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Question 1001777: if a gate is "n" high and "2n" wide and the diagonal measures 96", what are the height and width of the gate?
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Question 1001994: A rectangles has a content area, a. Its length is l and its breath is b. (a) write a formula for l in terms of A and B (b) write a formula for b in terms of A and L (c) does l varies directly with l
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Question 1002018: A rectangle has a breadth of 6 cm and a diagonal of 12 cm.
Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle correct to the nearest whole centimetre.
I've been stuck on this question for a while and don't know how to solve it, can you please help me?
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Question 1002096: I have been stuck to this question on my math exam..can you solve this for me?
Find the dimension of a rectangle with an area of 27 square meters, if the length of a rectangle is three more than twice the width.

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Question 1002114: Find the cost required to carpet a hall 8 m by 5.5 m if a rectangular section 2 m by 1 1/2 m is taken out to provide for the fireplace and the carpet costs $52.50 per m^2.
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Question 1002268: a rectangle has a length 2m less than twice its width. When 3 m are added to the width, the resulting figures is a square with an area of 64 m^2. Find the dimensions of the original rectangle
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Question 1002257: The length of a rectangular field is 8m more than its width and the perimeter of the field is 76m find the length of the field ?
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Question 1002312: Draw an angel of 70* by using protactor and bisect it by using compasses.
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Question 1002428: if a rectangle is 88 inches by 74 inches is the copy similar orginal

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Question 1002518: A rectangle corner lot has a width 12 feet less than its length. When three feet are taken from one width and one length, to be used as a sidewalk, the area of the lots is reduced by 177ft(2). Find the original dimensions of the lot.
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Question 1002744: The length of a rectangle is 5 ft longer than twice the width, if the perimeter is 58 ft, find the length and width of the rectangle
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Question 1002767: A diagonal of a rectangle is 17cm long and forms an angle of 27� with a side of the rectangle. Find the length and the width of the rectangle to the nearest centimeter. How would I find the length and the width?
I know the rectangle will form right trangles and the diagonal will be the hypotenuse of the triangles, so I assume it will involve the Pythagorean theorem. I cannot figure out how to solve the theorem; I only have a^2 + b^2 = 17^2, which is 289.
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Question 1002808: What are the dimension of the first rectangle? if in a certain rectangle,the sum of the length and the width is 14 (measured in cm). A second rectangle is 5 times as look as the first, and 3 times as wide. The perimeter of the second rectangle is 91
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Question 1003068: The length of a rectangle is increased by 1 unit. Its width is decreased by 1 unit. What happens to the area and the perimeter? Use an example in your explanation.
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Question 1003149: If angle ABC =52� what is angle BAC = __? Angle ABD = __? angle AEB = __? and angle BEC = __?
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Question 1003190: Two tangent circles with radii of 9 cm and 17 cm are placed inside a rectangle as shown below. Find the width of the rectangle given that its length is 50 cm
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Question 1003450: a small square of side 2x is cut from the corner of a rectangle with a width of 10 centimeters and lenght of 20 centimeters. write an expression in terms of x for the area of the remaining shape
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Question 1003543: The perimeter of a rectangle is 30 inches , and its area is 54 square inches. Find the length of the longest side of the rectangle
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Question 1003542: In one room are 144 chairs. The number of chairs per row is two less than twice the number of rows. Find the number of rows and the number of chairs per row.
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Question 1003571: Suppose the perimeter of a rectangle is 33 cm and the area is 65 square cm. what are the dimensions of the original rectangle?
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Question 1003637: a wire bent in a shape of a rectangle of sides 13.5cm and 6.5 cm was straightened and rebent into a square.find the length of the side of a square in proper statements

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Question 1003630: A gardner ordered 60 square slabs measuring 1m by 1m. List different rectangular arrangements? and Find its perimeter and area?
I have tried solving it. Kindly help is it correct?
1) 12m long and 5m wide, Perimeter=34m and Area= 60 m-square
2) 20 m long and 3 m wide, Perimeter= 64m and Area= 60 m-square
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Question 1003722: Mr.glidden is expanding the size of his garden. His new garden will be 3 times as long and 2 times as wide as his original garden. The perimeter of his original garden is 30 feet and the length is 11 feet.What will be the perimeter in feet of his new garden?

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Question 1003747: Find the dimensions of a rectangle whose length is 2 cm more than twice its width and which has a diagonal of 13 c
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Question 1003752: a box with no top is to be formed from a rectangular cardboard by cutting 4cm squares from the corners and folding up the sides. the length of the box is to be 2cm more than its width and its volume is to be 252 cubic cm. find the dimensions of the sheet of the cardboard
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Question 1003767: By hw much does the area of a rectangle increase if the length nd width is increased by 10%
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Question 1003749: A box with no top is to be formed from a rectangular cardboard by cutting 4 cm squares from the corners and folding up the sides. The length of the box is to be 2 cm more than its width and its volume is to be 252 cubic cm.
A.) find the dimensions of the sheet of cardboard.
B.) find the dimensions of the box.
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Question 1003895: A rectangle is to be 2 m longer than it is wide and have an area of 120 m2. Find its dimensions.

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Question 1003900: The length of a rectangle is 5 times the width. The area is 720 square centimeters. Find the length and width of the rectangle.
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Question 1003923: The length of a rectangle is 6 inches longer than its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 40 inches, find its area
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Question 1004044: A farmer considers using one wall of the barn for one side of enclosure and 40 meters of fencing for other three sides. What is the largest rectangular area he can enclose with his fencing? His son suggests two walls of the barn that are right angles for two sides of enclosure and 40 meters fencing for other two sides. What is the largest rectangular area his son can enclose with his fencing?
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Question 1004245: The perimeter of a rectangle is 24 cms. If the length is increased by 4 and the width is decreased by 2, the area is decreased by 2 sq. cms. What are the dimensions of the original rectangle?

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Question 1004356: The perimeter of a rectangle is 968 cm. The width is one-third as long as the length. Find the dimensions.
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Question 1004508: The perimeter of a rectangle is 84 meters. The width measures 3 meters less than the length. Find the width of the rectangle
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Question 1004691: I'm stuck on a problem this is the question: a rectangles length is 15 cm greater than its width, draw the rectangle and label its dimensions.
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Question 1004926: A picture measures 12cm by 8cm and is surrounded by a frame whose area is 52cm squared.Find the width of the frame
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Question 1005060: A rectangle's perimeter is 108 cm. It's length-to-width ratio is five-fourths. What are the rectangle's dimensions?
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Question 1005087: the perimeter of a rhombus is 120 ft. and one of its diagonal has a length of 40 ft. find the area of the rhombus?
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Question 1005117: The length of a rectangle is 3cm more than the width. if the width is increased by 2cm. and the length decreased by1cm., the figure becomes a square with an area of 81 sq. cms. what is the original perimeter of the rectangle
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Question 1005125: One diagonal of rectangle BALI forms an angle of 35 degrees with a side, what is the measure of the angle formed by the diagonals?
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Question 1005126: One diagonal of rectangle BALI forms an angle of 35 degrees with a side, what is the measure of the angles formed by the diagonals?
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Question 1005185: 1. Which has the larger area, a rectangle whose dimensions are 25m by 20m or the largest possible area of a rectangle to be enclosed if the perimeter is 50m?
2. Which has the lower vertex y=x2 + 2x + 3 or y=x2 - 4x + 7?

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Question 1005260: The perimeter of a rectangle is 20 meters. If the length is increased by 2 meters and the width is increased by 3 meters, the area is increased by 30 sq. meters. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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