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Question 466877: If the sides of an isosceles triangle are 20, 25, and 25, what is the triangle's area?

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Question 467031: if one side of a trangle measure 50 what do the other two sides equal?
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Question 467078: Two fishing boats depart a harbor at the same time, one traveling east, the other south. The eastbound boat travels at a speed 7 mi/h faster than the southbound boat. After five hours the boats are x = 85 mi apart. Find the speed of the southbound boat.
I came up with 5mph being the speed of the slower boat, but the EWA says I'm wrong
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Question 465684: ok so my triangle is a right triangle and the question is. in triangle ABC, AB = 3 , adn AC = 9. find angle B to the nearest degree. the y dont give me the hypotnuse length.
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Question 467201: For a given right triangle, angle A = 61 degrees and side b = 39 ft.
What is the length of side a to the nearest foot?
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Question 467091: the perimeter of a triangle is 67 centimeters. if two sides are equally long and the third is 7 centimeters longer than the others, find the length of the three sides.

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Question 467079: A softball team is designing a triangular pennant such that the heigth is 6in. less than 4 times the length of the base b. Express the area of the pennant as a function of b.
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Question 467343: what is the measure of the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle if one of its base angles measures 48 degrees?
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Question 467403: Hello,
How do I find the length of a triangle when the sides are 8 and x and the one side is missing but it's a 90 degree angle? I've tried the pyth. theroem. And I would try the distance formula but there is no coordinates. Also the triangle has another triangle attached to it. The 2nd triangle has the coordinates 3.5 and 7 and it is also 90 degrees.
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Question 467553: Given the following right triangle, what is the measure of angle A
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Question 467557: What is the area of a rectangle measuring 25 ft long by 8 ft wide?
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Question 467604: A triangle has an area of 36 cm2 and a base of 9 cm. The height of the triangle is ?
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Question 467633: The sum of the measures of angles of a triangle are 180. If the largest angle is nine time larger than the smallest angle, and the third angle is 70 degrees larger than the smallest angle, find the measure of the angles
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Question 467610: can an acute angle have three angles that measure 45 degrees, 75 degrees and 60 degrees ?
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Question 467716: A triangle has base of 13 ft and an altitude of 6 ft . Find the area?
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Question 467716: A triangle has base of 13 ft and an altitude of 6 ft . Find the area?
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Question 467775: If hypotenuse of right triangle is 30 cm and one leg is twice as long as the other, how long is the longest leg?
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Question 467573: It is NOT possible to have a triangle with which of the following?
-only one obtuse angle
-two equal acute angles
-only one acute angle
-three equal acute angles
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Question 468017: what is the perimeter of a right triangle with its legs measuring 7 and 24
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Question 468047: Find the range for the measure of the third side of a triangle if the measures of the two sides are 10 feet & 16 feet.

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Question 468093: The third angle of a triangle measures twice the sum of the first and
second angles. The first angle measures 23�. Find the measure of the
second and third angles.
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Question 468083: the lengths of two sides of an isosceles triangle are 15 and 22, respectively what are the possible values of the perimeter?
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Question 468155: Please help me find the length of the base and diagonal for 2 handicap ramps with known heights of 3.5" and 8" and a max slope of only 10 degrees. I tried using .5 feet to work out the algebra in the geometric equation. I believe I need to use the following:

is that translated corectly to

and

to

= ???
ok, that is where I got lost.
Honestly this is not Homework, but Housework. Trying to build ramps that my 80 year old mother can use to access the levels in her home in a wheel chair.
Thank you for your help
Lynnette
lynnettemcarter@yahoo.com
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Question 468398: The lengths of a triangle are three consecutive odd integers. the perimeter of the triangle is 45 in. What is the length of the shortest side of the triangle?
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Question 468523: The three sides of a triangle are 4,7,and 8. I need to find the largest side of a similar triangle whose shortest side is 5
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Question 468818: Find the measure of the indicated exterior angle.

∠x = (4n - 20)�, ∠y = (n + 10)�, ∠z = (130 - 5n)�

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Question 469023: the lenght of one leg of a right triangle is 9ft the lenght of the hypotenuse is 3ft longer than the other leg find the lenght of the hypotenuse and the other leg
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Question 469025: Find the leg of each isosceles right triangle when the hypotenuse is of the given measure.
Given = 12 cm
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Question 469025: Find the leg of each isosceles right triangle when the hypotenuse is of the given measure.
Given = 12 cm
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Question 469213: A triangle has side lengths of 7 meters, 9 meters, and 10 meters. What kind of triangle is it?
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Question 469180: A triangle has sides measuring 8 inches and 12 inches. If x represents the length in inches of the third side,which inequality gives the range of possibe values for x?

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Question 469311: Find the range for the measure of the third side of a triangle with the given two sides 30 and 20.
50 > x > 20
50 > x > 30
30 > x > 20
50 > x > 10

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Question 469408: Find the value of y.
A 30, 60, 90 degree right triangle is drawn. The 60 degree angle is labeled. The shortest leg adjacent to the 60 degree angle is labeled x. The longest leg opposite the 60 degree angle is labeled 5 times the square root of 3. The hypotenuse is labeled y.
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Question 469356: if one leg of a right triangle measures 8 radical 6 units and the other leg measures 8 radical 2 units. what is the other side length?
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Question 469502: what is the side of a square with a diagonal of 5?

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Question 469743: Hi,
I'm having trouble with this particicular setup of the equation. I'm really not quite sure how to solve it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Stefani
In triangle ABC, the bisector of anlge B meets AC at K. AB= 18, BC= 24,and AC= 28. Find AK.
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Question 469783: In a 9 inch square cake pan and a 10 inch square cake pan, what is the difference in volume each pan will hold? Assume each pan is 2 inches high. Show step by step work. Include correct units with your solution.

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Question 469778: Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 0.6 m. and the longest side is 1 m. Include correct units with each part of your solution.
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Question 470003: y=2cos[2(x-pi/2)] what is the phase shift
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Question 470334: Can the third side of a triangle be 10 cm, if the other two sides are 20 cm and 32 cm.
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Question 470334: Can the third side of a triangle be 10 cm, if the other two sides are 20 cm and 32 cm.
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Question 470363: which of the following could be the area of an isosceles triangle with the perimeter 18 and one side of the length8?
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