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Question 967609: The question is: An oval athletic field is the union of a square and semicircles at opposite ends, as shown in figure. If the total area of the field is 1,300 square yards, find the dimensions of the square. ( The figure does not have any dimensions) I know I am going to have to work "backwards", but I don't even know how to set this problem up.
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Question 967748: The question gives that the diameter of the cylinder is 54 inches and the height is 159 inches
find the surface area of the cylinder
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Question 967804:

If you have a garden 16m long and 14m wide. How much fencing will you need to enclose the whole area?

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Question 967803: A house has a length of 1200cm and width of 990cm.What is the area and perimeter of the house?

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Question 968579: I have a rectangle that is 28 m by 14 m. A= sq. in. Please help thank you
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Question 968579: I have a rectangle that is 28 m by 14 m. A= sq. in. Please help thank you
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Question 968545:
The length of a rectangle is 5 ft more than twice the width, and the area of the rectangle is 63 ft^2Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Length: _ft Width: _ft
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Question 968734: if the length of the diameter of a sphere is 216 how many square units is it surface area rounded to the nearest whole number
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Question 968969: what dimensions would a rectangular prism have if its surface area was 160 fee square. Based on the answer what would the figure's volume be.
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Question 969262: A trech is 200 ft. Long and 12 ft. Deep, 8 ft. Wide at the bottom.how many cubic yards of earth have been removed?
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Question 969298: What would be the area of a regular polygon with a perimeter of 10 feet and an apothem of 2 feet?
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Question 969385: the surface area of a right cylinder is 324πcm2.if the radius and height are equal,find the length of the diameter
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Question 969404:
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Question 969492: the circumference of a circular garden is 75. 36 feet. what is the diameter of the Guardian? use 3.14 4 pi and do not round your answer
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Question 969781: How do I calculate the area of a triangle inscribed in a square that has sides equal to 7units. It is an equilateral triangle.
Also how can I calculate the area of a circle inside a square with the sides 7units also.
What would the ratio be of area of triangle:area of circle
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Question 969867: Here's the question... A rectangular prism has a square base with an area 4 m�. The surface area of the prism is 48 m�. What are the dimensions of the prism?
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Question 969785: Each side of the squares equals to 7units.
How do I calculate the area of an equilateral triangle inside the square with sides 7units?
How do I work out the area of a circle inside a square with sides equal to 7 units?
What would the ratio be of area of triangle:area of circle?
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Question 970081: My Kitchen is 26 feet 4 inches long and 13 feet 10 inches wide what is the square foot
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Question 970086: The surface area of a right cylinder is 576 pie cm^2. If the radius and height are equal, find the legnth of the diameter.
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Question 970433: PIPE LENGH IS 12 METER. INCH DIA OF THE PIPE IS 24". HOW CAN WE GET THE TOTAL SQURE METER OF THE SAME PIPE ?
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Question 970469: Find the surface area and volume of a sphere whose great circle has a circumference of 28 meters
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Question 970474: a room has lenght 5m and width 3,5 m.it is required to carpet this room at R25.00 per square metre. calculate the cost of the carpet assuming there is no wastage during cutting

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Question 970616: The diameter of the base of a right cone is 8 cm. If the total surface area of the cone is 164 pie cm^3, what is the length of the slant height?

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Question 970590: What is the volume of a rectangular block of ice 1 1/2 feet by 2 1/2 feet by 1/2 feet?
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Question 970701: If the surface area of a shere is increased by 44%,find the percentage increase in its diameter.
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Question 970626: Can you calculate the length and width of a surface area problem where the entire surface area and height are provided (rectangular prism).
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Question 971251: What are one to three activities that helped you understand the concept of area? How did these activities help you understand the concept? Might the same activities help children understand the concept?
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Question 971417: Find the area of the circle to the nearest tenth.
Given: radius of 7
A=pie radius 2 how do i solve?
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Question 971575: A wooden toy kit has different painted solids. One solid is a cylinder 2cm and height 14 cm. what is the surface area of the cylinder and one can of paint covers 40m2. How many cylinders can be painted with one coat of paint.
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Question 971663: what is the surface area of a triangle that is 4ft by 10ft by 5ft by 4ft by 6ft
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Question 971673: suppose you have 64 meters of fencing with which to build a rectangular pen for a large dog. what are the dimensions of the different pens that can make if you use all the fencing
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Question 971742: If 1 liter of paint cover 9 square meters, how many liters are required to cover 428 square meters?
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Question 971744: Three different faces if a rectangular prism have areas 20,22, and 110. Compute the volume of the box.
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Question 971829: A cone has a base radius of 3x units and a height of 4x units. The surface area of the cone is 1944 times 3.14 square units. Find the value of x. Explain your steps
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Question 971860: If you are given two similar rectangular prisms with a ratio of 1:3 where the volume of the smaller prism is 7 cubic feet and the surface area 30 square feet, what is the volume and surface area of the larger prism? Show your calculations and explain your thinking.

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Question 972000: The radius of a spherical balloon is four times that of another balloon. If the surface area of the smaller balloon is 200 square inches, what is the surface area of the larger balloon?
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Question 972157: Maria's rectangular kitchen floor is 6m by 2.5m. The tiles she wishes to purchase are 11.5" x 11.5". Each tile will cover an area of 1ft2. How many tiles does Maria need to purchase to cover her floor?
My work so far:
Total area to cover
A=lw
A= (2.5)(6)
A= 15 m2 is the area to cover the kitchen floor.
1ft2 = 12" inch tiles.
I'm a bit confused past this point in finding out how many tiles Maria needs to purchase. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Question 972251: .5 Question Help
Find the area of the right triangle in square centimeters. It is 2 feet by 18 inches.
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Question 972716: the area of a square is 32 square units. if a side length is x+2.5 find x to the nearest tenth
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Question 972855: If a trapezoid has the sides 8,8,8, and 10, how do you find the area?
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Question 972903: A culvert designed with a semicircular cross-section of diameter d is to be
redesigned to have an isosceles trapezoidal cross-section (angled sides are
of equal length) by inscribing the trapezoid in the semi circle.
What is the length of the bottom base x of the trapezoid if its area is to be
a maximum? What is the maximum area of the trapezoidal cross-section in
terms of d?
Hint: First find an expression for the area of cross section in terms of x
and d.
Amy.
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Question 972911: the diagonal of a rhombus measure 8cm and 6cm.what is the length of a side of the rhombus

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Question 972912: a cone is 8cm high and has a base diameter of 12cm.its slant height is
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Question 972929: How many square centimetre tiles would be needed to cover a living room floor of 16,5 square metres.
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