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Question 1024206: The perimeter of a rectangle is 500 yards. What are the dimensions of the rectangle if the length is 90 yards more than the width?
The length is
3535 yards and the width is
nothing yards.
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Question 1024293: how do i solve this question or one similar:
The perimeter of a rectangle is 20cm and its area is 14cm^2. Calculate the dimensions of the rectangle to one decimal place.
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Question 1024306: Hi beloved tutors, can you help me on this question? Thankss
Paul put some rectangular paintings on the wall. For each picture, he put one nail into the wall 2.5m above the floor, and attached a 2m long string at the two upper corners. Which of the following pictures is closest to the floor (format: width in cm � height in cm)?
(A) 60 � 40 (B) 120 � 50 (C) 120 � 90 (D) 160 � 60 (E) 160 � 100
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Question 1024742: a rectangle has an area of 28 m^2. The length is 10 m more than two times the width. What is the length of a diagonal of the rectangle?
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Question 1024971: I'm asked to determine a quadratic equation with the information given and solve.
The perimeter of a rectangle is 34cm and the diagonal is 13cm.
Determine the lengths of the sides.

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Question 1025018: The length of a rectangle is 20 inches. The width of the rectangle is half its length. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

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Question 1025174: The length of a rectangle is
5 yd longer than its width.
If the perimeter of the rectangle is
34 yd, find its area.
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Question 1025229: A rectangle is 4 times as long as it is wide. The perimeter of a rectangle is 50cm. what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 1025268: The length of the rectangle exceeds its width by 6 units. If eachdimension were increased by 3 units, the area would be increased by 57 square unit. Findbthe dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 1025267: The length of a rectangle exceeds its width by 6 units. If each dimension were increased by 3 units,the area would be increased by 57 square units. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 1025386: sketch the graphs to solve these two simultaneous equations. x+3y=3 and -4x+3y=-12
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Question 1025504: Mr. Moretti wants to cover the walkway around his swimming pool with tile. Determine how many square feet of tile he will need to cover the shaded portion of the diagram. Show your work neatly and completely. The area is 336 ft squared, how do I prove it?
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Question 1025266: Three numbers are so related that the second number is 2 more than the first, and the third is 4 more than the first. Find the numbers if their squares is 56 more than three times the square of the smallest.
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Question 1025901: The length of a rectangle is twice the width. If the diagonal of the rectangle measures √30 inches, what is the area of the rectangle?
My answer is 12 inches squared, but my question is can I multiple a number by a radical like 2 times√6 .
Thank you
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Question 1026042: If a rectangle has a perimeter of 128inches and the width is 4y on both sides what is the length
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Question 1026229: he width of a rectangle is 2 inches more than the side of a square. The length of the rectangle is 1 inch less than twice the width of the square .If the rectangles area is 2 inches2 more than the square, find the side of the square.

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Question 1026398: Given: The area of the rectangle is 14cm2.
The width of a rectangle is 5 more than the length.
Find: The diagonal of the rectangle
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Question 1026551: The diagonal and one of the sides of a rectangle 13m and 12m respectively. Find the perimeter of the rectangle.
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Question 1026511: Using the formula A=lw, find the area of the rectangle 6x to the fourth power by 2x to the third power
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Question 1026689: In quadrilateral WXYZ, the measure of angle Z is 10more than twice the average of the measures of the other three angles. What is the measure of angle Z?
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Question 1026807: A garden is rectangular with a width of 12 feet and a length of 6 feet. If it is surrounded by a walkway 2 feet wide, how many square feet of area does the walkway cover?

Thank you.
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Question 1026790: he width of a rectangle is 2 less than one half its length. if perimeter is 86 cm whats the equation
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Question 1026778: The area of a playground is 126 yards the width of the playground is 5 yards longer then it's like find the length and width of the playground
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Question 1026938: The width of a rectangular playing field is 60 yards. The area of the field is 7200 yards^. How far is it diagonally across the field?
I have tried using the s, s(sqrt (3)), 2s rule when I divided the rectangle into two 30, 60, 90 degree triangles. But it doesn't make sense.
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Question 1027123: If a garden has an area of 252 ft^2. Its length is 4 ft more than its width. What are the dimensions of the garden?
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Question 1027215: A rectangular shape swimming pool is half as wide as it is long. There is a walkway around the pool that is 2 feet wide. The total area of the walkway is 184 square feet. Determine the dimensions of the pool. This one is really tricky, can you please show me how to figure it out? thanks :)
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Question 1027296: Find the diagonal of the rectangular solid with the given measures. L=2, W=3, H=6. Answers to select from: √(46), 7, √(10). Thanks!
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Question 1027499: The three sides of a triangle are n, 4n − 2, and 4n − 7. If the perimeter of the triangle is 45 cm, what is the length of each side?
Separate multiple entries with a comma.
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Question 1027409: the length of a rectangle is 7m less than three times the width. If the length is decreased by 5 and the width by three,the perimeter will be 90m. Find the dimensions of the original rectangle?

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Question 1027292: Find the diagonal of the rectangular solid with the given measure. L=18, W=10, H=2. The answer must have numbers or symbols in the following blanks (with the third position being 1). ___ ___ 1__. Thanks
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Question 1027289: Find the diagonal of the rectangular solid with the given measures. L=3, W=5, H=5. The answer must have three numbers or symbols in the blanks ending with a 9. ___ ____ ____ 9 in the answer. Thank you.
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Question 1027295: Using a rectangular solid with the top vertex being K, L, M, and N. Along with the bottom vertex being R, S, T, and Q. Find the diagonal KT given the following measures. RS=6, ST=3, and SL=4. What is the diagonal KT=? The answer must have a 6 in the second position. ___ 6___ . Thank You Very MUCH!
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Question 1027628: A rectangular solar panel is 42cm by 28cm by adding the same amount to each dimension the area is doubled how much is added
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Question 1027660: The length of a rectangle is 5 more than the width. The area is 500 square inches. Find the length and width of the rectangle.

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Question 1027714: A rectangular countertop has an area of 27 square feet. Its perimeter is 24 feet. What are the dimensions of the counter?

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Question 1028625: The side of one square is equal to 1 meter, and its diagonal is equal to the side of a second square. Find the diagonal of the second square.
Include formal proof as well!!
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Question 1028619: A square is inscribed in a right isosceles triangle, such that two of its vertices lie on the hypotenuse and two other on the legs. Find the length of the side of the square, if the length of the hypotenuse is 3 inches.
Include formal proof as well!!
So I know that the answer is 1 inch, but I don't know how to PROVE IT. Thank you!!
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Question 1028626: In a circle with radius 4 cm the diameters AC and BD are perpendicular to each other. Prove that ABCD is a square. Find the area of ABCD.
Include formal proof as well!!
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Question 1029026: One side of a rectangle is 7 inches shorter than 2 times the other side find the dimensions if the perimeter is 64
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Question 1029035: The length of a rectangle is 3 centimeters less than its width. What are the dimensions of the rectangle if its area is 134 .
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Question 1029155: The length of a rectangle is 2 feet less than twice its width. If the perimeter is 26 feet, find the length and width
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Question 1029568: the area of a rectangle id 183 square units and the perimeter is 66 units. what are its dimentions
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Question 1029588: AREA OF A RECTANGLE IS 10580 square meter,its length is 5 times of width, find its perimeter?
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