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Question 1013431: The diagonals of a rhombus are 12cm and 9cm long.calculate the length of one side of the rhombus.
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Question 1013656: A diagonal of a rhombus is 20cm long.if its one side is 26cm long,find the length of its other diagonal.
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Question 1013756: Okay, so, on my homework there is a right triangle. Side A is equal to 3x+3 and the hypotenuse is equal to 4x-3. I'm not sure how to plug that into the equation a^2+b^2=c^2 though. Help?
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Question 1013838: On a right triangle a leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 what is the unknown length
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Question 1013840: What does b equal 6^2+b^2=8^2

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Question 1013986: Shorter leg of a right triangle is 7ft shorter than the longer leg.
The hypotenuse is 7ft longer than the longer leg.
Find the side lengths of the triangle.
I cant seem to get my head around this.
(x-7^2)+(x+7^2)=?? Sorry, pretty fresh to this.
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Question 1014055: My teacher had a question on my qiuz today that had a triangle with only one side. That side was the hypotenuse and the value was 25. The question was to find the missing sides. Round to the nearest ten . Can you please explain to me how to find this answer.
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Question 1014358: the area of square Garden in 450 square metre what is its length from one corner to the opposite corner
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Question 1014788: a flowerbed is in the shape of parallelogram.it has sides of length 4m and 6m and the smaller angle between them is 45 degree. find the exact area of the flowerbed
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Question 1015086: A soccer fiel 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 1015167: The given lengths are two sides of a right triangle. All three side lengths of the triangle are integers, and together they form a Pythagorean triple. Find the length of the third side, then indicate whether it is a leg or a hypotenuse.
75, 85
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Question 1015326: if i have one of my sides is a radical already and i am trying to find the hypotenuse
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Question 1015995: imagine that you are firefighter and there is person que is stuck on the rooftop of a building who's height is unknown. Next to the building, there is a pole that is 5 meters tall and projects a shadow of 3 meters, the building projects a shadow of 15 meters. How tall is the building?
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Question 1016498: What are all the possible values for x using the pythagorean theorum of a right triangle when the hypotenuse is 27 and one leg is (2x+5)
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Question 1016997: The Hypotenuse is given as 5 however, the two legs are the variable "X" how do i go about solving this?
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Question 1017578: solve. round to nearest tenth. an a-frame tenth is in the shape of a isosceles triangle. the base of the triangle is 10 ft and the two congruent sides are each 8ft. what is the height of the tenth? solve using pythagorean theorem
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Question 1017818: A rectangle the diagonal line 15. the smaller side of the triangle is x and the bigger side is 2x. Find the value of x
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Question 1018158: Find the area of a triangle with perimeter of 48cm, that has an inscribed circle with an area of 12.25 pi cm2
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Question 1018159: A triangle with sides 17cm, 39cm and 44cm contains an inscribed circle with circumference 13 1/5 pi cm. what is the area of part of the triangle that is outside the inscribed circle? Express your answer in terms of pi.
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Question 1018157: A right triangle is inscribed in a circle with radius 26cm. If the length of one of the legs of this triangle is 20 cm, find the difference between the area of the circle in which the triangle is inscribed and the area of the inscribed circle. Express your answer in terms of pi.
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Question 1018155: A triangle with sides 17cm, 39cm and 44cm contains an inscribed circle with circumference 13 1/5 pi cm. what is the area of part of the triangle that is outside the inscribed circle? Express your answer in terms of pi.
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Question 1018244: A tour bus is traveling along a triangular path. The three straight lines
form a right triangle. One leg of the triangle represents a distance of 48
miles. The other leg of the triangle is 32 miles shorter than the
hypotenuse. What is the length of the hypotenuse of this triangle? Of the
other leg?
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Question 1018190: Please help me solve this
Mr Burford saw a T.V. for sale online. The T.V is 22 inches tall and 27 inches wide. What size TV is Mr Burford looking at (rounded to the nearest inch).
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Question 1018301: Please use pythagoras' theorem to find the distance between point A and B in the diagram. (correct to 2 decimal places)
http://imgur.com/QIusbOU
Thanks
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Question 1018487: Find the value of x in the diagram:
http://imgur.com/wCM3iVK
Please show working out. Thanks
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Question 1018742: write a real-life problem that you can solve using a 30degree,60degree,90degree triangle with a 12 meter hypotenuse.
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Question 1018926: In shop class you make a table the sides of the table measures 36 inches and 18 inches if the diagonal of the table measures 43 inches does this table have right angles at the corners show work and explain
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Question 1019001: Prove the theorem that states that if AD/DB=AE/EC, then DE||BC
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Question 1019039: A triangle has a perimeter of 72 millimeters. Two of the sides measure 18 millimeters and 24 millimeters. What is the length of the third side?
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Question 1019495: Two side of a parallelogram are 694 feet and 418 feet
respectively, one diagonal is 602 feet. Find the length
of the other diagonal.
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Question 1019981: The lengths of two sides of an obtuse triangle are 7 meters and 9 meters. Which could NOT be the length of the third side?
(F) 4 meters (G) 5 meters (H) 11 meters (J) 12 meters
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Question 1020134: HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE SQUARE ROOT. I GET TO ABOUT THE THIRD STEP FOR THE SQUARE ROOT AND ANSWER THEN GET CONFUSED. IF YOU GUYS COULD HELP ME THAT WOULD BE GREAT!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP:)
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Question 1020345: I am working on Pythagorean triples. What is the last triple of the set 20 and 48. I tried the triple 3,4, and 5 but it didn't work
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Question 1020436: Obiwan is standing at a distance of 15m from tje base of a tree.From where he is standing,he can see the topof the tree.If the tree is 15m high and obiwanis 1m tall,what is the angle of elevation of the top of the tree?
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Question 1020869: the question is:
the biggest plasma screen ever produced was 150". how long and wide was it?
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Question 1020876: when tom arrives at the tv store, he learns that screen sizes are measured diagonally in inches and that the length and widths of the screens are always a ratio of 16:9
if the biggest plasma screen tv ever produced was 150". how long and wide was it?
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Question 1021211: The sides of a right triangle are x, x+31, and x+32 units long. Find the side lengths of the lengths of the triangle by solving for x
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