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Question 2255: Your parents are willing to pay you 2 dollae for each square foot that you help to decorate on a square wall the wall has a side length of 12.8 ft how much willyou be paid if you complete the job
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Question 5162: how do you find the surface area and what is the formula for doing that
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Question 6188: Why is it important to find the surface area of a bridge?
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Question 6748: could you please tell me how to find the surface area of a rrectangular prism?

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Question 8350: I dont understand how to solve a problem that states : Find the area of a rectangle with L=2x+3 and W = x-2
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Question 8525: how do you find the circumfrence of a cirlce when it is 24ft in diameter?

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Question 8895: I've been asked to explain Leonardo Da Vinci's method of finding the formula for the area of a circle. I've discovered that he claimed that �If you have a wheel whose thickness is half its radius and roll it for one full revolution, the area of the track it leaves is equal to the area of the wheel.� But i just cant seem to get my head around it. Please could you try to explain it to me, maybe with a diagram? Thankyou.
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Question 15566: When finding the Surface area of a Right circular cylinder, hiow do I find the Base Area?
SA= 2(BA)+ ph
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Question 18108: how do yo do surface area?
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Question 18107: can you please give me a test on surface area and show me how to do it?
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Question 18440: how do i find the height of a cylinder with a surface area of 164cm squared, with a radius of 4cm.
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Question 20554: A rectangular pond is 8 ft longer than its width. A walkway 2 ft wide is around the pond. The area covered by the pond and walkway is 160ft greater than the area covered by the pond. What are the dimensions of the pond.
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Question 22567: how would i find the total surface area of a roof, if its roof pitch is 30 degrees and the lengths are 6600mm X 3600mm?
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Question 22565: how would i find the area of a trapizium?
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Question 22416: What is the height of a rectangular prism when the dimensions are:
-surface area = 438 inches squared
-the length of the base = 11 inches
-the width of base = 9 inches
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Question 21806: A square piece of paper is folded in half vertically. If the resulting figure has a perimeter of 12 cm, what was the area of the original square?
I got 48
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Question 23470: If the surface area of a sphere is 86*pi ft^2, what is its diameter? I get 2*square root of 21.5 ft., but my answer key says the answer is the square root of 86 ft. How did they get that?
Thanks.
Debby
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Question 24029: i have a triangle with the width of 6m height of 4m and 2.5m and a length of 6.5m how do you get the surface area for it.
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Question 23958: how do you find the surface area of pyramids?
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Question 24942: If one side is 5ft and the surface area is 125ft(2), what is the angle length?
What is the formula for finding this?
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Question 14428: Ron had a square and changed it's side by adding one unit to one pair of opposite sides and shortening the other pair by the same lenght. As a result, he obtained a rectangle with an area of 80 units. With what square did he start?
Thank you very much , if you are able to help.
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Question 27485: a circle is inscribed in a square with sides 10cm long find the area of the shaded region in square centimiters.use 3.14 for pi.
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Question 28740: The label that goes around a jar of peanutbutter overlaps itself by 3/8 inch. If the diameter of the jar is 2 inches, what is the length of the label?
How do i find this answer. Please help me by showing me how to show my work and how to find the answer.
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Question 28742: A pyramid with a triangular base has 6 edges and a pyramid with a rectangular base has 8 edges. Write a formula that gives the number of edges (E) for a pyramid with a sided base (n).
Please help find this answer and to help me show my work as to how i got it.
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Question 29004: the diagonals of a rhombus are 10 and 24.
(a) find a side of the rhombus
(b) find the altitude of the rhombus
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Question 28999: please help me solve this problem..thank you!..
the bases of a trapezoid are 100m and 160m, and its altitude equal to 12m. it is to be divided into two equal parts by a line parallel to the base. find the length of the dividing line.
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Question 29000: please help me solve this problem..thank you!..
the bases of a trapezoid are 100m and 160m, and its altitude equal to 12m. it is to be divided into two equal parts by a line parallel to the bases. find the length of the dividing line.
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Question 29002: the shorter diagonal of rhombus is equal to one of its sides.
(a) find each diagonal of the rhombus.
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Question 29003: the shorter diagonal of rhombus is equal to one of its sides. the length of a side of the rhombus is 6cm.
(a) find each diagonal of the rhombus.
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Question 29127: the longer base of an isosceles trapezoid is 40, one leg is 20 and one of the base angles is 63 degrees.
(a) find the altitude and shorter base of the trapezoid
(b) using the results obtained in (a), find the area of the trapezoid
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Question 29178: please illustrate the figure..the longer base of an isosceles trapezoid is 40, one leg is 20 and one of the base angles is 63 degrees.
(a) find the altitude and shorter base of the trapezoid
(b) using the results obtained in (a), find the area of the trapezoid

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Question 29177: please illustrate the figure..The shorter diagonal of rhombus is equal to one of its sides. The length of a side of the rhombus is 6cm.
(a) find each diagonal of the rhombus.

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Question 29175: please illustrate the figure..The diagonals of a rhombus are 10 and 24.
(a) Find a side of the rhombus
(b) find the altitude of the rhombus

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Question 29176: please illustrate the figure..The bases of a trapezoid are 100m and 160m, and its altitude equal to 12m. it is to be divided into two equal parts by a line parallel to the base. Find the length of the dividing line.
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Question 29357: A trapezoid is formed by lines with the following equations
2x+4y=16 x=4 x=0 y=0
Find the area of the trapezoid.
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Question 29777: What is the easiest way of remembering formulas. Also what is the easiest way of remembering which formula goes with what type of problem.
Thank you for the help.
P.S. your site realy does help me, it might not help other kids but it definetley helped me so thank you again.
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Question 29719: FIND THE LATERAL SURFACE OF A RECTANGULAR PRISM WITH A HEIGHT OF 6 INCHES AND LENGTH OF 14 INCHES AND WIDTH OF 7 INCHES. I CAN FIGURE IT OUT IF ITS A CYLINDAR I JUST DON'T UNDERSTOND WHEN IT'S A PRISM.....
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Question 30036: If there is a circle inside of a square, the radius of the circle is 3.5 What is the area of the remaining edges of the square?
9.354
10.52
16.437
49
104.86
please explain answer.
thank you
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Question 30173: What is the formula for finding out an area of an Isoceles triangle ?

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Question 30505: what is the lateral area of an object with a radius of 4.3in and a slant height of 22.3in and the work done for this problem?
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Question 28631: 2[7x5]+[7+57+5]x11
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Question 30773: a room is 24 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 9 feet high. how many square yards of wallpaper are needed to paper the four walls of the room?
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Question 30771: how many 4-inch by 8-inch bricks are needed to build a walk 6 feet wide and 24 feet long?
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