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Question 748707: Equation; S squared = 4 squared + S squared
S squared =___________________
S=___________________
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Question 749806: For a right triangle that has legs a and b and hypotenuse c, find the length of the side not given here.
a = 5 cm
b = 12 cm
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Question 750174: Hello, I was hoping you could help me, I have tried and tried but I can't work out how to isolate the x to find its value, please help, and thank you in advance!
The sides of a right angled trienagle are x, (x+2) and (2x-2). The hypotenuse is the length (2x-2). Find the actual dimensions of the triangle in cm.
Thank you!
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Question 750166: Please could you help me, I've tried and I can't seem to get to anywhere that allows me to work out the x, thank you!
The sides of a right angled triangle are x, (x+2) and (2x-2). The hypotenuse is length (2x-2). Find the actual dimensions of the triangle in cm.
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Question 750525: In a right triangle, a and b are the lengths of the legs and c is the length of the hypotenuse. If a = 70 millimeters and b = 24 millimeters, what is the perimeter? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

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Question 751353: if the length of one leg of a right triangle is 4 and the length of the hypotenuse is 12, what is the length of the other leg?
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Question 751376: graph h(x) = x^2 - 2
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Question 752539: Suppose you have a triangle with lengths of 10, 15, and 19. Would
these lengths form a right triangle? Show work to support your
answer.

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Question 752600: A rectangular field is ten times as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the field is 1980 feet, what are the dimensions of the field? WRITE AN EQUATION
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Question 752673: S+12t-43=6s+t+9
s+45=50
v= s=
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Question 753467: find x rounded to one decimal point. assume a=6

Picture of triangle below
http://www.webassign.net/sprecalc6/6-2-044-alt.gif
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Question 753783: I am asked to graph the absolute value function and state its domain and range for h(x)=|-2x|
I could use the help. Thanks!
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Question 754159: A 25 foot ladder is leaning against a house and forms a 32 degree angle with the ground to the nearest foot, how far above the ground does the ladder touch the house, also how far is the bottom of the ladder away from the house?
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Question 754371: A person travels 12 km due North, then 15 km due East, after that 15 km due West and then 15 km due South. How far is he from the starting points?

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Question 754382: The larger leg of a right triangle is 3 centimeters longer than its smaller leg. The hypotenuse is 6 centimeters longer than the smaller leg. How many centimeters long is the smaller leg?
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Question 747218: Chris and Pamela leave home at the same time. Chris drives eastward at
a rate of 40 miles per hour, while Pamela drives south at 60 miles per
hour. Find how far apart they are to the nearest mile after 2 hours.
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Question 745624: c2=6^(2) +6^(2)
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Question 735768: The hypotenuse of a 30 � 60-90 right triangle measure 15in. What are the lengths of the longer leg and shorter leg?
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Question 722423: Hay I need to know how to do radical forms
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Question 728806: In isosceles trapezoid ABCD, m
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Question 755701: an isosceles right triangle has area 8cm^2.find length of hypotenuse?
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Question 756242: two vertical poles AB and CD, 24 m apart. if the pole AB is 28 m high and CD is 18 m high then find the distance between their tops.
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Question 756959: what is pithagorean theroem?
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Question 757263: There is a building with a 5.2 metres high window. You want to use a ladder to go up to the window, and you decide to keep the ladder 1.5 metres away from the building to have a good slant. How long should the ladder be?
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Question 758868: a=76
c=155
what is b?
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Question 759262: The end zone of a football field is 10 yards deep and 53 yards across. Between the two end zones is the playing field, which is 100 yards long and 53 yards wide. What is the length of the diagonal from the back of one end zone to the back of the other?
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Question 759375: if you have a ladder measuring 20 ft high and the rule of thumb is 4 to 1- meaning for every 4 ft ladder length leaning against a wall, the base must be placed one foot away from the wall. Now suppose the person can reach a height of 3 ft above the ladder, how tall a house can be painted using this ladder?
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Question 760292: I would like to know why squaring a+b=c (a2+b2=c2) does not mean that the shortest distance between two points is not necessarily a straight line. How does the power of squaring work?
Thanks
Mel
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Question 760860: What is the length of GN? It pictures a 3d cube with the width of 6, depth of 7 and length of 12, GN is diagonally across the face of the cube
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Question 761528: Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the third side of the right triangle:
The two legs are 5 and square root of 3. The third angle is what I am looking for.
The square root of 3 is what is confusing me. Thank you.
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Question 760775: The length of ladder is 15m and height of the wall is 9m. How much away is the ladder on the ground from the wall?

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Question 730567: a=?, b=4.2km, c=5.8
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Question 761909: Please Help Me!
Here's the question:
The two observers of a balloon 112m height have an angle of elevation of 45 degree and 30 degree. Find the maximum distance between them.
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Question 762426: Find the missing side of the right triangle.

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Question 762912: Are there any other right triangles with integer sides, NOT proportional to triangle "3,4,5". Thanks
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Question 762916: My teacher told me that on a surface of a sphere, you can have a triangle with THREE right angles, is that really true?
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Question 762915: My teacher told me that on a surface of a sphere, you can have a triangle with THREE right angles, is that true?
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Question 762914: Are there any interesting properties of three dimensional right triangles? Do they work like two dimensional ones?
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Question 763998: 1.a rectangle is 7 cm wide, and the length of each diagonal is 25 cm. Find the length of the rectangle and its area.
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Question 764255: George leaves the office to go home. He walks 6 blocks north and then 8 blocks west. How far is George from the office?
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Question 765621: A flagpole, 12 m high, is supported by three wires, attached from the top of the pole to the
ground. Each wire is pegged into the ground 5 m from the pole. How much wire is needed to
support the pole?
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Question 765915: a=sin(theta), express sec2(theta) as a function of a.
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Question 766243: calcule o valor de x aplicando o teorema de Pit�goras:
15
x
12
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