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Question 467402: A right triangle has legs of length 2 and 3 inches. Use the Pythagorean theorem to determine the length of the hypotenuse in inches.

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Question 467418: A right triangle has legs of length 2 and 5 inches. Use the Pythagorean theorem to determine the length of the hypotenuse in inches
right answer to give is one of the 4 choices

square root 29

6

square root7

7
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Question 467546: the lengths of the legs of a triangle are 3 and 6. find in radical form the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle
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Question 467546: the lengths of the legs of a triangle are 3 and 6. find in radical form the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle
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Question 467997: a 30-60-90 triangle with a hypotenuse of 18 is?
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Question 468175: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 16 yards. If the hypotenuse is 34 yards, how long is the other leg?
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Question 468239: A 25-foot ladder is placed so that it reaches to a point on the wall that is 3 feet higher than 3 times the distance from the base of the wall to the base of the ladder
How far from the wall is the base of the ladder
How high does the ladder reach
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Question 468297: One number is 6 more than twice another. Their product is 6 more than twice their sum. Find the numbers x and y
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Question 468892: ABC is an right angled triangle,right angled at B.Internal bisector of angle B meet AC at D.AB=3cm,BC=4 cm, find AD.
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Question 468945: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 7 yards. If the hypotenuse is 25 yards, how long is the other leg?
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Question 468955: The length of a rectangle is 3 more than the width. The area is 18 square inches. Find the dimensions.

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Question 468952: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 inches. The lengths of the two legs are given by two consecutive even integers. Find the lengths of the two legs.

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Question 468948: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 9 meters. The hypotenuse is 1 meter longer than the longer leg. Find the length of the longer leg
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Question 468954: The height of a triangle is twice the base. The area is 100 square inches. Find the base.

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Question 469399: the length of the legs of a right triangle are given. Find the hypotenuse. a=24, b=45 and c=?

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Question 469399: the length of the legs of a right triangle are given. Find the hypotenuse. a=24, b=45 and c=?

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Question 469400: Find the area A of a triangle with height 5 inches and base 8 inches A=? square inches

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Question 470575: please help me solve this:
The area of circle Q is 350cm^2. Find the area of square ABCD to the nearest 0.1cm^2

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Question 470710: A window washer leans a ladder up against a wall so that the top of the ladder touches the base of the window ,as shown below .The bottom of the ladder is 15 feet from the wall ,and the base of the window is 26 feet from the ground .what is the length of the ladder to the nearest foot?
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Question 471479: In the figure below, ABCD is a square with diagonal AC. Find side CD if AC is equal to 6. Round your answer to two decimal places.
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Question 471654: The longer leg of a 30-60-90 right triangle is 9 units long.
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Question 472747: Find the hypotenuse of a triangle.
Leg DISABLED_event_one= 28
Leg two=21
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Question 473172: I need help solving this equation. One side is 'x' the other 'x+12' and the hypotenuse is '60'. How can I solve this?
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Question 473488: Hi. Im going into 8th grade and my teacher gave us homework to do over the summer. I cant remember how to do any of these problems.
A little help is a ll i need,
Leg A : 12
Leg B: x-7
Leg C: x+1
WHAT DO I DO?
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Question 473620: The equation of a line passing through two distinct points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) is given by
x y 1
x2 y2 1 =0
x3 y3 1
Use the determinant to write an equation for the line passing through (-4,-4) and (-8,9). Express the lines equation in standard form.
a. 9x-4y+32=0
b. -4x-8y-36=0
c. 13x+4y-68=0
d.-13x-4y-68=0
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Question 473606: a right triangle has an area of 10 square inches. The square of the hypotenuse is 41. Find the lengths of the legs of the triangle. Round your answer to the nearest inch.
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Question 474164: A right triangle has legs that measure 3 ft and 4 ft and a hypotenuse that measures 5 ft. What is its area?
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Question 475720: A supporting wire is to be attached to the top of a 39-foot antenna. If the wire must be anchored 39 feet from the base of the antenna, what length of wire is required?
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Question 475885: what is the slope and y intercept of the equation 2x + 4y = 12.
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Question 475887: what is the equation that represents the line passing through the point (-2, -3) with a slope of -6.
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Question 475917: The legs of a right triangle are 33ft & 56ft. Need to compute the length of the hypotenuse.
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Question 476302: -7y - 17 > 11
Part 1: Solve the inequality above.
Part 2: Describe the graph of the solution.

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Question 477057: If the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is 5.75 and the 2 sides are equal length, how long are the sides?
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Question 476999: Two cars with average speeds of 40 and 50 km/h, respectively, moved toward each other at 4:00 A.M.If the square of the distance traveled by the second car is 250 times the distance traveled by the first car, at what time will they meet? How far has each traveled by then?

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Question 477001: Joel drives his car for 20 km at a certain speed. At a distance,he increases his speed by 5 km per hour and drives for an additional 20 km. If the total trip taken is 1 hour, what is his original speed?

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Question 477690: helping daughter with homework and really struggling 30-60-90 triangle with hypotenuse of 10 use trig to find the short side
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Question 477910: i need the hypotenuse of a right triangle with one side 46feet and one side 28feet 5inches
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Question 477908: i need the hypotenuse of a right triangle where one side is 46feet and one side is 28feet 5inches
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Question 478290: A vertical pole is to be supported by three wires. Each wire is 26 feet long and is anchored 24 feet from the base of the pole. How far up the pole should the wires be attached?
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Question 478385: How do I find x and use it to find the unknown sides of a right triangle? Here are the sides:
a = x + 2, b = 6x − 1, c = 6x
I know I must use the Pythagorean Theorem, I just don't know how to solve this problem.
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Question 479142: the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 10sqrt of 2.find the lengths of the other sides?

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Question 479142: the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 10sqrt of 2.find the lengths of the other sides?

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Question 480827: whats the formula of Pythagorean theorem?
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