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Question 1076809: I want to cover a roughly rectangular area w netting. The height is 9 feet(but one side is along a solid fence, so could be 4 feet), two sides are each 6 feet, and the other side is 5 1/2 feet. How much netting do I need? Netting comes as a rectangular or square piece.
Thank you.
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Question 1076833: Given a cylinderical tin with radius of each cross section 3m and hight 6m. Calculate it's Surface Area.
a. The two (2) ends are not clossed.
b. One (1) end is closed.
c. The two (2) ends are closed.
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Question 1076968: If the lateral surface area of a right circular cylinder is 42pi ft^2 and the total surface area is 60pi ft^2, what is the radius of a base?
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Question 1076967: The area of the base of a right circular cone is 400pi cm^2. If the slant height is 29 cm, find the height of the cone.
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Question 1076993: Two solid cones are mathematically similar.
Cone X has a volume of 120cm^3.
Cone Y has a volume of 960cm^3.
Work out the ratio of the surface area of cone X to the surface area of cone Y.
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Question 1076966: The lateral surface area of a regular square pyramid is 240 m^2. If each side of its base is 10 m long, what is its slant height?
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Question 1076963: The total surface area of a right square prism is 230 ft^2. Find the height of the prism if the length of a side of a base is 5 ft.
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Question 1076963: The total surface area of a right square prism is 230 ft^2. Find the height of the prism if the length of a side of a base is 5 ft.
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Question 1076965: The total surface area of a right circular cylinder is 96pi in^2. If the radius of its base is 6 in., what is its height.
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Question 1077165: A CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF A RECTANGLE DUCT IS 240 SQ. IN.IF THE LENGTH IS 5 INCHES LESS THANT TWICE THE WIDTH, WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF EACH SIDE/
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Question 1077182: A rectangular playground is to be fenced off and divided in two by another fence parallel to one side of the playground. Six hundred and sixty feet of fencing is used. Find the dimensions of the playground that maximizes the total enclosed area. What is the maximum area?
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Question 1077225: The length of rectangle is 20% more than its width.
What will be the ratio of the area of rectangle to that of square whose side is equal to the width of rectangle?

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Question 1077132: what is the surface area of a pyramid with a base area of 81cm and a slant height of 6cm for each triangular face?
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Question 1077254: A backyard is 40.5 feet long and 25 feet wide. In order to install a pool, the yard needs to be reduced by a scale of 1/3. What is the area of the reduced yard?
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Question 1077268: ONE TANK HEIGHT IS 4.7 METERS AND DIA 3 METERS INCLUDING BOTTOM & TOP HOW MAY SQ.METERS IT WILL WORK OUT

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Question 1077399: The total surface area of a cube is 24 cm^2. Find its volume.
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Question 1077400: Find the total surface area of a right prism whose bases are regular hexagons with sides 12 millimeters long and whose height is 10 mm.
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Question 1077397: The surface area of a sphere is 196pi yd^2. How long is its radius?
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Question 1077398: The height of a cone is 24 inches, and the radius of the base is 7 inches long. Find the lateral surface area of the cone.
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Question 1077591: Find the radius of a sphere with a surface area of 1024 pi square inches
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Question 1077596: Find the diameter of a sphere with a surface area of 900 pi square meters
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Question 1077607: The radius of a tank is 6 feet and the walkway between the tank and the fence is 4 feet. How much fencing is needed to fence of the tank
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Question 1077615: The courtyard below was designed for an apartment complex. The outer area will be covered with grass and is 5 yards wide. The inner circle is tiled and has a diameter of 10 yards. There will also be a fence around the courtyard 2 yards out from the outer circle. 2yd The landscaper must order the fencing for the courtyard. How much should he order to the nearest tenth of a yard?
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Question 1077674: The volume of a rectangular prism is 96 in3. If the area of the base is 12 in2, find its height.
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Question 1077946: The area of a square plastic tarp is 100 square meters. How long is each side of the tarp?

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Question 1078017: Find the surface area of a square pyramid that has a base with side length 6in and a slant height of 14in
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Question 1078208: The radius of a sphere is 8 ft. Find the surface area of the sphere. Round to the nearest hundredth.
SA = ? ft^2
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Question 1078208: The radius of a sphere is 8 ft. Find the surface area of the sphere. Round to the nearest hundredth.
SA = ? ft^2
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Question 1078188: The figure shows the layout of a symmetrical pool in a water park. What is the area of this pool rounded to the tens place? (pi=3.14).
http://contentlaunch.ple.platoweb.com/testimagedb/a8/a81b121798f1d8e8ca5f13cd83a2646f
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Question 1078119: What is the surface area of a triangular prism when it has side lengths of 50 and 1.8 with a height of 40 cm

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Question 1078210: Find the cost of plastering the walls of a room 18 ft long, 25 ft 6 in. wide, and 12 ft high. Subtract 160 ft^2 for windows and doors. The cost is $2.20 per square foot.
$ = ?
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Question 1078206: Find the volume of the figure below. Here d = 15 cm and h = 15 cm. (For calculations involving π, give both the exact value and an approximation to the nearest hundredth.)
"Object is a Cylinder"

? = cm3 (exact value)
? = cm3 (approximate value)

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Question 1078211: The dome of the Hale telescope at Mount Palomar, California, has a diameter of 200 in. Find the area across the dome. Give the exact value.=
? = in^2
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Question 1078209: The length of a side of the base of a pyramid is 9 cm, and the slant height is 19 cm. Find the surface area of the pyramid.

SA = ? cm^2
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Question 1078209: The length of a side of the base of a pyramid is 9 cm, and the slant height is 19 cm. Find the surface area of the pyramid.

SA = ? cm^2
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Question 1078468: What is the area in square inches of a right triangle that has an hypotenuse of 34 inches and one of the legs is 18 inches?
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Question 1078472: Two 12 in diameter pulleys are 22 in. apart center to center. How long a belt ( inches) will be needed to go around the 2 pulleys?

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Question 1078584: If a shed is made of metal would surface area or volume help you find out how much metal was needed?
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Question 1078586: If the area of a rectangle is x2 + 7x + 12 square meters and the length and width of a second rectangle are 3 meters longer, what is the area of the second rectangle?
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Question 1078712: The floor of a room measures 12 feet by 10 feet. The room has 9 feet ceilings. The walls of the room are to be painted. This is the area to be painted.
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Question 1078759: If the perimeter of the square is 484 whats the area

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Question 1078700: A rectangular sheet of cardboard was used to make a pencil box. Four (4) small squares were removed, one from each corner of the cardboard, to create the base of the box with dimensions 55 cm by 30 cm. When the cardboard is folded to make the pencil box, it is found that it has a capacity of 3,150 cm3. What are the dimensions of the original sheet of cardboard that was used to make the pencil box?
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Question 1078568: ABCD is a rhombus with perimeter 120 units and area 720 square units. P is the midpoint of line segment AD. find the area and perimeter of triangle ACP
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Question 1078570: ABCD is an isosceles trapezoid with AB=CD. P is the midpoint of line segment AB, Q is the midpoint of line segment CD, PQ=25 units, AD is 35 units, and the area of the trapezoid ABCD is 600 square units. Find the perimeter of ABCD.
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