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Question 291333: I need to solve for x. The length of one leg is x, the other leg is x+5 and the hyponuse is 25. I know the answers i need to show my work.
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Question 291562: Two airplanes depart simultaneously from an airport. One flies due North; the other flies due west at a rate 25m/h slower than the first airplane. After 3 hours, radar indicates that the airplanes are 1000miles apart. What is the ground speed of each airplane?
I got the equation: 18r^2-450r-994375=0
I need to solve the equation to get the answer, but I can't figure it out with the big numbers.
Thanks!!!
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Question 291700: is there any other areas of math that uses the Pythagorean Theorem?
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Question 291815: Find the perimeter of the trapezoid with the dimensions below:
there is a picture but i cant draw it so here is an explaination.
slant height for both sides: 2
top width across: 3.5
bottom corner degrees on both sides: 60
*I DONT KNOW THE HEIGHT OR THE BOTTOM BASE.
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Question 292483: A 37-inch-square TV is on sale at the local electronics store. If 37 inches is the measure of the diagonal of the screen, use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the side of the screen.
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Question 292620: The legs of a right triangle are 3 and 8 centimeters long, respectively. What is the length of the hypotenuse? If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places.

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Question 292741: The base path of a baseball diamond forms a square. If it is 90 ft. from home to first, how far does the catcher have to throw to catch someone stealing second base?
Give your answer as a radical expresion in simplest form and then stimate the lenght to the nearest tenth of a foot.
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Question 292965: The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 45 centimeters. Find the length of an altitude of the triangle
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Question 293208: A ladder is resting against a wall. The top of the ladder touches the wall at a height of 18 feet. Find the length of the ladder if the length is 6 feet more than its distance from the wall
Could someone help me with this?
Thank you
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Question 293310: I need help in solving this problem, using the pythagorean theorem to find the distance between each points for c(-10,2), D(-7,6)
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Question 293359: A ladder that is 26 feet long is 10 feet from the base of a wall. How far up the wall does the ladder reach?
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Question 293358: use a Right triangle, find missing length for a.
a=
b=10
c=15
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Question 293363: Find the distance d(P1, P2) between the points P1 and P2. P1=(0,6); P2=(-2,6)
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Question 293793: If you have a hypoteneuse of SQRT(3), what is the length of one leg?
I would be grateful for assistance.
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Question 293794: If one leg has a length of 7[SQRT(72)] what is the length of the hypoteneuse?

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Question 293792: If one leg has a length of SQRT(32), what is the length of the hypoteneuse?
I worked the equation out but, my answer was wrong. I would be grateful for assisstance.
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Question 293828: A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 15 and a leg of length 11. What is the area of the triangle? If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places.
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Question 294014: ok so what is the diagonal of a right triangle with 90 feet ?
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Question 294162: the sides of a right triangle are x,x+32,and x+32 units long. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
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Question 294409: How long is a guy wire that reaches from the top of a 15-ft pole to a point on the ground 10 feet from the bottom of the pole? Find the length to the nearest tenth of a foot.
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Question 294425: A 30- 60- 90 triangle has its longer leg of length 7.8. What is the length of the shorter of the two legs? If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places.

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Question 294854: is a triangle with lenghts 4,4 and 8 a right triangle
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Question 295068: *Directions: A triangle has legs of lengths "a" and "b" and hypotenuse of length "c". Find the perimeter. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
Problem: a=5cm, c=13cm
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Question 295201: A 30-60-90 triangle has a hypotenuse of 10. Use special right triangle formulas to find the long side. Show your work.
I would be grateful for assistance.
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Question 295200: A 30-60-90 triangle has a hypoteneuse of 10. Use trig to find the short side. Show your work.
I am unsure as to how I would work this out.
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Question 295329: 1) a=6 b=8 c=? 2) a=? b=12 c=13 3) a=? b=4 c=5 4) 9 21 ? 5) 24 10 ? 6) ? 3 4
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Question 295329: 1) a=6 b=8 c=? 2) a=? b=12 c=13 3) a=? b=4 c=5 4) 9 21 ? 5) 24 10 ? 6) ? 3 4
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Question 296389: The midpoint and an endpoint of a line segment are given. fine the other endpoint.
endpoint: (1,2)
Midpoint: (-6,4)
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Question 297260: a 37 inch square tv is on sale at the local electronics store. if 37 inches is the measure of the diagonal of the screen, use the pythagorean theorum to find the length of the side of the screen
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Question 297295: the legs of an isosceles right triangle are 9 inches long. what is the length of the hypotnuse?
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Question 298769: can a 34 inch baseball bat fit into a 24in by 20in by 12in box?

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Question 299766: What is the lengths of the hypoteneuse and the long leg in an 30-60-90 triangle when the short leg is 11 cm?
I really hope this makes sense, but if not here's another question
A person who is 2m tall casts a shadow that is 3m long. At the same time a flagpole casts a shadow 12m long. How tall is the flagpole?
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Question 300752: Two planes take off from an airport at the same time. They fly at right angles to each other and one hour later they are 390km apart. If one plane travels 210km/hr faster than the other, what is the speed of the two planes?
I tried to apply Pythagoras Theorem, making the hypotenuse 390, and the sides x and x+210. I squared 390 = the sum of the squares of x and x+210, but my answers always come out wrong.
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Question 301310: in a 30-60-90-right traingle ,the length of the short leg is 7.find the length of the hypotenuse
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Question 301361: Solve the right triangle. Round to the nearest tenth.
Side opposite = 33
hypotenuse = c
Side adjacent = 56
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Question 303246: your boat is traveling due north at 20 miles per hour. a friend's boat left at the same time and is traveling due west at 15 miles per hour. after an hour you get a call from your friend who tells you that he has just stopped because of engine trouble. how far must you travel to reach your friend?
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Question 303518: my algebra 1 class is doing pythagorean theorum, and I got stuck on the very last part of it, which should be easy but since it is not a perfect square I forgot how to do it. c squared = 89. how do i get an answer not in decimal or fraction form?
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Question 303605: a square has a diagonal of 12cm. calculate the length of the side of the square correct to 2 decimal places
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Question 303605: a square has a diagonal of 12cm. calculate the length of the side of the square correct to 2 decimal places
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Question 304221: What is the answer for 9, 15, & b?
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Question 304220: What is the answer for 40, 50, & a?
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Question 304398: find the length of a diagonal of a 10 cm by 10 cm square
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