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Question 1052125: if I have an isosceles triangle and i Know that two sides are congruant and the bottom left angle is 110 degrees what are the other two angle x is the top angle of the triangle and y is the bottom right angle what is X
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Question 1052143: How many whole such blocks?
The size of a wooden block is 5 * 10 * 20 cm3. How many whole such
blocks you will take to construct a solid wooden cube of minimum size?

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Question 1052152: solve for y i will try to illustrate it because acellus won't let me copy or paste it or snapshot it sorry it moves everything to the left when i diagram it _______________
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Question 1052191: Calculate tan θ
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Question 1052161: the problem says to find y=degrees it doesn't show any other angles in degrees it only shows where x and y are i will try to illustrate it acellus will not let me copy paste or snapshot it when i preview the question the the diagram moves to the left sorry
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Question 1052306: the question ask for you to solve for y=degrees i will try to illustrate it the best i can when i preview the question everything will be moved to the left acellus will not let me copy or paste or snapshot it due to copyright issues
/x\
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110 deg / y\
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the x is the top angle of the isosceles the 110 deg is bottom left angle, and y is the bottom right angle
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Question 1052435: What type of triangle (right, obtuse, acute) would the side lengths 6, 13, and the square root of 130 make? Or does it even make a triangle?
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Question 1052410: the perimeter of a triangle is 19 cm. if the length of the longest side is twice that of the shortest side and 3cm less than the sum of the lengths of the other two sides, find the length of the three sides
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Question 1052535: You have 3 sticks with lengths of 20 cm, 40 cm, and 60 cm can you use these sticks to make a triangle.
true or false
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Question 1052535: You have 3 sticks with lengths of 20 cm, 40 cm, and 60 cm can you use these sticks to make a triangle.
true or false
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Question 1052538: Triangle xyz is located in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane. If this triangle is reflected over the y-axis what is true about the vertices of the reflection
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Question 1052559: solve for X=deg i will try to illustrate the picture since the site it is on will not allow me to copy paste or snapshot when i illustrate it and preview it everything moves to the left the picture shows an isosceles triangle
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110 deg_/____________y\_______

the top angle of the triangle is X the bottom left angle is 110 deg and the bottom right angle is y i'm sorry that it moves to the left i am doing the best i can

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Question 1052566: The numerical values of the three sides of a triangle are given by three consecutive odd integers. If the perimeter is greater than or equal to 15 inches, what are the possibilities for the shortest side?
The length of a rectangle is 4 times the width. If the perimeter is to be greater than or equal to 170 meters. What are the possible values for the width?
PLEASE HELP ME :(

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Question 1052659: My problem is a square thats 24ft by 35ft and needs to keep the area into a triangle and wants the smallest perimeter. So im asking for all possible dimensions for the triangles (have to be whole numbers)
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Question 1052667: http://prnt.sc/ctdkot
^ that's the shape given. and these are the options. Please explain how you got ur answer.

ASA Congruence Postulate

SAS Congruence Postulate

SSS Congruence Postulate

HL Congruence Theorem

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Question 1052833: the problem says solve for y=deg but it only shows where X and Y are i will try to illustrate it because the home school program will not let you copy paste or snapshot it sorry ahead of time that it moves everything to the left when i send it
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the hash marks show the corresponding parts I just don't know how to answer it with out knowing what at least one of the angles is i've tried everything
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Question 1053347: suppose that AD,BC,AC and BD are line segments with line AD parallel to line BC as shown in the figure on the right. If AD= 3 unit, BC=1 unit, and the distance from AD to BC is 5 units , find the altitude of the smaller triangle

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Question 1053311: In the diagram below AB is parallel to DE AB=20 inches and BC=15inches what is the length of DC
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Question 1053533: find the perimeter of triangle ABC, perimeter=___+ square root sign
A(-4,-1),B(4,5),C(4,-2)
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Question 1053635: find the perimeter of a triangle whose vertices are (-9,-5), (-6,3), (0,2)
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Question 1053661: find the area of that triangle
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Question 1053694: In an isosceles triangle, the base angle are equal. The vertex angle is 50 degree. What are the base of the triangle
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Question 1053726: If Triangle BCD equals triangle TRS, what segment is congruent to segment BD, and what angle os congruent to angle R?
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Question 1053918: Let ABC be any triangle. Equilateral triangles BCX, ACY, and BAZ are constructed such that none of these triangles overlaps triangle ABC.
a) Draw a triangle ABC and then sketch the remainder of the figure. It will help if triangle ABC is not isosceles (or equilateral).
b) Show that, regardless of choice of triangle ABC, we always have AX = BY = CZ.
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Question 1053949: Ab and bc side are given and at c made an angle of 90 degree.
Tell me geometry
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Question 1054079: in the figure side PQ is parallel to side RS. The length of side RP is 2 cm; the length of side PT is 18 cm; the length of side QT is 27 cm. What is the length of side SQ
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Question 1054117: X=
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y 4
the picture will move to the left I'm sorry ahead of time i will try say where everything goes the picture is that of a regular triangle with a vertical line seperates the two sides of the triangle at the top on the left is a angle and the letter x the hash marks show the side at the bottom of the triangle is is 52 degrees on the right at the top is a angle the hash marks are the other side below the bottom line on the left is Y on the right below the bottom line is the number 4
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Question 1054093: Triangle ABC contains side lengths b = 3 inches and c = 5 inches. In two or more complete sentences describe whether or not it is possible for m < B = 45�.
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Question 1054136: If the triangles are congruent then X=
I can'get any of the pictures of triangles to post here but I will try to tell you where everything is,
in the first triangle the picture shows the letter x at the bottom of the triangle where the vertical and horizontal meet is a 90 degree angle and the hypotenuse X+3
in the second triangle the picture is flipped upside down the hypotenuse shows 3y and the vertical line Y+1 and a 90 degree angle where the vertical line and horizontal lines meet.
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Question 1054198: What is the equation of the line that is perpendicular to the given line and passes through the point (3, 0)?

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Question 1054238: The shortest side of a right triangle measures 13m. The lengths of the other two sides are consecutive integers. Find the lengths of the other two sides
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Question 1054236: heck?
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Question 1054249: Prove a quadrilateral with vertices G(1,1),H(5,3),I(4,5),J(0,3) is a rectangle.
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Question 1054195: ABCD is a parallelogram, in which E is the midpoint of AD and O is a point on AC such that AO=1/4AC.When EO produced meets AB at F.prove that F is mid point of AB
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Question 1054355: i have gon question there are six sides and seven interior angle what is X=___ degrees, the interior angles are marked as angle 1=125 deg, angle 2=135 deg, angle 3=130 deg, angle 4=129 deg, angle 5=116 deg, angle 6=120 deg, and angle 7 is x=___deg
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Question 1054422: Two forces act at right angles at a point on a body. One of the forces is 5 pounds and the other is 14 pounds. Find the resultant of the two forces to the nearest pound.
14 lb
15 lb
16 lb
17 lb
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Question 1054421:
An airplane with a speed of 120 knots is headed west while a 30-knot wind is blowing from 120�. Find the ground speed to the nearest knot.
131 knots
141 knots
147 knots
164 knots
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Question 1054682: What is the ratio of sum of interior angles of a triangle to its exterior angles
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Question 1054706: The area of a rectangular field is 5590yd^2. If the length of the field is 86 yards, What is its width?
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Question 1054897: a line is drawn from point P to point O where P is along the line AB and O is along the line AC of the triangular lot ABC. If AP:PB = 3:1 and AO:OC= 2:5, what is the proportion of the area of APO and ABC

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Question 1055256: A flagpole 3 meters tall casts a shadow 5 meters long at the same time that a building nearby casts a shadow 62 meters long. How tall is the building? Round your answer to one decimal place.
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Question 1055255: A telephone pole 10 meters tall casts a shadow 8 meters long at the same time that a tree 17.5 meters tall casts a shadow. How long is the tree�s shadow?

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Question 1055269: A(4,5),B(2,5),C(6,5) are the vertices of a triangle.FIND AREA of triangle ABC.Also find the length of perpendicular from A to BC.
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