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Question 1083122: On the set of a movie, a stuntman will be jumping from a helicopter that is hovering at a height of 120 feet and landing in a truck full of chicken feathers. How many seconds after he jumps does the truck need to be in position?
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Question 1083120: A dairy farm has a barn that is 150 feet long and 75 feet wide. The owner has 240 feet of fencing and plans to use all of it in the construction of two identical adjacent outdoor pens, with part of the long side of the barn as one side of the pens, and a common fence between the two. Find the dimensions for the pens that maximizes the size of the pens.
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Question 1083123: A paper drinking cup in the shape of a right circular cone is constructed from 125 square centimeters of paper. If the height of the cone is 10 centimeters, find the radius correct to the hundredth of a centimeter.
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Question 1083156: a rectangular garden measure 6 m by 9 m and is surrounded by a walkway of uniform width. If the area of the walkways 23 m2 less than the garden find the width of the walkway
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Question 1083163: the difference between a number and its square is 24. Find the number.
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Question 1083170: A rectangular pool table has a perimeter of 14 m. If the area is 12 m2 find the dimensions
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Question 1083172: The base and height of a triangle total 14 cm and the area is 20 cm2. Find the dimensions of the triangle.
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Question 1083159: The sm of a number and twic its square is 35. Find the number
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Question 1083168: A factory measuring 80 m by 60 m is surrounded by a lawn of uniform width. if the area of the lawn is 57 m2. less than the factory find the width of the lawn
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Question 1083210: A rectangular pool table has a perimeter of 14 m. If the area is 12 m2 find the dimensions.
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Question 1083210: A rectangular pool table has a perimeter of 14 m. If the area is 12 m2 find the dimensions.
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Question 1083210: A rectangular pool table has a perimeter of 14 m. If the area is 12 m2 find the dimensions.
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Question 1083208: Two positive numbers differ by 15 and their product is 324. Find the numbers.
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Question 1083208: Two positive numbers differ by 15 and their product is 324. Find the numbers.
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Question 1083209: A factory measuring 60 m by 80 m is surround by a lawn of uniform width. If the area is 57 m2 less than the factory find the width of the lawn.
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Question 1083215: The base and height of a triangle total 14 cm and the area is 20 cm2. Find the dimensions of the triangle.
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Question 1083207: The sum of a number and twice its square is 35. Find the number.
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Question 1083261: I just learned how to solve quadratic equations by completing the square and my book throws this doozy in a section called "Challenge", can this be solved by completing the square? Are there more than one way to solve it?
Solve for x in terms of a.
3x^2+ax^2=9x+9a
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Question 1083206: A rectangular garden measuring 6m by 9 m is surrounded by a walkway of uniform width. If the area of the walkway is 23 m2 less than the garden find the width of the walkway.
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Question 1083315: The sum of number and twice its square is 35. Find the number.
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Question 1083315: The sum of number and twice its square is 35. Find the number.
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Question 1083393: If (w+13)^2=(3w+7)(2w+4), find w^2. Express your answer as a decimal.
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Question 1083396: How can I write x2-4x-5 in the form y=a(x-p)2+q
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Question 1083396: How can I write x2-4x-5 in the form y=a(x-p)2+q
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Question 1083472: X^2-7x=0
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Question 1083485: 1) Given the vertex form of this quadratic equation complete the following tasks:
f(x)(x3)2 2
a) If f(x) is shifted three units to the right, shifted up two units, and reflected vertically over the x-axis, what is the new function?
____________________________________
b) Graph the original parabola and the transformed parabola on the same coordinate graph.
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Question 1083486: 3. A softball pitcher tosses a ball up into the air as high as possible. The ball has an upward velocity of 40 ft/sec. The function that gives the height (h) of the ball at any time (t) is: h(t)= �16t2 + 40t + 1.5. Find the maximum height the ball flew in the air before it returned to the ground and graph the function.
a) Maximum height:______________________


b) Graph the function:
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Question 1083643: How can I differentiate between pure and affected quadratic equations

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Question 1083783: What is a quadratic function in standard
Form having zeros of -2 and 3?
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Question 1083783: What is a quadratic function in standard
Form having zeros of -2 and 3?
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Question 1083618: Tickets flr admission to a high school football game cost $3 for students and $5 for adults. During one game,$2995 was collected from the sale of 729 tickets. How many of each type of ticket was sold at that game?
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Question 1083867: The equation y=-4.9t^2+3.5t+5 describes the height (in meters) of a ball thrown upward at $3.5$ meters per second from $5$ meters above the ground. In how many seconds will the ball hit the ground? Express your answer as a common fraction.
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Question 1083875: A monic quadratic is a quadratic in which the coefficient
of the quadratic term is 1. For example, r^2 - 3r + 7
is a monic quadratic, but 3t^2 - 3t + 1 is not.
A teacher writes a monic quadratic on the board.
Joanie copies the quadratic onto her paper, but writes
down the wrong constant term (but the correct quadratic
and linear terms).
She correctly factors the quadratic that she wrote down on
her paper, and determines that her quadratic has roots -16 and 2.
Kelvin copies the quadratic onto his paper, but he writes down
the wrong coefficient for the linear term (but the correct
quadratic and constant terms).
He correctly factors the quadratic that he wrote down, and
determines that his quadratic has roots -36 and 2.
What are the roots of the quadratic that the teacher wrote
on the board?
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Question 1083871: The expression 6y^2-y-51 can be rewritten as (3Ay+B)(y-C), where A, B, and C are positive integers. Find $
(AC)^2-B.
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Question 1083871: The expression 6y^2-y-51 can be rewritten as (3Ay+B)(y-C), where A, B, and C are positive integers. Find $
(AC)^2-B.
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Question 1083871: The expression 6y^2-y-51 can be rewritten as (3Ay+B)(y-C), where A, B, and C are positive integers. Find $
(AC)^2-B.
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Question 1083882: Find three consecutive odd intergers such that the product of the first and the seconds exceeds the third by 8.
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Question 1083943: How can I solve (x+3)(x+4)=0 and 2x(x-3)=15????
In standard form??

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Question 1083942: How can I solve (x+3)(x+4)=0 and 2x(x-3)=15????

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Question 1083942: How can I solve (x+3)(x+4)=0 and 2x(x-3)=15????

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Question 1083944: How many real roots does the quadratic equation 5 7 0 2    x x have?
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Question 1083993: the function below can be used to model the area of a rectangle in square inches A, if the rectangle has a perimeter of 98 inches and a width of w inches. A= 49w-w^2. What is the domain of the function

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