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Question 945474: Given the points A(0, 0) B(3, 1) and C(1, 4) find the measure of angle ABC?
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What is the area of ΔWXY? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.______ mi2
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Question 945496: The length of the longer leg of a right triangle is 20 inches more than twice the length of the shorter leg. The length of the hypotenuse is 22 inches more than twice the length of the shorter leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.
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Question 945657: An isosceles triangle has area of 130 ft2. If the base is 10 ft, what is the length of the legs?
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Question 945672: A triangle has one angle that measures 68 degrees, one angle that measures 38 degrees, and one angle that measures 74 degrees.
What kind of triangle is it?
A. obtuse triangle
B. right triangle
C. equilateral triangle
D. acute triangle

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Question 945700: When midpoints of the sides of triangle ABC are joined, a triangle of 10.5 inches is formed. Find the perimeter of ABC. How do you solve this
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Question 945702: SinA= 0.24
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Question 945782: Austin is landscaping a yard. To see how well a tree shades an area of the yard, he needs to know the tree�s height.The tree�s shadow is 18 ft long at the same time Austin�s shadow is 4 ft long. If Austin is 6 ft tall, how tall is the tree?
We are talking about similar triangles in the topic, so are the triangles supposedly similar? And yes, how tall is the tree and how do I get it? Thank you in advance.
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Question 945833: a right triangle with an area of 30 square cm has a hypotenuse that is 8 cm longer than the shortest side. Find the dimensions of the triangle
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Question 945870: How many triangles are there with side lengths of whole numbers and with a perimeter of 10 cm ?

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Question 945968: do 3in , 4in , and 5in make a right triangle?
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Question 946014: Hi,
Find the perimeter of the actual object using scale factor shown on the blue print.
(The object is a pentagon)
Inside the pentagon it says 1cm:4m (I know that is the Ratio)
outside the pentagon it says the length is 3cm- all sides. ( I think that means each side is 3cm)

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Question 946011: Hi,
Ok so I have this problem, and it says their are two polygons that are similar. Find the value of X.
The two polygons are triangles, and one triangle has one side of 4 and another side x+1 (this side is a base). The other triangle which is larger has one side that is the length of 6, and another that is the side of 3(this side is a base).
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Question 946035: what is the length of the shorter leg of a right triangle if the longer leg is 24 meters and the hypotenuse is 6 more than twice the shorter leg
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Question 945995: given two sides of a triangle 5 and 10, find the following,
range of possible side lengths for triangle to be acute
to be right
to be obtus
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Question 946168: whats the length of the third side of the triangle with one side 3 cm and the other 8.5
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Question 946260: In triangle ABC, angle C = 60 and angle A is two times angle B. Find angle A and angle B.
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Question 946342: A triangle has one angle that measures 85� and another that measures 10� what kind of triangle is it
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Question 946369: one leg of a right triangle is 3 millimeters longer than the shorter leg and the hypotenuse is 6 millimeters longer than the shorter leg. find the lengths of the sides of the triangle.
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Question 946334: what is the area of 12.2cm and 7.5cm of a triangle

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Question 946528: Was told I used Tan incorrectly..
During a windstorm, part of the top of a flagpole breaks off. The broken top portion touches the ground at an angle of 75� 12 feet from its base.
How tall was the pole before the windstorm?
Round your answer to one decimal place and show steps.

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Question 946568: The area of a right triangle is 48cm^2, find the length of each of its legs if one leg is 4cm longer than the other one.
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Question 946581: the vertices of the triangle are a(-3,4),b(p,q),and c(3,4), the slopes of ab and bc are 1 and -1/2 respectively find :
(a) the equations of the side of the triangle
(b) the values of p and q

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Question 946710: The measure of the acute angles of a right triangle are jn the ratio 5:7. Find the measure of the smallest angle.
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Question 946790: how many different triangles can you make with a perimeter of 12 units?
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Question 946681: What is the height of a triangle with a base of 13 cm and an area of 39 cm squared?
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Question 946827: In the right triangle shown, ∠A=30
and AC=18√
3

.
How long is AB?
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Question 946795: The home has a triangular backyard. The first angle of the triangle is 5 more than the second angle. The third angle is 10 less than twice the second angle. Find the angles of the triangular yard.
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Question 946899: What is the area of the right trapezoid abcd in this figure to the left if the area of the right triangle abd is 12cm� and triangle bcd is isosceles?
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Question 946916: Find the length of the base of a right triangle with a height of 10 cm and a hypotenuse of 26 cm.
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Question 946919: A video camera is mounted on the top of a 120m tall building. When the camera tilts down 36� with the horizontal, it views the bottom of another building.if it tilts up 47� with the horizontal, it can view the top of another building.
A) how far apart are the two buildings?
B) how tall is the building viewed by the camera.
Please include a sketch
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Question 947014: Anne sees a rocket at an angle of elevation of 11 degrees. If the rocket launch pad is 5 miles away from Anne, then how high is the rocket? Provide diagram
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Question 947026: Tim wrote the following statement: "You can only draw one unique isosceles triangle that contains an angle of 70 degrees." Which statement is true?

A. Tim is incorrect, because more than one triangle can be drawn with the given information.

B. Tim is correct, because only one unique triangle can be drawn with the given information.

C. Tim is incorrect, because the triangle described cannot be drawn with the given information.

D. None of the above.
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Question 947170: One side of a triangle is three times the shortest side. The third side is 7 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 62 feet.
Find all three sides.
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Question 946714: the length of one side of an equilateral triangle is 6 inches. find the length of one altitude of the triangle.
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Question 947210: Triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF. The lengths of the sides of ABC are 5, 8, and 11. What is the length of the shortest side of DEF if the perimeter is 60?
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Question 947354: if the legs of a 45�-45�-90� triangle have the length of 8cm what is the perimeter of the triangle
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Question 947410: the sides of a triangle are 5 meters and 8 meter what is the third sides
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Question 947398: During a windstorm, part of the top of a flagpole breaks off. The broken top portion touches the ground at an angle of 75� 12 feet from its base.
How tall was the pole before the windstorm?
Round your answer to one decimal place and show steps.

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Question 947510: One side of a triangle is 53 cm shorter than the base. The other side is 29 cm longer than the base. What length of the base will give a perimeter of 180 cm?
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Question 947837: A triangle with as area of 10 square meters has a base of 4 meters. A similar triangle has a base of 12 meters. What is the height of the larger triangle?
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