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Question 819331: the side of an equilateral triangle is 16 cm. find the length of its altitude

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Question 819293: A triangle ABC has sides with lengths a= 12 cm, b = 8 cm, and the angle B = 30�. What are the possible values for the length c of the third side of the triangle?
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Question 819689: Sam earns $11 an hour he works for x hours and earned $93.50 how many hours did Sam worm
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Question 819676: What is the range of the possible values for x? This is the link for the diagram: (Diagram is not to scale) https://www.connexus.com/content/media/464267-1132011-71044-PM-1036849331.png
So far I've got:
0<2x<34
I don't know how to solve this for x.
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Question 819773: the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is 18 cm. if one of the other sides is 4 cm longer than the third side. find the lengths of the other two sides
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Question 819772: the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is 18 cm. if one of tge other sides is 4 cm longer than the third side. find the lengths of the other two sides
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Question 819918: The sides of an isosceles triangle are 29, 29, and 22m long. What is the area of the triangle?
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Question 819918: The sides of an isosceles triangle are 29, 29, and 22m long. What is the area of the triangle?
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Question 819868: how do you scale a triangle to 1/4 its size
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Question 820039: Might I ask as to the decimal value of the inverse of cosine, 3 square root of 2 over 7 square root of two?
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Question 820084: I need to find the missing length of a triangle. I am given one of the legs of the triangle and the hypotenus. 11cm is A and B is missing C is 20cm. What is the missing length of the triangle?
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Question 820563: The sides of a triangle that form right angle have length 3 inches and 4 inches. How long is the hypotenuse?

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Question 820686: [ Given a right triangle with a=5 ft and b=2+1/2 ft find the hypotenuse ]

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Question 820809: Please help me solve this equation: Mr Wan made a set square such that one side is longer than the other side by 3 cm
Find the length of the shortest side..
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Question 820878: The ratio of the three sides of a triangle is 4:6:7 the perimeter of the triangle is 595 centimeters. What is the length of each side of the triangle
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Question 820899: What is the classification of a triangle with vertices A(�3, �1), B(�2, 2), C(3, 1) by its sides?
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Question 820927: I have a right triangle with a hypotenuse measuring 25 ft. I need to "find the approximate lengths of the legs". They are represented by x. That is all the information given. I know I can't use pythagorean theorem, due to not knowing either leg length. I have been trying to find other examples, but all that I've found has the length of at least one leg given.
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Question 820992: If two sides of a triangle have lengths 6 and 17. How long can the other side be?
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Question 820992: If two sides of a triangle have lengths 6 and 17. How long can the other side be?
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Question 821019: I have the perimeter of the triangle and the measurements of the sides. How do i find the x in the measurements?
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Question 821024: If the perimeter of a triangle is 52m and the sides are 2x, x+7, and 3(x-1), how do I find the value of the xs?
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Question 821058:
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Question 821042: An Architect designs the front view of a house with a gable roof that has 45 - 45 - 90 degree triangle. The overhangs are 0.5 meter each from the exterior walls, and the width of the house is 16 meters. what should the side length of the triangle be? Round your answer to the nearest meter.
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Question 821128: the area of a triangle is 18 cm^2 and the altitude is 3 cm greater than the base. find the length of the base, to the nearest hundredth of a centimetre

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Question 821156: choose the set that is the possible side lengths of a right triangle
a)4,9,13
b)squarer 2, squarer 2, 2
c)1,1,2
d)8,15,25
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Question 821231: State if the three numbers can be measures of the sides of a triangle and justify your reasoning.
1) 28,14,15

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Question 821288: What is the perimeter of a 45�-45�-90� triangle if the hypotenuse is equal to 16 feet?
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Question 821462: If a=2b and c=b+40
Find a,b and c
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Question 821478: ABC is a triangle. find the unknown angle
A=60degree
B=70degree
C=30degree
Dwhich is x=?
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Question 821384: If a triangle has a base of 5 inches and an area of 135 square inches, what is the height of the triangle?
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Question 820721: What are the possible side lengths of a hypotenuse for a triangle with the sides of 10 and 4

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Question 821690: A right triangle has legs of 8 units and 10 units. Use a coordinate plane to solve for the hypotenus.
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Question 821829: Hello...! is there any difference between sin^2 30 v/s (sin 30)^2? If so, pliz explain
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Question 821901: Two sides of a triangle are 10 and 18 find the range for the measure of the third side
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Question 821944: In a triangle, the sides have lengths of 14 cm, 15 cm, and 16 cm. What are the angle measures, to the nearest tenth?
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Question 822014: i need your help to solve this problem: if the side lengths of a triangle are 4, 15, 25, the triangle is a?
a. an obtuse triangle
b. an acute triangle
c. a right triangle
d. cannot be formed
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Question 821939: k(-3,2),P(2,1),L(-2,-3)
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Question 822158: i know the length of the midsegment for a triangle but not the base, how do i find the length of the base.
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Question 822388: A ladder is leaning against the side of a house in order to reach a window that is 25 feet off the ground. The angle formed between the ladder and the ground is 52 degrees. How far from the base of the house is the base of the ladder? Be sure to show all of your work. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a foot.
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Question 822375: If angle A is (6y+3) angle B is (15+2y) and angle C is 84. If together they all have to equal 180,, what is the measure of angle A?
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Question 822405: Is 18.5 < 42.5 and obtuse triangle?
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Question 822403: I have to find the value of X, Y, and Z. There is a right triangle with a 60 degree angle with the hypotenuse being Z and the longest side being Y. There is a triangle hooked to that triangle by the shortest side. The angle farthest away is 40 degrees. The base leg is X and the hypotenuse is 4 square root 2.
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Question 822460: X+2x+2x +5+8=48 how do you break it down to find x
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Question 822480: In an triangle, given that m<2=5x-2 and m<1=71
what is the value of x
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Question 822466: The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 36 30 and 18 if the longest side of a similar triangle measures 9 what is the shortest side of this triangle
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