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Question 1080879: How can you solve a right triangle with two variables?? If a=x+1 b=x c=5 then how do you know?
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Question 1080879: How can you solve a right triangle with two variables?? If a=x+1 b=x c=5 then how do you know?
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Question 1081652: what is leg a if leg B is 12 and hypotenuse c is 13?

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Question 1081652: what is leg a if leg B is 12 and hypotenuse c is 13?

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Question 1082643: A construction worker makes a 15' x 8' rectangular frame for a wall in order to check that the corners make a right angle measures the diagonal l from one corner to the opposite corner what should the diagonal measure if he built the frame properly
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Question 1082797: A wire 40 is bend into right angle triangle of hypotenese 17 cm . Find the length of other 2 sides

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Question 1083178: The top of a badminton net is 5 feet high. Ropes connect the top of each pole to stakes in the ground. The ropes are 8.5 feet long. Which is closest to the distance from a stake to the base of a pole? A: 4ft. B: 7ft. C: 9ft. D: 15ft
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Question 1083201: How do I find the side lengths of a right angled triangle is only the hypotenuse is given, and the only other thing known is that one side length is 3 times the amount of the other?
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Question 1083438: Can 8in and 6in be rounded to 10 in as the nearest tenths
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Question 1083733: Please can you help me solve this problem-
Puneet goes 12 km due east and 16km due north.Find his distance from the starting point.
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Question 1083771: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is twice as long as one of the legs. If the other leg is the square root of 8, find the other leg. So I thought the problem would be set up as x^2 + square root of eight squared = 2x squared. but the answer after I work the problem is not correct. Please help! My second day on this problem!
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Question 1083937: A man goes 20 m due west and then 15 m due north.How far is he from the starting point
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Question 1084025: what is the length of the hypotenuse of a 30-60 right triangle with a longer leg length of 16m
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Question 1084025: what is the length of the hypotenuse of a 30-60 right triangle with a longer leg length of 16m
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Question 1084009: Two joggers run 8 miles north and then 5 miles west . What is the shortest distance, to the nearest tenth of a mile , they must travel to return to their starting point
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Question 1084589: suppose a and b are independent events what if p (a)=0.5 and p(b) =0.45 what is p( a n b)
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Question 1084866: A building is 3ft from a 9-ft fence that surrounds the property. A worker wants to wash a window in the building 14ft from the ground. He plans to place a ladder over the fence so it rests against the building. He decides he should place the ladder 8 ft from the fence for stability. To the nearest tenth of a foot, how long a ladder will he need?
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Question 1085062: A triangle whose slanting sides are of 6.8cm and base is 9.6.calculate the perpendicular of the triangle
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Question 1085231: The length of the diagonals of a rhombus are 16cm and 12cm respectively. Find the length of each sides.
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Question 1085387: A college is creating a new rectangular parking lot. The length is 0.12 mile longer than the width and the area of the parking lot is 0.054 square mile. Find the length and width of the parking lot.
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Question 1085781: A soccer field is in the shape of a rectangle. The dimensions of a field for youth is 90 yards by 60 yards. Find the length of the diagonal of this rectangle.
Round your answer to the nearest yard (whole number or one's place). Include yards for the label.
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Question 1086211: a newsboy starts his route by walking 400 m east then 300 m north. How far the boy is from the starting point? θ?
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Question 1086275: The hypotenuse of a triangle rectangle is 19.5 ft long.
If the length of each leg increased 4.5 ft, the hypotenuse would increase by 6 ft.
Calculate both leg lengths of the first triangle.
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Question 1086760: what is the length of the diagonal on a computer screen that measures 39cm by 29cm
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Question 1086961: A ladder is resting against a wall. The top of the ladder touches the wall at a height of 12 ft. Find the length of the ladder if the length is 4 ft more than its distance from the wall.
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Question 1087165: A chord 4.2cm long is 2.8cm from the centre of a circle. Calculate the radius of the circle.
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Question 1087164: A chord is drawn 3cm away from the centre of a circle of radius 5cm. Calculate the length of the chord?
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Question 1087172: A chord 7cm long is drawn in a circle of radius 3.7cn. Calculate the distance of the chord from the centre of the circle.
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Question 1087174: A chord 30cm long is 20cm from the centre of a circle. Calculate the length of a chord which is 24cm from the centre
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Question 1087174: A chord 30cm long is 20cm from the centre of a circle. Calculate the length of a chord which is 24cm from the centre
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Question 1087175: O is the centre of a circle HKL. |HK|=16cm, |HL|=10cm and the perpendicular from O to HK is 4cm. What is the length of the perpendicular from O to HL?
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Question 1088176: the front wall of the house is in the shape of equilateral triangle .the base is 10m fine the length of the other sides
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Question 1088176: the front wall of the house is in the shape of equilateral triangle .the base is 10m fine the length of the other sides
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Question 1088554: The longer leg of a right triangle is 7m longer than the shorter leg. The hypotenuse is 9m longer than the shorter leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.
Find the length of the shorter leg, find the length of longer leg and find the length of hypotenuse
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Question 1088557: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 6m shorter than the longer leg. The hypotenuse is 6m longer than the longer leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.
Find the length of shorter leg, find the length of longer leg and the length of hypotenuse
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Question 1088560: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 6m shorter than the longer leg. The hypotenuse is 6m longer than the longer leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.
Find the Length of the shorter leg
find the lenth of the longer leg
find the length of the hypotenuse
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Question 1088561: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 5m long. The longer leg is 1m longer than the shorter leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.
Find the length of the shorter side
Find the length of the longer side
Find the length of the hypotenuse
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