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Question 616322: The area of a triangle is 85 m2, and the length of its base is 5 m. Find the height.

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Question 616394: Mary plans to have a fence built around the triangular garden shown to the right. To the nearest foot, what length of fence will she need to buy?
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Question 616459: Find the area if " B " is the base and "H" is the height of a triangle .
B = 9ft . H =18ft .

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Question 616683: hello, ok we have a homework problem of find the length of the hypotenuse. side a angle measure is 30 degrees and the opposite side length is 12 units. find the hypotenuse length, how do i solve this?
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Question 616691: How to find the area of a parallelogram with the given vertices. P(1,3) Q(3,3) R(7,8) S(9,8). Please explain.
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Question 616924: if one leg of a 30, 60 ,90 degree triangle has a length of 6 and the adjacent angel is 30 , what is the exact length of the hypotenuse in simplest radical form
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Question 616833: If the area of the smaller triangle is 6 inches2, what is the area of the larger triangle?
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Question 617003: A triangle with a perimiter of 20 has a side of
Length 5. Which of the following is a possible
Length for a second side of the triangle.
A) 5
B) 7
C) 10
D) 12
E) 14
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Question 617371: Is a triangle with sides of 11cm, 12cm and 15cm a right triangle? Explain.
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Question 617390: If the corresponding sides of two triangles are proportional, then
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Question 617370: Is a triangle with sides of 11cm, 12cm and 15cm a right triangle?
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Question 617439: If s = 7 cm and t = 9 cm, what is the measure of angle ? this is or a right angle
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Question 617544: what is the area of equilateral triangle if the height of it is 6?
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Question 617476: Find the value of each variable. Express your answer in simplest radical form.
The leg on the bottom is 10. The leg on the side is x. The hypotenuse is y.
I've tried and tried to figure this problem out, but I just can't and I need help. Thanks.
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Question 617680: What is the legnth of the hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle whose longer leg has a length of 6 radical 3 ft?
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Question 617897: Draw two different isosceles triangles with perimeter 4a + b
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Question 618094: The segment is parallel to one side of the triangle. Find the values of x and y .
x = ?
y = ?
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Question 618104: A line through(2 , 1)meets the curve x squared - 2x - y=3 at A(-2 , 5) and at B.Find the coordinates of B.
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Question 618104: A line through(2 , 1)meets the curve x squared - 2x - y=3 at A(-2 , 5) and at B.Find the coordinates of B.
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Question 618096: The segment is parallel to one side of the triangle. Find the values of x and y .
(Angle) ---> https://media.glynlyon.com/a_matgeo_2011/5/a2.gif
x = ?
y = ?
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Question 618092: Assume you are given two right triangles with congruent hypotenuses and wish to show that they are congruent. Which of the following denote a congruence theorem for right triangles that may be of use? for apex

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Question 618220: find the area of an isosceles triangle with the base = 12 and the legs = 10
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Question 618352: A triangle has side lengths of 5, 9 and 12. Is it right acute or obtuse?
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Question 618577: If ABC is a right isosceles triangle whose hypotenuse is 4 units long, how long is each of the legs?
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Question 618798: two sides of a triangle have lengths 10 and 15 what must be true about length of the third side
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Question 618938: a triangle has 17 inches , 144 inches and 145 inches . use the pythagorean theorem and your calculator to determine whether or not it is a right triangle
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Question 618997: find K for inconsistent system of equation
4x + 6y = 11
2x + Ky = 7
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Question 618953: what is the measure of the angle represented by (6x-20)
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Question 618951: http://network15ss.wikispaces.com/file/view/Grade8BlacklineMasters2011.pdf
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Question 618942: find the product
(4a2^c4^) (3b4^c)
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Question 619122: The figure below shows two congruent triangular parks with Angle ABC congruent to angle DEF..

Triangle ABC has AB = 10 m, BC = 12 m, and AC = (3x-15) m. Triangle DEF has DE = 10 m, EF = 12 m, and DF = (x-1) m. The measure of angle ABC is equal to the measure of angle DEF.

What is the value of x? i have tried (3x-15) (x-1) and got 2x-15 but im not sure if thats right
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Question 619188: The height of a triangle is 6 m more than twice the length of the base. The area of the triangle is 28 m2. Find the height of the triangle.
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Question 619189: What is the hypotenuse of the right triangle if it's legs are 11 and 60 degrees
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Question 619246: A triangle has the following measurements. What is a possible length for the third side?
AB = 5, BC = 7, CA = ?
A. 2
B. 12
C. 5
D. 13
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Question 619284: if u have a triangle and each sides has to equal 12 using 1-6 how would it be solved

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Question 619297: can you explain to me how to figure out this problem?
the ratio of the sides of a triangle is 3: 5: 6. if the longest side is 8 inches, what is the length of the shortest side?
thank you.
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Question 619573: Which of the following lengths determine an acute triangle?
a) 7,24,24
b)7,24,25
c)7,24,26
d)7,24,27
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Question 619640: the perimeter of the triangle is 218 inches. Find the length of each. 2x inches, x inches, (6x-7) inches
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Question 619737: find the circumradius of triangle whose sides are 3,4 and 5?
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Question 619803: If the measures of the acute angles of a right triangle are 2x+4 and 3x-9, then x=.
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Question 619815: What is the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle with the shortest sides being 4 and 6 to 2 d.p.?
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Question 619852: if the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 1:2:3, what is the measure of the smallest angle?
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