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Question 332127: the base of a 15ft ladder is 8 ft away from the wall. How far above the floor is the top of the ladder?
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Question 332450: C SQUARED= 136, WHAT IS C?
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Question 332450: C SQUARED= 136, WHAT IS C?
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Question 332683: my question for an assignment is -
demonstrate and explain pythagoras theorem including 3 real life examples from your surroundings.
i measured my phone and it is 9.5cm length, 5cm width and its hypotenuse is 10.5, now i need to show the working out. what is the working out to show this works? thanks :)
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Question 333499: Two cars left an intersection at the same time. One traveled north. The other traveled 14 mi farther, but to the east. How far apart were they then, if the distance between them was 4 mi more than the distance traveled east? Math is not my greatest subject especially when it comes to a word problem like this.
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Question 333623: find the cost of carpeting the rectangular room with dimensions 6.5m x 4.5m; cost = 13.85/m^2
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Question 334976: r u hot
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Question 334976: r u hot
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Question 335355: how do you find the distance between each pair of points
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Question 335767: Find the hypotenuse of a right angle with sides: a=5 and b=3 Thank you
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Question 337428: I need help with graphing the line y=1/2x + 1. When I did it I got an answer of 0.5 = y.
Am I correct?
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Question 337891: In a right triangle, the length of one leg is two less than of the other leg. If the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the square root of 34, find the lengths of the two legs?
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Question 338544: The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than 5 times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 82 cm. find the dimensions of the rectangle to the nearest thousandth. Can you please help me find the formula for this problem?
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Question 338556: The width of a rectangle is 4 cm less than its length. If the area of the rectangle is 87cm^2 what are the dimensions of the rectangle? Round to the nearest thousandth.
I have figured out the answer as
Length = 11.539
Width = 7.539
Just don't know the formula or how to solve, help would be greatly appreciated thank you.
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Question 338695: if a right triangle is 7 units high and its base is 24 units long, what is the length of its hypotenuse using the Pythagorean Thereom?
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Question 339037: If the perimeter of a right triangle is 60 and the sides are x, 2x + 4, and 3x � 4, what is the area of the triangle?
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Question 339394: How do you use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between the pair of points A(0,0), B(6,8) ?
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Question 339394: How do you use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between the pair of points A(0,0), B(6,8) ?
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Question 339708: A cable 22 feet long runs from the top of a utility pole to a point on the ground 16 feet from the base of the pole. How tall is the utility pole?
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Question 340830: If the area of a right triangle is 16, the length of the legs could be�
(a) 8 and 2 (b) 12 and 4 (c) 10 and 6 (d) 20 and 12 (e) 32 and 1
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Question 341431: what is the formula for pythagorean thearum

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Question 341496: if one leg of a right triangle is 14 meters shorter than the other leg, and the hypotenuse is 26 meters, find the length of the two legs..
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Question 342131: can you help me solve this question? i dont get it
it says: use the pythagorean theoreum to find the distance between each pair of points
C(-10,2) D(-7,6)
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Question 343468: Trying to help my daughter with her maths but it's been a long time!
Pythagoras theory.
Side 1 = x
Side 2 = 15
Hypotenuse = x+5
Find x?

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Question 344336: Find the coordinates of the missing endpoint given that B is the midpoint of ac.c(-7,-4)b (3,5)
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Question 344395: What is the Pythagorean theorem? How is it used?
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Question 344802: how do i find the length of the diagonal of a computer screen that measures 28cm by 21 cm
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Question 345158: these numbers are on a right triangle. the hypotenuse is 2x+6 , the side is x , and the bottom is 2x+4 . i have to solve for x .
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Question 347366: 6x+4=3x+10
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Question 347707: Please evaluate -(-|-310|)
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Question 347704: Use the pythagorean Theorem to find the missing length when b=16 and c=20
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Question 347864: A triangle has sides of lengths 3,5 and x . determine all possible values of x so that the triangle is a right angle ?
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Question 348644: how do you arrive at the postive form of square root of 964.I know the answer is 2.241 squared.
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Question 350046: If a right triangle has two sides of length 44 units and 485 units what are the two possible lengths for the third side ?
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Question 350235: A rectangular garden has a perimeter of 34. There is a diagonal line crossing to the other side with the length of 13. What is the length and width of the garden ?
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Question 350273: The distance between Marge and the Dude ranch was 4 square root 34 miles straight across a rattlesnake infested canyon ( hypotenuse). She hiked due north for a longer time then due east for the shorter leg of the journey. If she averaged 4 mph and it took 8 hours to get to the ranch how far did she hike in the northerly direction ?
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Question 341427:
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Question 350996: In 1981, Vladamir Poliakov (USSR) set a world record of 19ft 3/4 in for the pole vault. To reach that height, Poliakov obtained a speed of approximately 36 feet per second on the runway. The formula h=-16t2 + 36t gives his height t seconds after leaving the ground.
a. use the formula to find the exact values for t for which his height was 18 feet.

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Question 351066: if the sides of an equilateral triangle are 9cm, calculate the height of the triangle.
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Question 351175: 1.A rectangle is 80 centimeters long. The length of the diagonal of the rectangle is 100 centimieters. How wide is the rectangle?

2.Bernice rides a bike from her house in a straight line for 15 kilometers. She makes a 90 degree turn and rides for another 36 kilometers. If she rides home in a straight line, how far will she have traveled in all.
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Question 352456: A traffic helicopter flies 10 miles due north and 24 miles east. Then the helicopter flies in a straight line back to its starting point. What was the distance of the helicopters last leg back to its starting point.
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Question 354533: I have 60 inches of width and have 48 inches of height in my entertainment center. I am going HDTV shopping, what is the biggest diagonal TV that I can get?
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Question 355099: One of the legs of a right triangle has length √19 cm The sum of the lengths of the hypotenuse and the other leg is 19 cm. What is the area of this triangle in square centimeters?
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Question 355096: 1. three angles are in the ratio 2:3:4.If the smallest angle is 24 ,fing the sum of the three angles?
2.the first three triangular are 1,3,6,which of the following is the fourth triangular number?

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