198095: Can you help me please?The problem is :You and a friend go hiking. You hike 3 miles north and 2 miles west.Starting from the same point, your friend hikes 4 miles east and 1 mile south.At the end of the hike how far apart are you and your friend?Hint:Draw a diagram on a grid.And then if you and your friend want to meet for lunch, where could you meet so that both of you hike the same distance?How far do you have to hike?Thank you so much.
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Question 198010: My problem is regarding the distance and the midpoint which I do not know if Geometry or Algebra.The problem says, You and a friend go hiking. You hike 3 miles north and 2 miles west. Starting from the same point, your friend hikes 4 miles east and 1 mile south.At the end of the hike how far apart are you and your friend?If you and your friend want to meet for lunch, where could you meet so that both of you hike the same distance?How far do you have to hike?I will really appreciate if you can help me with these problem. Many thanks.
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Question 198171: Hello I'm having trouble with this problem, any help would be appreciated.
Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle, in which the length of one side and one angle are given.
Length of Leg opposite = 10
One angle of the right triangle = 25*
What's the length of the leg adjacent?

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Question 198306: Can somebody help me please? The problem states that a company had sales of $500,000 in 1996 and sales of $720,000 in 1998. Use the midpoint formula to find the company's sales in 1997. I will appreciate if you can help me.
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Question 198664: the vertices of the base of an isosceles triangle are (1,2) & (4,-1). find the ordinate of the third vertex if its abcissa is 6
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Question 198763: a box is 11 ft. wide, 20 ft. long, and 7 ft deep. what is the volume?
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