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Question 873234: A banner shaped like a right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 26 ft and leg length of 10 ft. What is the area of the banner?
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Question 873264: find the area of a rectangle whose diagonal is 13 inches and width is 12 inches
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Question 873498: A support wire stretches from the top of a pole that is 30 feet tall to an anchor in the ground 40 feet from the base of the pole. How long is the wire?
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Question 873735: The diagonal of a rectangle is 55cm, it's length is 17cm. Find the width of the rectangle?
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Question 874124: how does it come out to be
y+20=29 and the answer is y=square root 441=21 m
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Question 874571: Please explain this to me..!
Q: Giventhe circle with radius 'r', express the length of the
chord 'c' in terms of r and d when t
he perpendicular distance
from the chord is d.
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Question 874990: I am trying to work out this word problem using the Pythagorean Theorem the measurements are x^2+(2x+4)^2=(2x+6)^2 where I am to find x.

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Question 856496: A man 8ft tall cast a shadow of 12 ft at the same time that the shadow of the building is 50ft.Find the height of the building
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Question 851734: The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 45 meters. find the length of an altitude.
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Question 842419: Determine wheater each set yields a right triangle? Justify answer.
8,9,10
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Question 839871: Perimeter of right triangle 5 6 7 sides
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Question 850293: If cos(feta)=0.7 find exact values for tan(feta) and sin(feta)

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Question 850103: A 24-foot
ladder is placed against a building.
If the top of the
ladder slips down 3 feet, how
many feet will the bottom slide
out?
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Question 875577: use the converse of the pythagorean theroem to classify the triangles as acute, right, or obtuse with the numbers 3,5, and 8. how do i do this?

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Question 875976: The legs of a right triangle have lengths of 12 inches and 17 inches what is the length of its hypotenuse to the nearest tenth of an inch?
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Question 875986: A man runs diagonally across from one corner of a rectangular field 80m by 60m to the opposite corner in a straight line speed of 9 meters per second.find the time taken for him to complete the run.
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Question 876002: what is the pythagorean theroem formula please?
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Question 876329: This question is pythagorean theorem (i think) but it has algebra in it and I'm not sure how to do it.
I have to find the length of each side when leg a= (x-1), leg b= 6cm and the hypotenuse= (x+1)
Just was wondering if you knew how to do it, because I've got an exam in it tomorrow :?
Thanks
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Question 876552: In a circle of radius 13 cm the length of its chord is 10 cm. Find the perpendicular
distance of chord from the centre.
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Question 876694: A ladder is leaning against the side of a house and forms a 65 degree angle with the ground. The foot of the ladder is 8 feet from the building. Find the length of the ladder to the nearest foot.
A ladder is leaning against the side of a house and forms a 65 degree angle with the ground. The foot of the ladder is 8 feet from the building. Find the length of the ladder to the nearest foot
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Question 877716: What is b if a is 11 and c is the square root of 137

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Question 877897: The lap pool measures 25 feet wide by 48 feet long. The kiddie pool is 8 feet long. How wide is the kiddie pool to the nearest tenth?
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Question 877934: A pool is in the shape of a square of sides 68 feet. What is its hypotenuse?

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Question 878168: A rectangle has length of 20 and width of 10. What is the length of the diagonal to the nearest tenth?

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Question 878404: 68 = a + 8
hyp leg a leg b
I need to find leg a.
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Question 879059: if i lean a 5 foot ladder against the house and the bottom of the ladder is 3 feet away from the house how far up the side of the house is the top of the ladder
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Question 879362: The longer leg of a right triangle is 4m longer than the shorter leg. The hypotenuse is 8m longer than the shorter leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.
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Question 879342: The longer leg of a right angle triangle is 7cm longer than the shorter leg.the hypotenuse is 9cm longer than than the shorter leg. Find the lengths of the triangle
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Question 879418: im a 10yr old girl who needs help with the pytagoean theorem
how do you use the theorem to find the measurement of the diagonal line in a right triangle if the vertical line is 8cm and the horizontal is 5cm how do you find the measurement of the diagonal line please help argently this is due tomorrow
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Question 879515: If the hypotenuse bc is 10 and ab is 3x and ac is x , how do you find the value of x
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Question 879943: What is the daignal of 20x20 and how did u get that and what is it in inches
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Question 880888: a right angled triangle.
c (hypotenuse) length is 25
b length is 4x
a length is x
what is x?
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Question 882512: when using a ladder the ladder should be from a 15 angle with the billding how far should a 20 ft ladder be place against the bulding to ensure a 15 angle
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Question 883591: I need help solving this problem. I know its A^2 + B^2=C^2 but I do not know where each number goes.
here is the problem. I am solving for 2B.
Using the correct formula, calculate the following: A man has a 90-foot ladder and leans the end of it against an exterior window of a house. The base of the ladder is 45 feet from the house. Calculate to the nearest foot how high it is from window to the ground.
**I already solved for this part.
2B)
b. Create your own data for the height of the window from the ground and distance of the base of ladder to the house. Calculate the length of the ladder.
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Question 883930: what is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if both legs measure 15 cm
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Question 884419:
Which point lies on a circle with a radius of 5 units and center at P(6, 1)?

Q(1, 11)

R(2, 4)

S(4, -4)

T(9, -2)

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Question 884418: altitude of the triangle with sides 9cm and 15cm
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Question 885100: A tree in front of Michelle house cast a shadow 18 ft long. If michelle is 5 ft 6 in and casts a shadow 8 feet long, how tall is the tree? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot
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Question 887175: A rectangle, with a diagonal of length 10 inches,has length two inches longer than it's width.what is the length of the rectangle?
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Question 887299: Segment AC is a tangent of Circle O and Circle P
Segment AC = 24
Segment OC = 26
Segment OP = 13
Segment BP = ___
Use the Pythagorean Theorem and then Proportions to find the value
How do I solve this?
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Question 888374: Solve for x. AB=CD
X+7(x-2)= 4(2x-1)
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Question 888628: x^2+(2x+6)2=(2x+4)^2
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Question 889020: how do you use the pythagorean theorem to find the lengths of the sides of a triangle with 2x-4 2x and 20

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