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Question 390180: i need help on this problem:
"the lengths of the sides of a triangle are three consecutive integers. writeand solve an equation to find the three integers. (hint:a^2+b^2=c^2)
How can i solve this problem??
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Question 390224: what is the length of a side of a square given the 10 cm as the length of the diagonal?
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Question 390396: I need help simplifying radical form of 243. The inital promlem is 9SQ + bSQ= 18SQ. HELP!!!!
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Question 390934: The side of a right triangle are 8,15 and 17 units. If each side is doubled, how many square units will be the area of the new triangle.
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Question 390664: hi. if my hypotenuse is 600, and the perimeter of the entire triangle is 1400, how long is the two other sides?

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Question 392091: i have a square with a diameter of 10. what is the lenght of the sides

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Question 392119: the top of the ladder touches the house 9ft above the ground,,approximately how many feet fom the base of the house is the base of the ladder
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Question 392725: I am not positive that this is a Trigonometry problem, but I have looked through all of the other subjects and I do not know which one it would fit under, I was thinking maybe something with geometry but I am not sure. If you cannot help me with this problem, I understand. If you know what category it fits under and could let me know, that would be great! This is the problem I am stuck on: A trapezoid with bases 12 and 20 is inscribed in a semi-circle. Find the length of each leg.
I have looked at it for a while and just cannot seem to get anywhere. I know you will probably have to draw a diagonal to find the answers but you do not know any angle measurements or anything else about the semi-circle or trapezoid so I do not even know where to begin. Any help would be greatly appreciated and I thank you so much! If it helps at all, I am in a 10th grade honors class. Thanks again(:
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Question 392936: I need help finding the distance of these points useing pythagorean Theorem
*(0,0)(6,8)
*(-2,3)(3,15)
*(1,-2)(9,13)
*(-12,2)(-9,6)
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Question 392996: how do i find the height and width of a tv screen with a diagnal length of 42" and a width: height ration of 4:3
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Question 393304: if polygon rstuvw is congruent to polygon cdefgh,name name the corresponding parts that are congruent.
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Question 393676: how far up the wall is a 13ft ladder if the base of the ladder is 8ft away from the wall?
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Question 394108: A small commuter airline flies to 3 cities whose locations form the vertices of a right triangle. The total flight distance (from city A to city B to city C and back to City A) is 1400 miles. It is 600 miles between the two cities that are furthest apart. Find the other two distances between cities.
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Question 394160: In the right triangle ABC , C is the hypotenuse and A and B is the length of the legs.
(a) . If A=12 , B= 16 then c=?
(b) if A=24 , B=? and c=25
(c) if a=1 b=2 c=?
(d) if a=18 b=? c=20?
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Question 395451: The question says:
To start, by Theorem 6-6, set up a system of linear expressions by substituting the algebraic expressions for each segment length.
Then they give you:
PT= x+2, TR= y, QT= 2x, and TS= y+3.
I dont know how to solve for x and y. Please help.
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Question 396391: can you please help me solve this problem??
Hulk left home and walked 8 blocks west. then he turned and walked 6 blocks north. if each block is 500ft long how far is hulk from home??
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Question 397567: i walk 2 miles north and 1.5 miles east. how far away am i from my starting point?
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Question 398330: how to find the area of a square if the diagonal is 10 centimeters
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Question 398436: 3 children are pythagorean triple at ages 6, 8, and 10. Will they be pythagorean triples again? Show the formula that gave you that answer
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Question 399426: Will u please help me ! What is The complete statement, a diagram , and derivation of the Pythagorean Theorem ?
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Question 399596: How do I find the value for x? if 8 and 6 are the legs and x is the base.

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Question 399685: if you add 4 to each part of the Pythagorean theorem will your answer be the same?
Ex. a^2+4+b^2+4=c^2+4
Or will it be the same if you multiply each part by two?
2a^2+2b^2=2c^2
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Question 399843: A Girl walks 2Km south to B, she the walks 3km west to C. Find the distance and bearing from C and A
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Question 399843: A Girl walks 2Km south to B, she the walks 3km west to C. Find the distance and bearing from C and A
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Question 400983: One leg of a right triangle is 7in longer than the smaller leg, and the hypotenuse is 8in longer than the smaller leg. Find the lengths of the sides of the triangle.
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Question 400982: One leg of a right triangle is longer than the smaller leg, and the hypotenuse is longer than the smaller leg. Find the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

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Question 401176: is 91,41,40 measurements of a right triangle
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Question 401176: is 91,41,40 measurements of a right triangle
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Question 402506: I have a triangle with 45,45,and 90 degrees. One SIDE of my triangle equals 10. I'm trying to look for c and x the other sides of the triangle.
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Question 402658: I have to use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse in each right triangle. It says to round to the nearest tenth if necessary. I have looked this up and done some problems on my own, such as this problem: the height of the triangle is 15ft, width 20ft, and I must solve for C or the hypotenuse. My work is as follows:
15^2+20^2=c^2
215+400=c^2
615=c^2
sqrt615=c
14.66ft=c
Is this correct?
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Question 402660: The directions are as follows: If c is the measure of the hypotenus, find each missing measure. Round to the nearest 10th if necessary.
a=?, b=15, c=31 I understand how to use the Pythagorean theorem to work problems where c is missing, but here I am confused. I don't even know where to begin.
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Question 404138: How would I find the hypotenuse of a triangle if a=5 and b=12?
It tells me the answer is 13 but I don't understand how..

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Question 404480: 10. A square has a 40-cm diagonal. How long is each side of the square? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a centimeter. (1 point
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Question 406056: Mary walks 4 miles north and then turns and walks 5 miles west. How far is she from her original starting point?
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Question 406632: Hi...Can someone please help me with this problem:A 10-m ladder is leaning against a building. The bottom of the ladder is 5m from the building.How high is the top of the building?(To be rounded to the nearest tenths)..Thank you in advance!:)
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Question 406640: Hi..I would like to ask for some help with this question: Suppose an outfielder catches the ball on the third base line about 40 ft behind the third base. About how far would the outfielder have to throw the ball to the first base?(To be rounded to the nearest tenths)Thanks in advance!:)
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Question 406649: Hello...Can someone please help me with this question:A cable television company needed to wire from its box at the corner of a lot to a corner of a house. The owner knew the house was 15ft. from the side of the lot and 60ft from the back of the lot. How much wire was needed to go from the box to the house?(To be rounded to the nearest tenths)...Thank you in advance!
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Question 406648: Hi!I would like to ask for help for this question:Suppose an outfielder catches the ball on the third base line about 40 ft behind the third base. About how far would the outfielder have to throw the ball to the first base?(To be rounded to the nearest tenths).>Thank you very much in advance!:)
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Question 406688: I just learned the pythagorean theorem A^2+B^2=C^2 and understand how to use it. However my math book has thrown a curve ball, they want me to find the lengths of the legs of a right triangle and have given me only the length of the hypotenuse (14) and i know that 14^2 = 196. However I cannot figure out the lengths of the legs. I think the equasion should look something like 196= A^2+B^2 or 14^2= A^2+B^2
Your assistance would be much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Zach
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Question 407052: c if a = 6 and b = 8

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Question 407759: Hello, I am in a college Physics course and I am stuck can you please help me, here is the question as it is written on my sheet:
Draw a right triangle so that one angle is 37 degrees and it''s adjacent side is 9 cm, then draw another right triangle so that one angle is 37degress and it's adjacent side is 6.5 cm. Then find the trigonometric ratios of the 37deg angle of each triangle. : sin 37= cos 37= tan 37=......I sure hope this makes sense to you,and I thank you sooo much for your help. I have class in the morning..thanks again
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Question 410086: I have several problems where I am given a right triangle with the length of one side and an angle, and asked to solve for the length of the other sides in 'simplest radical form'. For example, one prolem gives me sides c and d, with a hypotenuse of 10, and an angle of 30 degrees. Since it is a right triangle, I know that the other two angles are 90 degrees and 60 degrees, but I don't know how to find the sides!
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