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Question 1120248: A 5 metre long ladder is leaned up against a wall. If the ladder reaches 3 m up the wall, how many metres is the base of ladder from the wall
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Question 1120239: In triangle WXY, WY=24m qns and angle Y=90degree. P lies on WX such that YP is perpendicular to WX, WP=18m and PX=14m. Q lies on YX such that QX=9.8m. Find
I) the length of YQ
ii) the area of triangle XPY
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Question 1120240: In triangle WXY, WY=24m and angle Y=90degree. P lies on WX such that YP is perpendicular to WX, WP=18m and PX=14m. Q lies on YX such that QX=9.8m. Find
I) the length of YQ
ii) the area of triangle XPY
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Question 1120603: If the diagonal of a swuare is 42.5cm long, find
I) the perimeter
II) the area
Of the square
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Question 1120603: If the diagonal of a swuare is 42.5cm long, find
I) the perimeter
II) the area
Of the square
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Question 1120603: If the diagonal of a swuare is 42.5cm long, find
I) the perimeter
II) the area
Of the square
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Question 1120602: A courier travels due north at and average speed of 40km/h for 6 minutes to collect a parcel, before travelling 10km due East to deliver it. He then travels due south at an average speed of 30km/h for 12 minutes to collect another parcel. Find the shortest distance between the courier and his starting point.
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Question 1120721: The distance of a chord of a circle of radius 5 centimetre from the centre of the circle is 4cm calculate the length of the chord

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Question 1120743: find the area of the shaded region
(if you could provide statement and reasoning, that would be amazing)
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Question 1120601: A straight pole PR is leaning against a vertical wall MQ.
I) Given that PQ=4.2m and RQ=1.1m, find the length of the pole.
II) the upper end of the pole, P, slides down 0.9m to a point on the wall, X. Calculate YR, the distance the lower end of the pole has slid away from its original position R.
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Question 1120891:
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Question 1121044: The slides makes a right triangle with the ground and the stairs. The "rise" is 1 meter shorter than the " run " and the slide is 1 meter longer than the " run". Find three sides of this slide.
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Question 1121124:
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Question 1121614: so I have 3 questions 1. a=x, b=1, c2x thank you
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Question 1121762: ABCD is a square with diagonal AC 8 units long. How many square units are there in the area of the square?
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Question 1123365: A communications tower is supported by four guy wires. The tower is 155 m tall and each guy wire is staked into the ground at a distance of 30 m from the base of the tower. What is the total length of wire used to support the tower?
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Question 1123588: A 6m ladder is placed against the wall with its base 2m from the wall. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?

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Question 1123588: A 6m ladder is placed against the wall with its base 2m from the wall. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?

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Question 1124373: the sum of the length of the longer leg of a right triangle and 4 equals the length of the hypotenuse. The shorter leg is 4 inches shorter than the longer leg. Find the length of the longer leg.
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Question 1124905: If the top of a bucket has a diameter of 30cm , the bottom of the bucket has a diameter of 16cm and the the sloping sides are 25cm long how deep is the bucket
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Question 1124904: If the top of a bucket has a diameter of 30cm , the bottom of the bucket has a diameter of 16cm and the the sloping sides are 25cm long how deep is the bucket
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Question 1125269: One leg of a right triangle is once inch shorter than the other leg.If the hypotenuse is 5 inches , find the length of the shorter leg.
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Question 1127208: How do I find the Velocity of an object after it has fallen 20 feet
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Question 1127208: How do I find the Velocity of an object after it has fallen 20 feet
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Question 1127208: How do I find the Velocity of an object after it has fallen 20 feet
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Question 1128649: what is the perimeter of the right triangle if one side is 4 and the hypotenuse is 7.
Round the answer to the nearest tenth.

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Question 1128814: Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length from L to M to the nearest tenth.
L has the coordinates (2, -8) and M has the coordinates (9, 15)
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Question 1095139: ABC is an equilateral triangle in which BC=2cm find perpendicular distance from A to BC
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Question 1129115:
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Question 1129416: Two joggers run 8 miles north and then 5 miles west . What is the shortest distance they must travel to return to their starting point?
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Question 1129589: A room contains 54 chairs. The number of rows is 3 less that the number of chairs per row. Find the number of rows.

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Question 1129617: which has a greater effect on the surface area of a right circular cone, doubling the radius or doubling the height?
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Question 1130307: could you please help me solve this problem?
A community is building a square park with sides that measure 120 meters. to separate the picnic area from the play area, the park is split by a diagonal line from opposite corners. determine the approximate length of the diagonal line that splits the square. Round your answer to the nearest meter
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Question 1130356: Bradley is mountain climbing with Colin and had just climbed a 16-meter vertical rock face. Colin is standing at the bottom of the cliff, looking up at Bradley. If Colin is 20 meters away from Bradley, how far away from the cliff is Colin.
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Question 1131253: The ΔPQR is right-angled at P, and PN is an altitude. If QN = 12 in and NR = 6 in, find PN, PQ, PR.

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Question 1131486: the length of the longer leg of a right triangle is 14 feet longer than the length of the shorter leg x. the hypotenuse is 6 feet longer than twice the length of the shorter leg. find the dimensions of the triangle.
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Question 1131509: The perimeter of a right triangle is 42 and the sum of the squares of its sides is 722. Determine the area of the right triangle.
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Question 1131509: The perimeter of a right triangle is 42 and the sum of the squares of its sides is 722. Determine the area of the right triangle.
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