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Question 1053258: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 1 foot longer than one of the sides. If the other side was 1 foot longer, it would be exactly one third the length of the first side. Find the length of each of the sides, and of the hypotenuse.
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Question 1053614: What is the length of this triangle with 3in and 4in
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Question 1054324: The length of one leg of a right triangle is 6 ft. The length of hypotenuse is 2 ft. longer than other leg. What is the length of the hypotenuse and the other leg?
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Question 1054511: If both legs are x and the hypotenuse is 10 how do I solve it.
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Question 1054511: If both legs are x and the hypotenuse is 10 how do I solve it.
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Question 1054737: Please help
1. A right angled triangle sides in the ratio 3:5:7. If the hypotenuse is 84mm, find the length of the other two sides.
2. A mass is composed of 3 parts of copper and 4 parts of Zinc. Find the mass of copper and Zinc in a casting with a mass of 98kg.
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Question 1054731: Please help
1. A right angles triangle has sides in the ratio 3:5:7. If the hypotenuse is 84mm, find the length of the other two sides.
2. A mass is composed of 3 parts of copper and 4 parts of Zinc. Find the mass of copper and Zinc in a casting with a mass of 98kg.
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Question 1056471: If side A is x and side B is 7, side C is x+1
What is x?
Is this possible?
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Question 1056575: I need help on this question. "A pole is slid into a closet so that one end touches the back upper right corner of the closet and the other end touches the front lower left corner of the closet. What is the tallest pole that can fit in this closet, which is 3ft wide, 4ft deep, and 7 ft high. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a foot."
Please help if you can.
Thank you.
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Question 1056577: Can you please answer this question because I don't understand it. I know the material but we never went over this type of question. "Why is the hypotenuse the longest side of a right triangle?"
By the way this is not graded but he said he could make it a graded assignment.
Thank You if you answered.
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Question 1056578: Can you please answer this question because I don't understand it. I know the material but we never went over this type of question. "A pole is slid into a closet so that one end touches the back upper right corner of the closet and the other end touches the front lower left corner of the closet. What is the tallest pole that can fit in this closet, which is 3ft wide, 4ft deep, and 7 ft high. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a foot."
By the way this is not graded but he said he could make it a graded assignment.
Thank You if you answered.
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Question 1056708: A straight road to the top of a hill is 2500 feet long and makes an angle of 12 degrees with the horizontal. Find the height of the hill
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Question 1056819: A brace wire for a 30 foot light pole extends from the top of the pole to a point on the ground 38 feet from the pole. Allowing 4 feet for attaching the wire, how long is the wire?
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Question 1056979: the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25. the sum of the other 2 sides is 31. determine their lengths.
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Question 1057868: Find the area of a circle inscribed
in a square of side 28 cm
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Question 1058708: Hi, I am having trouble with part b of this question.
A piece of wire is 60cm long and is bent to form a right-angled triangle having the hypotenuse of 25cm with the other sides being x and y.
a) Express y in terms of x.
y=60-25-x
y=35-x
b) Use the Pythagoras Theorum to write an equation in x. Hence find the length of the other two sides of the triangle.
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Question 1059157: What's the distance between (-2,-9) & (-7,3)
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Question 1059408: Given a field
199
199 feet by
74
74 feet, how far is it to walk from one corner of the field to the opposite corner, to the closest tenth of a foot?

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Question 1059432: what is the value of "x" in simplest radical form?
1. leg:35
leg:12
hypotenuse?
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Question 1059732: A "widescreen" TV has an aspect ratio of 16:9. Find the length of a diagonal on a widescreen TV screen that has a height of 25.2.
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Question 1059880: the longer leg of a right triangle is 3m longer than the shorter leg. the hypotenuse is 6m longer than the shorter leg. find the side lengths of the triangle.
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Question 1060134: The sides of a rectangular floor are x m and (x+7).the diagonal is (x+8).calculate
I:the value of x
ii:the area of the floor
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Question 1060160: The two legs of a right triangle are the same length. The hypotenuse is
7 meters long. Find the length of the legs. Express your answer in simplified radical form, or as a decimal rounded to four places.
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Question 1060354: Television sizes are based on the length of the diagonal of the television's rectangular screen. So, for example, a 70-inch television is a television having a diagonal screen length of 70 inches. If a 70 inch television's diagonal forms a 29� angle with the base of the screen, what is the vertical height (h) of the screen to the nearest inch?
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Question 1060563: what is leg A if 15 is the hypotenuse and leg B is 6

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Question 1060764: You are hiking along the edge of the Green River. Straight across from you on the opposite shore there is a particularly noticeable boulder at the edge of the river. You walk 120 feet along the shore of the river, and now the line from you to the boulder makes an angle of 35 degrees with the edge of the river. What is the width of the river?
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Question 1060991: Eliza is in a hot air balloon that has just take off and is now floating 15 meters above its launching point. Ofelia is standing on the ground, 12 meters away from the launching point. How far apart are Eliza and Ofelia?
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Question 1061012: How can I type the Pythagorean Theorem problem using Microsoft Word document?
example. a2 + b2 = c2

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Question 1061145: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is three times the length of one of the legs. The length of the other leg is √512 feet. Find the lengths of the leg and hypotenuse.
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Question 1061264: What is the distance between points M(18, -4) and N(5, 45)? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

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Question 1061391: A person walks 12km due north , then 15km due east , after that 19km due west and then 15km due south . How far is he from starting point ?
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Question 1061489: Find the perimeter of ABC
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Question 1061488: Find the perimeter of ABC
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Question 1061614: The length of Yolanda's closet is 2 feet longer that twice it's width. If the diagonal measures 13 feet, then what are the length and width?

there is a figure showed how one side is 2x+2 ft and 13 ft on the diagonal and x on the shortest line
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Question 1062633: Car A and car B travel towards each other on a 42-km straight highway.Car A travels at a rate of 60 kph while car B travels at a rate of 80 kph.In how many minutes will the 2 cars meet?
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Question 1062641: A vessel contains 2 liters of alcohol and 28 liters of water.How many liters of alcohol must be added to make the new mixture 12.5% alcohol?
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