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Question 661450: Given: x is a whole number. What is the smallest possible value for x in this triangle. x+3 4x-5 x+2 can you please help me
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Question 661450: Given: x is a whole number. What is the smallest possible value for x in this triangle. x+3 4x-5 x+2 can you please help me
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Question 661695: If the bottom of a triangle is 60 inches and the angle of the triangle is 15 degrees, what is the measurement of the third side of the triangle?
Thank you for your help.
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Question 661933: (3x-2), (2x+3), and (x+8) equal 180 degrees in a triangle. What is x?
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Question 662094: given:
triangle ABC
Perimeter = 15
height = x+1
base = x
find the value of x
please help me answer this problem:(
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Question 662165: is it possible to have a Isosceles right?
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Question 662172: the sides of a triangle are in ratio 4 2 3 and its perimeter is 171cm. find the measures of each side.
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Question 661227: If the length of one leg of a right triangle is x+2, and the length of the hypotenuse is x+3, where x>-2, what is the length of the other leg in terms of x?
I have difficulty setting the equation up, someone please explain! Much help is appreciated.
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Question 662091: given:
triangle ABC
Perimeter = 15
height = x+1
base = x
find the value of x
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Question 661245: The perimeter of a triangle is 51 centimeters. The lengths of it's sides are consecutive odd integers. Find the lengths of all three sides.
We haven't gone over this in class, but we got it for HW! I don't understand it! This is from a consecutive integer worksheet.
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Question 657647: How many different possible whole number values are there for x if the triangle has one side of 24, one side as 27 and the third side as x?
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Question 662213: The sides of an isosceles triangle are , , and long. What is the area of the triangle?
Do not round any intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest tenth.
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Question 662265: is 8 7 5 measurements of a right triangle ?
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Question 662266: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 41 in long. One leg of the same triangle is 40 in long. What is the length of the other leg? Show work.
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Question 662313: the length of a side of a triangle are x cm,(x+1)cm and (x+2)cm.Determine x so that this triangle is a right angled triangle
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Question 662304: my problem is this.
Solve the problem.The sum of the measures of the angles in any triangle is 180 degrees. In triangle ABC, angles A and B have the same measure, while angle C is 42 degrees larger than each of the other two angles. Find the measure of angle C.
i don't understand how to find the measure of angle C.
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Question 661906: a triangle has a base 4 m more than its altitude. If its area is 70 m squared, what is the altitude
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Question 662578: Solve for triangle missing side b, missing bottom a, other side 6 with 2 angles both @ 45 degrees. Thank you
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Question 662861: how do you get the perimeter of an isosceles triangle when the area is not given???
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Question 663001: what is the perimeter of a triangle with a base of 7 and a height of 4? How did you solve it
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Question 663001: what is the perimeter of a triangle with a base of 7 and a height of 4? How did you solve it
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Question 663345: In a triangle with angles measuring a, b, and c degrees, the mean of b and c is a. What is the value of a?
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Question 663568: How do I write an expression for the perimeter of the triangle. Both sides 2x and bottom part is 3x-5
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Question 663698: Evaluate angles x and y, if x is twice angle y. Give a reason for your answers. The triangle is a right angle triangle.
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Question 663949: Given: ABCD is a parallelogram, DE is perpendicular to AB, DF is perpendicular to BC.
Prove: Triangle AED is similar to triangle CFD
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Question 664244: the perimeter of triangle is c inches if each side is the same length, what is an algebraic expression for the length of each side?
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Question 664257: What is the center of a circle circumscribed in a triangle ABC with endpoints at A(5,2),B(-4,-3) and C(3,-2)?
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Question 663673: find the area of equilateral triangle whose perimeter is 12 inches.
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Question 664479: Given a set of three numbers 4,5,7 how can i find out if these numbers can be the lengths of the sides of a triangle.?
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Question 664792: I'm just going to start with I'm horrible at geometry... I like algebra and understand it, but I just can't wrap my brain around geometry.. So THANK YOU for helping me!
In triangle ABC, m < C=90 degrees. If AC=6 and BC=8, find AB
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Question 664811: In triangleABC, rayAB is congruent to rayBC. If m< A=37 degrees, find m
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Question 664817: Havvin proved that triangle RST is congruent to triangle XYZ by the reason SSS, what reason allows you to conclude that angle S is congruent to angle Y?
You may edit the question. Maybe convert formulae to the same formula notation as in your solutions.
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Question 664798: Question: Two of the angles of a triangle have measures of 50 degrees and 60 degrees. Which number cannot be the measure of an exterior angle of this triangle?
a)100
b)110
c)120
d)130
I'm confused because I thought that triangles had to measure to 180 degrees? Or is that just interior angles? Help me please! Thank you!
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Question 664910: in the three angles of a triangle are (x+15),(6x/5+6) and (2x+30) prove that the triangle is an equilateral triangle
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Question 664922: two chimneys 18m and 13m high stand upright in a ground.if their feet are 12m apart then find the distance between their tops
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Question 664922: two chimneys 18m and 13m high stand upright in a ground.if their feet are 12m apart then find the distance between their tops
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Question 665082: The length of the base of an isosceles triangle is x. The length of a leg is 2x-5. The perimeter of the triangle is 20. Find x.
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Question 665114: True or false?
if two angles in one triangle are congruent to two angles in another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
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Question 665257: If a triangle measures 9 40 41 is it a right triangle.?
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Question 665262: is the following true or false? please explain.
The ratio of the lenghts of the three sides of a triangle equals the ratio of the three angle measures.
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Question 665289: ABC is a triangle with sides a, b, and c, as shown in the diagram. If angle C = 90 degrees, c = 4, and a + b = the square root of 18, then the area of the triangle is... A)1/2 B)1 C)2 D)4 E)18
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Question 665466: in triangle abc, measure of angle c is 90 degreese. if AC is 6 and BC is 8, find AB
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Question 665604: Two lines intersect at (9,-4). This point, together with the y-intercepts of the two lines, are the vertices of an equilateral triangle. Find the coordinates of the other two vertices.
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Question 665977: a man buys a t.v for rs 6800.for how much should he sell it so as to gain 10% and lose 5%on it??
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Question 666007: A square is folded to form two congruent triangles. What type of triangles are they? justify their congruence

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