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Question 983865: The perimeter of a swimming pool is 164meters. Determine the width of the pool if the length is 57 meters.
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Question 983858: A farm has the shape of a rectangle with an equilateral triangle on one end of the rectangle and a semicircle on the opposite end of the rectangle. The length of the rectangle is three times the radius of the semicircle.
a.) Write a function for the perimeter of the farm in terms of the radius of the semicircle.
b.) Write a function for the area of the farm in terms of the radius of the semicircle.
c.) Write a function for the area of the farm in terms of the perimeter of the farm.
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Question 983916: The volume of a cone is 258.9 cubic centimeters. The cylinder has the same base and height as the cone. what is the volume in cubic centimeters of the cylinder?
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Question 983915: a diagonal sidewalk across a rectangular courtyard is 130 feet. The courtyard is 50 feet long. What is the other dimension of the lot?
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Question 983855: A window has the shape of a rectangle with a semicircle on the bottom. If the area of the window is 24 square feet, write the perimeter of the window in terms of the radius of the semicircle, r.
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Question 984137: Solve oblique triangle ABC having the given parts, and find its area
C=36�47' A=69�24' b=13.7m
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Question 984181: ayuda en estos ejercicio para que base "a" se cumplen las siguientes igualdades "
log (en base a)36=2
log (en base a)27=3/2
log (en base a)64=4
log (en base a)2=-0.5
log (en base a)raiz cuadrada de 27=-1/2
log (en base a)raiz cuadrada de 27=-3/2
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Question 984252: The value of a certain stock increased by 1.25%. Explain how to write 1.25% as a fraction in simplest form.
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Question 984257: The flag that hangs from the George Washington bridge on holidays is 18 meters wide and 27 meters long. Find its area. ( use proper units of measure in your answer.)
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Question 984256: The perimeter of a swimming pool is 164 meters. Determine the width of the pool if the length is 57 meters
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Question 984255: Determine the median of the date set below
11.6, 14.35, 8.6, 10.3, 11.42
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Question 984126: A Boeing 737 aircraft headed due south maintains a constant speed of 500 miles per
hour. The jet stream is 80 miles per hour in the northeast direction. Refer to the figure
given on the next page and answer the following questions:
a. Express the velocity Va of the 737 relative to air and to the velocity Vw of the jet stream in
terms of i and j.
b. Find the velocity Vg of the 737 relative to ground. (Hint: Vg = Va + Vw)
c. Find the actual speed of the 737 relative to the ground. Hint: || Vg ||

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Question 984136: Solve oblique triangle ABC having the given parts, and find its area
B=100�12' C=15�48' a=12.4m
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Question 984280: The value of a certain stock increase by 1.25%. Explain how to write 1.25% as a fraction in simplest form
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Question 984254: Simplify 13 + 30 divided by 5 � 3
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Question 984148: Ellen painted on a canvas with sides 80cm by 55cm. She needs to brace the canvas, how long does the brace need to be?
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Question 984399: A norman window consist of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle. For the window shown to the right the rectangular pane is 3 ft by 6.5 ft. Calculate the area of the window in square feet.
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Question 984400: The flag that hangs from George Washington bridge is 18 meters wide and 27 meters long. Find the area. ( use proper units of measure in your answer)
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Question 984486: The middle digit of a three digit number is zero. The number is 34 times the sum of its digits. The new number obtained by interchaning the digits in the units and hundreds place is more than the original number by 395. Find the original number.
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Question 984562: Two consecutive angles of a regular octagon are bisected. What is the degree measure of each of the acute angles formed by the intersection of the two angle bisectors?
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Question 984638: What is the number of square units in the area of a triangle whose sides are 5, 6, and 13 squared. Express your answer in simplest form.
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Question 984669: I am having trouble figuring out part C of this problem:
A farm has the shape of a rectangle with an equilateral triangle on one end of the rectangle and a semicircle on the opposite end of the rectangle. The length of the rectangle is three times the radius of the semicircle.
a.) Write a function for the perimeter of the farm in terms of the radius of the semicircle.
b.) Write a function for the area of the farm in terms of the radius of the semicircle.
c.) Write a function for the area of the farm in terms of the perimeter of the farm.
Thank you!
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Question 984708: If x is the length of one side of the painting, what equation can you set up to find the length of a side?
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Question 984630: A farm has the shape of a rectangle with an equilateral triangle on one end of the rectangle and a semicircle on the opposite end of the rectangle. The length of the rectangle is three times the radius of the semicircle.
Write a function for the area of the farm in terms of the perimeter of the farm.
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Question 984753: A set of rectangle is constructed so that their sides are in the ratio length : width = 5 : √3 + 1
If the rectangle has a length of √2 metres, what is its width? (Please fully simplify and leave in surd form).
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Question 984833: Mason's bedroom is 1 0 feet wide by 14 feet
long. If the ceilil'lg is 8 feet high, what is the total
area of the four walls of Mason's bedroom?
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Question 984849: the sides of the quadrilateral are 2 x - 1, x + 3, 3x + 1, and x - 1. double the length of each side. then find an expression for the perimeter of the new figure
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Question 984866: A pool has a perimeter of 176 ft, and a length that is three time the width. What's the pool's area?
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Question 984868: A square-shaped garden has a diagonal that measures 15 feet. What are the dimensions of the garden? We have to use the Pythagorean Theorem in order to solve this problem.
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Question 984880: Joseph has a certain amount of chain link fence which to make an enclosure for his dog. He plans to use all of the fence material to form a square or a triangle with three sides the same length. He noted that the side of the triangle would be 11 feet longer than the side of the square. how many feet of chain link fence does he have?
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Question 985034: Ben owns a fishpond whose length is 4 meters more than the width. A path of 2 meters surrounds the fishpond with a total area of 216m^2. What are the dimensions of the fishpond?
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Question 985084: A turtle can walk 1/12 of a mile in one hour. The turtle is 5/6 miles away from the pond. At this speed, how long will it take the turtle to reach the pond?

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Question 985033: If we let W be the width and L be the Length, what is the expression for the sum of the measures of the three sides of the parking lot?

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Question 985189: The perimeter of a figure is the sum of the lengths of its sides.
A circular fish pond is surrounded by a path 2 m wide. The inner and outer edges of the path are fenced.if the diameter of the fish pond is 8 m, how much longer is the outer fence than the inner?
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Question 985186: A lead pencil whose ends are regular hexagons was cut from a cylindrical piece of wood with the least waste.If the original piece was 8 in.long and 1\4in.in diameter.Find the volume of the pencil?

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Question 985222: A celebrity couple wants to have a rectangular pool put in the backyard of their vacation home. They want it to be 24 meters long, and they insist that it have at least as much area as the neighbor's pool, which is a square 12 meters on a side. Find the dimensions of the smallest pool that meets these criteria.
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Question 985172: The area of a rectangle is 150 m2. If the length of the rectangle is 5 meters more than its width, what is the perimeter of the rectangle?
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Question 985307: the area of a parallelogram is 71 ft^2. find the base and the altitude if the former exceeds the latter by 4 ft.

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Question 985307: the area of a parallelogram is 71 ft^2. find the base and the altitude if the former exceeds the latter by 4 ft.

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Question 985231: a builder of custom homes reduced the price of a model by 20%. if the new price is $560,000, what was its original price? how much can be saved by purchasing the model?

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Question 985126: a concrete swimming pool is a rectangular prism with the following dimensions: length of 6 metres, width of 4 metres and depth of 1.3 metres.
a) what surface area of tiles is needed to line the inside of the pool (remember there is no top on the pool. give answer in m2.)
b)how much will it cost to line the pool if it costs $40 per m2??
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Question 985413: an equilateral triangle of side length of 6cm is cut from a sheet of cardboard. a circle is hen cut out of the triangle leaving a hole of diameter of 2 cm what is the cardboard remaining
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