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Question 963262: Dennis has a 15 foot ladder. He placed it 5 feet from the base of the house and then learned the ladder against the house. About how far up the house does the ladder reach?
a. 20 feet?
b. 18 feet?
c. 16 feet?
d. 14 feet?
help please :) thanks!!
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Question 963850: A soccer field is a rectangle 90 meters wide and 120 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the corner diagonally across the field. How far do the players run?

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Question 964129: The legs of a right triangle are 3 units and 2 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 964269: Solve the quadratic inequality. Express your solution on a number line and using interval notation. X^2-10x+21>0
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Question 964268: Graph the quadratic function. Indicate the x-intercepts, y-intercepts, domain, range, axis of symmetry, vertex, and maximum or minimum of the function. F(x)=-2x(to the 2nd power)+8x-13
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Question 966141: if the length of one side of a triangle is 63cm, the other is 87, what is the length of the 3rd side
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Question 967208: Hi! I had a question about the Pythagorean Theorem. One of the legs of a right triangle is 15 inches long and the sum of the other leg and the hypotenuse equals 25 inches. Determine the length of the hypotenuse and the unknown leg?
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Question 967703: What are the formulas for finding the length of the sides of a triangle

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Question 968707: What does x equal when x^2+12^2=(18-x)^2
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Question 970363:
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Question 970458: A cone has a diameter of 16 in. and a slant height of 17 in.

What is the approximate volume of the cone? Use 3.14 to approximate the value of straight pi. Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary. (Hint: V equals 1 third straight pi r squared h )

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A.

1004.8 in3

B.

1138.8 in3

C.

1259.3 in3

D.

4019.2 in3

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Question 970456: A metal rod is placed in a rectangular box as shown in the figure.

How long is the rod? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of an inch, if necessary.

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A.

5.0 in.

B.

12.1 in.

C.

13.4 in.

D.

14.2 in.

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Question 970614: A cone has a diameter of 16 in. and a slant height of 17 in.

What is the approximate volume of the cone? Use 3.14 to approximate the value of straight pi. Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary. (Hint: V equals 1 third straight pi r squared h )

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A.

1004.8 in3

B.

1138.8 in3

C.

1259.3 in3

D.

4019.2 in3

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Question 970835: the area of a square game court is 676 square feet. Please write and solve an equation to find the length of one side of the court.
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Question 970869: In pipe fitting you use the set,run,and travel of the right triangle to solve missing numbers,example: (A)square + (B)square = (C)square; well my problem is when we also use the numbers in a right triangle for squaring right triangles so if 3= the run and 4= the set and 5= the travel that's ok but when using set= travel x sine you come up with this, Travel x Sine = Set , so using 5 as the travel x
0.707,Sine of 45 =3.535 this is a have of inch more than the actual size so what is my problem
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Question 971099: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13cm. One of the legs is 7cm longer than the other leg. Find the area of the Triangle (Please explain how you got your answer)
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Question 971690: for a right triangle that has legs a and b hypotenuse c, find the length of the side not given here a=11 C=61
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Question 971994: equilateral triangle
the length of side AB is (3x-5)cm
the length of side AC is (19-x)cm
the length of side BC is 2x cm
Work out the perimeter of the triangle
Give your answer in centimetres
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Question 972729: uThe longer leg of a right triangle is 1 cm less than twice the shorter leg. The hypotenuse is 17 cm long.Find the length of each leg. Hint: What theorem will you need to solve this problem, and what type of equation will you end up solving?
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Question 972851: The diagonal of the floor of a square room is 6 meters.
What is the length of a side of the room? Round to the nearest tenth.
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Question 972864: A flagpole has a height of 30 yards. It will be supported by three cables, each of which is attached to the flagpole at a point 6 yards below the top of the pole and attached to the ground at a point that is 10 yards from the base of the pole. Find the total number of yards of cable that will be required.
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Question 973087: A square is put together by two triangles.
The hypotenuse is 11 cm and width of 8 cm.
Find the height of the triangle

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Question 973605: A^2+16^2=20^2
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Question 974157: I have a problem please solve. A man goes 2m east and 3m north then what is in distance from initial point to final point.
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Question 974285: A right angled triangle has one leg of 12 cm and a hypotenuse of 14 cm. Find the length of the third side.
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Question 974347: One leg of a right triangle has length 7. The lengths of the other two sides are whole numbers. The length of the other leg is ___ and the length of the hypotenuse is ___
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Question 975404: The sum of two numbers is 11, and the sum of their squares is 65. Find the two numbers
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Question 975813: a triangle has side lengths of 13 15 and 17. determine whether the triangle is right, acute, or obtuse
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Question 975789: Give the properties of the following quatilaterals trapezium,rectangel,parallelogram and rhombus
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Question 975723: Wes is building a tent with the dimensions shown. What is h, the height in feet of the pole that will be the middle support? Round your answer to the nearest whole number
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Question 975930: Hi, I need a full calculation on this:
a+b+15=36 ^ A^2+b^2=15
I know the answer but I have no idea how to put this in calculation, please me :)
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Question 976233: If C= 90 and A= 35 15' what is B
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Question 976972: A square is inscribed in a circle whose radius is 10cm. find the area of the square
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Question 977669: a man runs diagonally across from one corner of rectangular field 80m to the opposite corner in straight line at speed of 9m per second.find tie taken for him to complete run

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Question 977744: Is / a right triangle? Why or why not?

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Question 977922: Use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine if 1, √3, and 2 could be the sides of a right triangle. Explain your answer.

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Question 978490: one leg of the right traingle is 5 iches longer than the other leg. if the hypotenuse measures 25 inches, find the length of each leg. Could you please show work. Thankyou
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Question 978661: The legs of a right triangle are 3 units and 10 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 979805: The legs of a right triangle are 3 units and 10 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. PLEASE HELP AND PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER
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Question 979953: pythagorean theorem find the base angles of an isosceles triangle if the vertex angle is 70�41'

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Question 979934: Line segment AB has a length of 3 units. It is translated 2 units to the right on a coordinate plane to obtain line segment A'B'. What is the length of A'B'? PLEASE HELP!
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Question 981174: A 11 metre ladder is placed against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 4m from the wall. If the ladder bottom slips to 4.5 how far down the wall does the top of the ladder slip. Ive tried doing it but each time i hand in the work it is wrong help please.
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Question 981774: verify the pythagorean identity
1+cot^2(theta)=csc^2(theta)
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