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Question 579340: A rectangular lawn has a length of 6 m and a width that is twice its length. What is the area of the lawn?

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Question 579663: the american flag is usually made with its width and length in the ratio of 10 to 19 which dimensions are in the correct ratio for the flag

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Question 579635: ok. so the area of the paralleogram is 84 cm. the base is 5 cm more than the height. we have to write an equation to find the base and height. I figured it out to be 7 and 12 but unsure how to prove it.
I was trying: 84= (h+5)h
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Question 579704: I have a problem on my homework that I cannot figure out. The question is "If P=2L+ 2W, L=11 feet, and P=25 feet, what is W?" I've tried to figure it out, but I forgot how to solve an equation that looks like that. Coul you please help?
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Question 579775: Technically the sides of a cube can be classified as rectangles, so I figured this would be the best spot.
A cube made of lead weights 40 pounds. How much does a cube of lead weigh if each dimension is one-half as large?
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Question 579802: What would be the area of a shape that has a perimeter of 120?
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Question 580228: In rectangle ABCD when AB = 4 and AD = 3. What is the measure of angle AEB?
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Question 580241: if the perimeter of a rectangle is 24 and the height and the length of the base are in a ratio of 3:1, what are the dimensions of the rectangle
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Question 580796: 1 acre rectangular deep 424' how wide to make 1 acre
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Question 580971: the perimeter of a rectangle is 44 inches.
what is the are of the rectangle?
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Question 581146: The perimeter of a rectangle with length l & width w is given by the formula p=2L+2W
Find the perimeter of a rectangle with lenth 4 meters and width 4 meters.
What I got was the following
p=2(4) + 2(4) so the final answer would be 6 because 2 * 4 = 8 & I would add 8 + 8.
Please help me understand if my answer is NOT correct.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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Question 581337: Perimeter of a rectangle is 100 feet and i have to find length which only gives me x-11 and width is 2x+7
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Question 581397: what are the dimensions of a rectangular room with a perimeter of 42 feet if the long side is twice as long as the short side
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Question 581398: Of the 80 employees working on the road construction crew, 35% worked overtime this week. How many employees did notwork overtime?
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Question 581350: The perimeter of a rectangle is 50 inches. If the ratio of its length to its width is 3 to 2, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 581547: I have a math project and its due March5,2012. i have to find the perimeter of a rectangle with one corner is a arch, how do i find the perimeter?
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Question 581628: I don't understand how to tell the base from the height in this problem:
Build a lot whose area is x^2+3x+5x+15
I am suppose to draw a diagram that fits this description and say what the length and height is in terms of x.
Can you help me?
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Question 581762: Suppose a farmer has 1000m of fencing to enclose a rectangular
field. What is the largest area that the farmer can enclose?
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Question 581757: what is the dimension of a rectangle whose length is 5 less than twice its width and whose area is 63 square units?
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Question 581737: Can you find the width ( shorter side) of a rectangle when you are given: area, and diagonal. Your help is highly appreciated.
P.s. if you can solve this, can you grade the difficulty of this problem. Thank you. R. Bommarito.
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Question 581930: there are 36 students
1/4 are freshman
2/3 are seniors
how many seniors?
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Question 582092: The perimeter of a rectangle is 50 meters. The width of the rectangle is 5 meters less than the length. Determine the equation that would solve for the length and width of the rectangle
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Question 581883: The problem is, "The length of a rectangle exceeds it's width by 3 meters. The perimeter is 58 meters. Find the dimensions." I tried using subsitutions, but I got stuck and didn't get an answer. What do I do?
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Question 582439: The ratio of the measures of a pair of sides of a rectangle is 7:12. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 95, what is the length of each side?
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Question 582558: what is the length of a rectangular back yard if the width is 16 feet and an area of 320 square feet?
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Question 582558: what is the length of a rectangular back yard if the width is 16 feet and an area of 320 square feet?
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Question 582614: The length of each side of a square is extended 2 inches. The area of the resulting square is 144 square inches. Find the length of the side of the original square.
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Question 582692: What is the area of rectangle if the length is 5 more than twice the width?
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Question 582312: the width of a rectangle is 15m shorter than its length. if its length were increased by 8 m and its width were diminished by 6 m its area will be decreased by 50 sq. m. find its dimensions.
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Question 582980: The perimeter of square is 40m. The perimeter of rectangle of length 12m is as the same as the perimeter of square. Find which encloses the greater area square or rectangle?
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Question 583048: the roller-skating rink has a perimeter of 150 yards. if the length is twice as long as the width, what are the dimensions of the rink?
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Question 583272: Find the whole number dimensions of a rectangle that has the given area and the least perimeter possible. 48 cm2 I want to know the best way to explain this to my 5th grader.
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Question 583355: A rectangle has the lengh of both of its sides decreased by 20%. by what persent does the area decrease?
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Question 583339: Find x then find the perimeter of the rectangle.
Base = 3x
Height = x-1
Diagonal = 3x+1

What I've already tried:

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Question 583472: find the area of a circle

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Question 583518: find the area of rectangle in cm2,if we havw width =5 n height =8?
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Question 583577: A carpet measures 30 by 20m. A strip of 4m wide is cut from it. Find the area of remaining carpet.
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Question 583565: If the length of a rectangle is 15 cm and the width is 12 cm, what is the area?
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Question 583515: find the area of triangle in cm2,if we havw width =5 n height =8?
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Question 584332: Please help me solve this, thank you,
The area of rectangle is 121k^2 - 25p^2 square meters and length is 11k + 5p meters, what is an expression for the width?
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Question 584349: a rectangle 15 cm wide has a perimeter of
cm. what is the length of the rectangle
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Question 584781: Determine how much the perimeter of the second figure will increase or decrease if the length of all 4 sides were changed.

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Question 584923: i must find the missing dimension of a rectangle. the width is 2 and the length is x
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Question 584948: List all of the possible rectangle that have a area of 36 cm squared
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