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Question 949814: Please help. A flagpole has a height of 10 yards. it will supported by three cables, each of which is attached to the pole 4 yards below the top of the pole and attached to the ground at a point that is 8 yards from the base of the pole. find the total number of yards of cable that will be required.
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Question 949926: The sides of a cube increases at the rate of 1.4 cm s^-1. Find the rate of change of the volume when the sides measure 5 cm.
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Question 949903: suppose y varies direct with x. write a direct variation equation that relates x and y if x = 4 and y =-2
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Question 949982: Rochelle is typing a paper for her history class. She typed 54 words on 6 lines. If she continues at the same rate, how many words will she type on a page containing 50 lines?
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Question 949975: A cone has a volume of 252 cubic meters. The area of the base is 36 square meters. What is the height of the cone?

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Question 949976: A cylindrical cup has a volume of 197.82 cubic inches and its base has a radius of 3 inches. Find the height of the waste can. Round to the nearest tenth.

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Question 950023: justin needs atleast 1080 square feet of pasture to graze on. if one side of the pasture is 36ft what is the measure of the other side?
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Question 950085: A bowl contains 8 blue marbles and 5 green marbles. Elizabeth randomly draws 4 marbles from the bowl. She does not replace the marbles after each draw.
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Question 950156: If Mr. Sanchez has 16 feet of fencing to put around a rectangular garden.he wants the garden to have the greatest possible area. How long should the sides of the garden be?
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Question 950166: A right triangle has an area of 92 sq.in.. the base is 23 inches. What is the measure of the height

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Question 950258: A circular field has an area 1256 meter square. A horse is tied at the centre of the field with the help of a rope 15 m long. How much area of the field will the horse be able to graze? Also find the area of the remaining field.
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Question 950290: 1260 inches� = _ feet�

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Question 950367: If I want an equilateral hexagon that is 24 inches wide (from corner to corner) how long do I need to make the sides?
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Question 950378: A farmer needs to make a triangular fence for his cattle. He decides to make his fence into an isosceles triangle. If the angle that is different in 93�, what will the other two angles be?
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Question 950069: 3(n-2)+4n
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Question 950467: John painted one side of a door with an area of 2,880 square inches in 112 hours.
What is the approximate speed at which John painted?
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Question 950514: What is the area of a rectangle that measures 5 ft by 6 ft, in square metres?
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Question 950513: What is the area of a rectangle that measures 15 mi by 13 mi., in square kilometres?
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Question 950612: A square garden is enclosed by a fence. each side of the fence has 10 posts. how many posts are there altogether? (hint: the answer is not 40).
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Question 950652: 32 wide x 75 long
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Question 949769: A flagpole has a height of 10 yards. It will be supported by three cables, each of which is attached to the flagpole at a point 4 yards below the top of the pole and attached to the ground at a point that is 8 yards from the base of the pole. Find the total number of yards of cable that will be required.
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Question 950859: if the perimeter of a flag is 460 feet and the width is 70 more than the length what is the length of the flag??????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Question 951084: if the width is originally 800 and the hight is 330 and the width is changed to 3495 what is the corresponding hight
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Question 951157: John is 5cm taller than ann who is 10cm smaller than joe who is 1m 5cm how tall is john
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Question 951273: What is the perimeter of the square if the square have 50 cm in all sides?
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Question 950855: I would like some help on this and this is exactly what the book says. A Kite In The Shape Of A Rhombus Has Diagonals That Are 25 Inches Long And 15 Inches Long. What Is The Area Of The Kite?
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Question 951209: A molecule of sugar contains twice as many atoms of hydrogen as oxygen, and one more atom of carbon that oxygen. How many atoms of each element are there if there are 45 atoms in a sugar
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Question 951376: You have a 390 sq ft in length and 64 sq ft in width. How many 10 x 10 you put in there?
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Question 951377: You have a 390 ft by 64 ft. How many 10 by 10 can you put in?
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Question 951330: One of the acute angles of a right angled triangle is 16 degree larger than the other. How many degrees are there in each of the acute angles?
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Question 951373: A flower bed is in the shape of a triangle with one side twice the length of the shortest side, and the third side is 28 feet more feet than the length of the shortest side. Find the dimensions if the perimeter is 144feet.
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Question 951331: How to balance three masses in rotation in the same plane.
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Question 951417: What is the perimeter of a rectangle that has a hypotenuse of 15 and a width of 9

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Question 951341: The length of a square if 32 feet and on top of the square is an equilaterial triangle what is the perimeter
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Question 951221: the three sides of a right-angled triangle measure x-1, x+6, and 2x+1 in length.
what are the possible lengths of the hypotenuse?
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Question 951500: Find the length of the hypotenuse if the height is 6 meters and the area is 36 meters squared?
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Question 951410: if the length of the rectangle is twice the width and the perimeter of the rectangle is cm what is the length and width of the rectangle.
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Question 951636: Hi I'm trying to figure out a side length of a right triangle given the radius of circle and the hypotenuse when hypotenuse is 2+x and radius is 3. I've been trying to solve for the side length for about and hour now and I'm getting very frustrated
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Question 951669: the perimeter of a rectangular window is 24 feet. The width of the window is four feet more than the length. What are the dimensions of the window?
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Question 951847: You have an unmarked 9-liter container, an unmarked 4-liter container, and an unlimited supply of water. Describe how you might end up with exactly 3 liters in one of the containers.
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Question 951914: Rectangle 5 more than width
Perimeter is 106ft
Width=
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Question 951886: Trya is building a bike ramp. She wants the angle that the bike ramp makes with the ground to be 20 degrees. If the board she wants to use for her ramp is 3 1/2 feet long, about how tall will the ramp need to be at its highest point?
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Question 951975: PLEASE HELP!
A food company distributes its tomato soup in two cans of different sizes. For the larger can, the diameter has been increased by 10%, and the height remains the same.
By what percentage does the volume of the can increase from the smaller can to the larger can? Round your answer to the nearest percent.
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