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Question 446574: the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 24 ft long. The length of one leg is 22 ft. more than the other. Find the lengths of the legs.
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Question 446459: Jessica, Mary and Alice share a tin of beans in the ratio 4:5:6 and a portion of peas in the ratio 5:3:4. Alice's helping of beans is three times as big as her helping of peas.
1) Show clearly that the ratio of the size of the tin of beans to the size of the portion of peas is 5:2
2)What is the ratio of the sizes of Mary's helpings of beans and peas?
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Question 446535: how is 2pi equal to 360 degree and difference between radian and degree

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Question 446500: How many isosceles right triangles have an area of 20 units�?
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Question 446615: If a , b and c are three sides of a triangle with perimeter 1, then is bc + ca + ab less than or equal to 1/3?
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Question 446809: if a triangle has an area of 75 square centimeters, and if the base and hieght have equal length,what is the length?
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Question 446954: Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north;the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 6 mi, the distance between the cars was 2 mi more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. How far had the eastbound car traveled?
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Question 446918: How many possible right triangles have an area of 20 units squared?
I have found two so far, but I am not sure if there are more.
I have found one with the height being 8 and the base being 5.
I have found one with the base and height both being 6 1/3.
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Question 447052: The rim of a basketball hoop is 10 feet above the ground. The free-throw line is 15 feet from the rim of the basket. If the eyes of a basketball player are 6 feet above the ground, what is the angle of elevation of the player's line of sight when shooting a free throw to the rim of the basket?

please show all work so i can understand better
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Question 447046: Could the folling three measure be side lengths of a triangle? If not, why not? If so, determine whether it would be a right triangle or not.
7, 9, 4 sqrt (2)
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Question 446980: 1) The legs in an isosceles right triangle measure 5 units more than twice the measure of the third side. Find the measure of each side of the triangle if the perimeter is 30.
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Question 447049: The diameter of a ferris wheel is 80 feet.
a) if the ferris wheel make one revolution every 45 seconds, find the linear velocity of a person riding in the ferris wheel.
b) suppose the linear velocity of a person riding in the ferris wheel is 8 feet per second. what is the time for one revolution of the ferris wheel.
please show all work so i can understand better
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Question 447210: the periimeter is 85cm. the length of the first side is twice the length of the second side. the length of the third side is 40cm. what is the length of the other 2 sides of the triangle.
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Question 447362: A triangle has two congruent sides, and its third side is 13 centimeters long. If the perimeter of the triangle is 35 centimeters, what is the length of one of the congruent side?
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Question 447431: Complete the statement using always, sometimes, or never.
A triangle ? has a right angle and an obtuse angle.
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Question 447482: The length of own leg of a right triangle is 12 Meters. The length of the hypotenuse is 6 meter longer then the other leg. Find the lengths of the hypotenuse and the other leg
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Question 447784: Is a triangle with sides9 9 units,16units and 25 units a right triangle
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Question 447784: Is a triangle with sides9 9 units,16units and 25 units a right triangle
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Question 447801:
In the right triangle below, and x = 110. Determine the value of length of the remaining leg of the triangle, accurate to the nearest whole number
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Question 447797: In an equilateral triangle, one angle measures 3x + 12. Find x.
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Question 447811: explanation of why an isosceles right triangles perimeter cannot be a whole number?
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Question 448090: Find the perimeter of an isosceles triangle with a base of 19 and a side of 67
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Question 448408: how do you find the area of an equilateral triangle with side length 2 radical 3
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Question 448403: Find the measure of all angles of a triangle 12cm, 11cm, 13cm
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Question 448383: ABC is a right triangle whose hypotenuse AC is 8 inches long. Given that the area of ABC is 13.9 square inches, find the area of similar DEF whose hypotenuse DF is 20 inches long.
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Question 448601: The legs of a right triangle have lengths of 14ft and 12ft. Find the area of the triangle. Thank You
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Question 448736: How high up on a building will a 15 ft. ladder reach if the foot of the ladder is placed 5 ft. from the building.
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Question 448762: the measures of three angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 2:3:7. what is the measure of the smallest angle?
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Question 448859: A triangle has sides measuring 5 inches and 8 inches. If x represents the length in inches of the third side, which inequality gives the range of possible values for x?
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Question 448927: If the base of a triangle is 12 feet and the height is 8 feet, how do I find the length of the other 2 sides?
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Question 448952: a right triangle as one (h) measures 14 a base 10 and the other unknown
how do I find the measurements of the other two angles
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Question 448971: 2 angles have thwe same measureand the 3rd anglr is 51 degrees greater than the measure of the other two. Find measure od each angle
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Question 449286: How do I solve the equation
2y + 4 - 36 = 0
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Question 449259: An isosceles triangle has a base of 30 cm and legs 17 cm each. What is the measure of a base angle? How do you find out the measure of an angle of an isosceles if no measures are given?
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Question 449357: A leather coin purse has the shape of a triangle. two sides are equal in length and the third side is 3 centimeters shorter than one and one-half times the lenght of the equal sides. the perimeter is 28.5 centimeters. what are the lengths of the sides?
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Question 449651: I have an isoscles triangle with a base of 4ft and a height of 5 ft. How do I find the length of the other two sides?
Thanks
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Question 449651: I have an isoscles triangle with a base of 4ft and a height of 5 ft. How do I find the length of the other two sides?
Thanks
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Question 449650: A leather coin purse has the shape of a triangle. Two sides are equal in length and the third side is 3 centimeters shorter than one and one-half times the length of the equal sides. The perimeter is 28.5 centimeters. Find the length of the sides.
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Question 449780: The height of a triangle is 4 times its base. The area of the triangle is 288 square centimeters. Find the base and the height of the triangle.
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Question 449973: How many triangles are formed in a triangle where a=6, b=12, and angle A=110?
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Question 450006: Determine the largest angle in any triangle ABC with sides a=7, b=18 and angle A= 20 degrees

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Question 450053: The lengths of the legs of a right triangle are 22 feet and 19 feet. which equation would you solve to find the length of the hypotenuse?
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Question 450092: The length of a hypotenuse of a right triangle is 2 feet more than the longer leg. The length of the longer leg is 7 feet more than the length of the shorter leg. Find the number of feet in length of each side of the right triangle.

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Question 450163: make an equation that most accurately depicts the word problem.

Two sides of a triangle are equal in length and double the length of the shortest side. The perimeter of the triangle is 36 inches.
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Question 450298: The ratio of three sides of a triangle is 2:3:4. If the perimeter is 160 m, find the lengths of the three sides.
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