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Question 848085: A person travels 8 miles due north, 3 miles due west and 7 miles due south. How far are they from where they started?
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Question 848966: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13m long. The longer leg is 7m longer than the shorter leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.
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Question 849233: The question is find the amount of fencing in linear feet needed for the perimeter of a rectangular lot with a diagonal length 39m and a length 36m.
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Question 850121: Hello, i need help in my Geometry homework i need to know how to do #4-6 and #7-9 please click on the link so you see the picture of the homework https://www.dropbox.com/s/mg1709zi4l5wa09/Untitled.jpg
Thanks
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Question 850247: how long is a string reaching from the top of a 12 ft pole to a point 6 ft from the base of the pole? express your answer in simplest radical form.
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Question 850555: if there is an isosceles triangle and the base is 7ft and the sides are 6ft how could you find the height using pythagorean theorem

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Question 850560: i dont know how to solve the pythagorean theorem with radicals in the equation like for B
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Question 850709: Where do we use the formula and how do we use it?
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Question 850775: If side a has a length of 6 and side b has a length of 8, use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of side c. Round the answer to the nearest tenth.
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Question 851279: Whats the lenth of a diagonal of a rectangle when the sides are 6ft and 3ft??
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Question 851275: If the length of one of the legs of a right triangle is 10 and the length of the other leg is 24 what is the length of the hypotenuse
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Question 851397: the hypotenuse is 17 and there is a degree of 25.. i need to find the x which is one of the legs.
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Question 852001: A rectangle has an area of 60 sq. ft. and a width of 5 ft. Find the length of the rectangle and length of the diagonal. Would be very helpful if you can provide an answer with a visual to help me study for my test.
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Question 851849: The drawing shows trapezoid ABCD with AB||DC; also, M and N are midpoints of AD and BC, respectively.
Given: AB = 8.2 and MN = 9.5
Find: DC
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Question 852069: how long is the hypotenuse if the legs are 10 cm and 5 cm.?
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Question 852140: The information given represents lengths of sides of a right triangle with c the hypotenuse. Find the correct missing length to the nearest hundredth. A calculator may be helpful.

a = 18, b = 26, c = ?

A.

31.16

B.

31.46

C.

31.62

D.

31.78

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Question 852968: Dao - Ming drew a circle with diameter NP. She found that wherever on the circle she put point Q, triangle NQP was always a right triangle. What does this tell you about the sum of NQ^2 + QP^2 for any placement of Q on this circle?
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Question 853087: Carla Chew lives 20 miles due north of her favorite radio station. While driving due east from her house, she was able to keep radio signal for about 75 miles. What is the broadcasting range of her favorite radio station?
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Question 853210: If you have a stick that goes from one the top left corner to the bottom right how long is the stick if the box is 9 inches wide, 12 inches long, and 8 inches tall?
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Question 853239: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 5 inches shorter than the longer leg. The hypotenuse is 5 inches longer than the longer leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle
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Question 854055: if a right triangle has the hypotenuse of 13 units,which two whole numbers could represent the legs of the triangle?
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Question 854235: An areoplane, coming in to land, passes over a point 1km away from its landing place on level ground. if its angle of elevation is 15 degrees calculate the height of the plane in metres
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Question 854333: Please explain me this question step by step in detail and also give me the solution:
Q) A 5m long ladder is placed against a wall with its foot 1.8m from the wall.Find how far up the wall the ladder reaches?
Please,please help me.
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Question 854897: the sides of a triangle of X, X+5 and 25 if the longest side is 25 what number would make the triangle a right triangle
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Question 855268: can 14,15,20 be determined as right, acute,or obtuse,triangle.
77,78,101 - acute,right,or obtuse
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Question 855237: Pls do help me in solving this: Two parallel chords of lengths 10cm and 14cm lie on the same side of a circle of radius 24cm . Find the distance between the chords.
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Question 855348: Assume that AD is the geometric mean of BD and DC in triangle ABC.
a) Find AD if BD = 6 and DC = 8
b) Find BD if AD = 6 and DC = 8

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Question 855350: The salaries of a secretary, a salesperson, and a vice president for a retail sales company are in the ratio 2:3:5. If their combined annual salaries amount to $124,500, what is the annual salary of each?
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Question 855777: I would like some assistance(explanation too) on the Pythagorean Theorem.
My word problem is as follows:
On one zipline in a canopy tour in Costa Rica, riders drop 58ft. while covering a distance of 840 ft. along the ground. How long is the zip line. I drew my diagram.
a^2+b^2=(x)^2
58^2+840^2= (x)^2
3364+705600=708964
708964=(x)^2
This is the point I got lost. I have no clue what do next, let alone how to find the square root. May I please get some assistance?
Thanks in advance for your most valuable input.
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Question 855949: what is a=6.5yd, b=10yd?
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Question 855948: what is b=7.25in., c=7.75 in?
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Question 855947: what is: a=2.9mm, c=7.75in? (in the Pythagorean theorem)
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Question 855943: I have another question. how do you solve a= 3.3 in., b= 5.6 in?
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Question 855942: I need help with the Pythagorean theorem. I know the formula is a squared plus b squared equals c squared but I cant solve it. One problem is a squared plus 6 squared equals 12 squared. can you help me?
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Question 856114: are you black?????
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Question 856257: One side of a equilateral triangle measures 6 cm. find the measure of an altitude of the triangle.
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Question 856368: A 15-foot ladder is leaning against a wall. If the top of the ladder is 14.5 feet up the wall, how far is the base of the ladder on the ground from the wall? Round to the nearest tenth.

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Question 856498: Find the diagonal of a square whose side is 8.5cm

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Question 856315: Here's the problem listed on the worksheet:
"The sides & classification of a triangle are given below. The length of the longest side is the integer given. What value(s) of X make the triangle?
x, x, 8; right
I understand how the pyth. thereom works, but since only the hypotenuse is given, I'm assuming thevlegs would be = in length but cant come up with what this # would be
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Question 856499:
The base of a 20 foot ladder is placed 8 feet from a wall.How far up the wall will the ladder reach?
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