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Question 931564: the length of a rectangle is 180cm greater than its width. were the width 60cm less and the length 90 cm greater, the area would be the same as before. Find the larger side
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Question 931691: A line passes through A (2,3) and B (5,7). Find (a) the coordinates of the point P on AB extended through B to P so that P is twice as far from A as from B.
(b) the coordinates if P is on AB extended through A so that P is twice as far from B as from A.
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Question 931686: Hi, I've got this word problem that I can't understand:
Find the point of the line passing through A (-1,-1) and B (4,4) which is
a.) twice as far from A as from B. (show two cases)
b.) three times as far from B as from A. (show two cases)
Thank you kindly in advance.
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Question 931820: a home has a triangular backyard. the second angle of the triangle is twice as large as the first. The third angle of the triangle is 24 degrees more than the first. Find the third angle.
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Question 931693: Prove that if the diagonals of a trapezoid are equal, the figure is an isosceles trapezoid.
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Question 931864: An art dealer sold 10 etchings for $400. He sold some of them at $30 dollars each and the rest at $55 each. How many etchings did he sell at each price
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Question 931853: A square has an area of 81 square inches. find the length of the sides, and the length of the diagonal
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Question 932149: The ratio of the measures of the sides of a triangle is 3:4:5. If the perimeter is 96 m, how long is each side?
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Question 932189: A right circular cone has a base area of six square feet and a height of 18 inches.
A) find the volume of the cone in cubic units
B) find the volume of the cone in litres (to simplify the calculation, use 1inch=2.5 cm)
C) find the exact area of the cone in square feet
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Question 932300: The area of a rectangle is 55.96 meters square. If the length is 16 meters, what is its perimeter?
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Question 932385: A man has a circular field which is already fenced. He wants to divide the field into four equal parts by using three equal length pieces of fencing. (All three fences must be used, and no overlapping, or cutting of fences is allowed). How might this be done? How does the length of each fence relate to the radius of the circle?
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Question 932418: fern knows the perimeter of her rectangular shaped patio is 30 feet. the width is 6 feet. How long is her patio
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Question 932432: brad knows the perimeter of his rectangular shaped patio is 24 feet. the width is 5 feet. how long is it
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Question 932465: What is the shortest distance between 2 parallel lines given 2x+y-2=0 and 2x+y-3=0 ?
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Question 932591: a lot is in the shape of a triangle. One side is 600 ft longer than the shortest side, while the third side is 900 ft longer than the shortest side. The perimeter of the lot is 2100 ft. Find the lengths of the sides of the lot.
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Question 932607: What is the perimeter of a 2 in 1/2 ft. By 1 and 1/4 ft. rectangle??
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Question 932602: The width of a rectanglar plot is 4 feet longer than two-fifths the length. If the perimeter of the plot is 36 feet, find the length. How do I set up the equation?
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Question 932832: the weight of a cylindrical metal varies jointly as its length Land the square of the diameter d of its base if w=6kg when L=6cm and d=3cm find the equation of the variation.
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Question 932869: The concrete slab under a garage measures 20 feet by 60 feet and is 8 inches thick. If concrete costs $15 for a cubic yard, how much will the concrete slab cost? Round to the nearest dollar
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Question 932940: 1/3 - 2/5=
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Question 933244: what is the furthest distANCE FROM THE GOAL POST THAT A FOOTBALL CAN BE PLACED ON THE GROUND, IF THE LONGEST THAT A KICKED THE BALL THIS SEASON IS 55 FEET AND THE GOAL POST OVER WHICH HE MUST KICK THE BALL IS 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND?
a2+b2=c2
10(2)*55(2)= c2
100+3025=c2
3125=55.90
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Question 933319: find the equation of the diameter of a circle whose endpoints are at (6,11) and (-3,1)

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Question 933340: The geometric mean of 2 positive numbers is the positive square root of their product. Find two consecutive positive even integers whose geometric mean is 2*square root sign*30
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Question 933524: What is (a+b)^2 ??
Can you prove its answer geometrical??

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Question 933565: Hi guys,
Can u guys help me with this problem.
The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 324ft. If it's length is twice it's width.
A. Write an equation for the peremeter of the garden.
B. Write the equation for the relation of the length and the width
C. What are the dimension of the garden.
D. Prove that the area of the garden is 5,832 square ft.
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Question 933634: I had a rope 18 metres long and I cut into 20 pieces. What is the length of each piece of rope?

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Question 933822: Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 212 degrees less than three times the other .find the measure of the angles

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Question 933752: Find the area of a square with side length 1/6 foot.
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Question 933865: the perimeter of a piece of paper is 36 inches .it is 6 inches wide.how long is it

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Question 933876: Your house was worth $138,400 last year,But real estate values in your neighborrhood ave risen. A recent appraisal says your house is worth $141,168
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Question 934116: two sides of a triangular field are of the same length 13 ft.Third side is 10ft. in length.Find the area of the field in square feet.
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Question 934467: What is the length of playground that has a perimeter of 2,200 ft?
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Question 934516: the flagpole is 18 ft high and a model of the same flag pole is 2 in high. what is the ratio of the model to the real height?
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Question 934434: Find center of circle circumscribe about the triangle with vertices (0,0) (8,0) and (6,4)
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Question 934658: Two squares are placed side by side to form a rectangle. The perimeter of half of the rectangle formed by one of the squares is 12 cm. What is the perimeter of the whole rectangle.
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Question 934673: Find power of pump for 10m deap and tank is 3*3 and 2m fillied time 1 hours
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Question 934854: Can you please help me?
A rectangular garden measures 22ft by 41ft. Surrounding (and bordering) the garden is a path 3ft wide. Find the area of this path.
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Question 934932: A landscape artist has included a rectangular flower bed measuring 9 feet by 5 feet in her plans for a new building. She wants to use two colors of flowers in the bed, one in the center and the other for a border of the same width on all four sides. If she has enough plans to cover 24 square feet for the border, how wide can the border be?
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Question 934956: A triangle has a perimeter of 150 feet. One side is 10 feet longer than the shortest side, while the third side is 20 feet longer than the shortest side. Find the lengths of all three sides.
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Question 934955: Find three consecutive odd intergers such that twice the sum of the first and third more than the second by fifteen
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Question 934955: Find three consecutive odd intergers such that twice the sum of the first and third more than the second by fifteen
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Question 935018: I guess I am not completely understanding this problem, but the question is you are painting a monument, a rectangular prism. The height and width is given to me (width = 30) (height = 40) and the question asks for the amount of paint needed to pain the sides of the monument, in square feet. So do I just solve for the area of the rectangular prism? The question does not provide any more details than that.
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Question 935025: In a rectangle the ratio of length to width is 9:4.The length is 24cm. What is the width?
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