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Question 557145: the palmyra triangle has a perimeter of 3000 miles. the side of middle length is 3 times as long as the shortest side. the longest side is 2 times as long as the middle side. how long is each side?
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Question 557262: how to find out if three set of numbers are the measurments of the side of the triangle
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Question 557599: The area of the triangle is 21 in,
Height is 7 in,
What is the base's length?
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Question 557739: Can an obtuse ambiguous case (triangles) have more than one solution?

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Question 557930: A straight road to the top of a hill is 2500 feet long and makes an angle of 12 degrees with the horizontal. Find the height of the hill? Thanks-I tried and got 520 feet but it doesn't work when I check it?
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Question 557961: Could I find the missing two side lengths of a right triangle if i only have one, and one angle measure?
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Question 557966: What is the length of the shortest altitude of a triangle with the sides of 13, 14, and 15?
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Question 557966: What is the length of the shortest altitude of a triangle with the sides of 13, 14, and 15?
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Question 558159: a 30-60-90 triangle with hypotenuse length 28 centimeters. what is the perimeter and area of the triangle?
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Question 558466: A triangle contains a 75 angle. Is the triangle equiangular? Explain your answer.

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Question 558545: A side of an equilateral triangle is 3/8 cm long. What is the perimeter of the triangle
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Question 558569: Theres a Triangle with one side 2x and the other 3x and the other X ... Help me find value of X and show the work please , really stuck on this question and dont get it ... please reply fast !
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Question 558814: An isosceles triangle has a base of 15. If the sides are a whole number, whats the smallest possible value form?
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Question 558574: why cant there be to of every angle in a triangle?
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Question 558802: A 25ft ladder is put on a wall,20 ft high, how far is the bottom of the ladder away from the wall ?
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Question 558833: A 12 cm square is cut along a diagonal to create two right triangles. Find the perimeter of each triangle to the nearest tenth of a centimeters.
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Question 558892: how do you find C in a triangle when you dont know the hight and there are no numbers .
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Question 559174: One leg of a right traingle measures 8 m. The other leg measures 6 m. Find the lenght of the hypotenuse
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Question 559228: For a 30-60-90 triangle how do you explain S(short leg) in terms of H(Hypotenuse)?
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Question 559231: How to justify that a triangle is scalenE
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Question 559373: the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle has a length of 6. the perimeter of the triangle is?
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Question 559431: A triangle has side lengths measuring 4 and 5. The measurement of the smallest side is missing. Ted says one possibility for the unknown side length is 3. Do you agree with Ted? Explain why or why not.
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Question 559610: How do I classify the type of triangle when given the numbers 4,6 and radical 8?
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Question 559749: two sides of an isosceles triangle are 8 and 16. what is the third side?
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Question 559749: two sides of an isosceles triangle are 8 and 16. what is the third side?
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Question 559696: How do you find all three altitudes of a triangle?
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Question 559893: if a triangle has angles of 86 degrees, 25 degreres, and 69 degrees, what kind of triangle is it?

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Question 559960: The Length of one side of a square is 13.5 centermeters. Find the length of a diagonal of the square.

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Question 560182: an isosceles triangle has two 50 degree angle. what is the measure of the third angle?
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Question 560176: Why does acute angles in an isosceles right triangle always measure 45 degrees?
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Question 560275: can 7, 8, 18 be a measurment of a triangle in goematry?
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Question 560342: Find the remaining sides of a 45� � 45� � 90� triangle if the shorter sides are each 7/8.

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Question 560376: Find X� in the isosceles triangle.
There is x� and x� and then 64� How do I solve this to find what x equals to get to 180�?
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Question 560659: The base of a triangle is 6 meters and its area is 84 meters squared.
The base of a similar triangle is 18 meters. What is the area of the larger triangle?
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Question 560689: V = 49�, W = 56�, X = 65�
If VWX is a triangle, which side of the triangle is the shortest?
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Question 560778: I'm given a triangle to solve using trigonometry basics in my honors geometry class, in my text book I have the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle(4.5) and I have solved for all the angles(90 degrees by 26 degrees by 64 degrees) I do not know what trig function to use to find the missing 2 legs. I have more problems set up this way and would like to know how to solve this type of problem and not just the answer. THANKS!
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Question 560807: I don't quite understand how to get the orthocenter/circumcenter of a triangle when I am given three points. What are the formulas needed for each of these. Thanks!
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Question 560765: I have a triangle. I know side A, and angle B. I'm looking for both angle A and side C. It is NOT a right triangle. Will probably include law of Cosines and/or Sines. Thanks.
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Question 561204: What is sin(x) if the sides of an isosceles triangle (not right) are sin(x), cos(x), tan(x)?
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Question 561323: I have a series of problems where i only have the measurements of side C in a right triangle (45, 45, 90 degree triangle) and i have no clue how to find sides a and b??
Let's say side C is 43, how would i find sides A and B?

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Question 561578: If a second side length is three times as long as the first side, what is the range of possible values for the third side lenght?
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Question 561578: If a second side length is three times as long as the first side, what is the range of possible values for the third side lenght?
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Question 561692: find the area of a triangle with a base of 12 meters and an altitude of 14 meters.
useing the pi constant 3.14
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Question 562160: Two sides of a triangle have sides 11 and 16. The length of the third side must be greater than _ and less than _.
a. 5,27 b. 11,16 c. 4,28 d.10,17
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