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Question 107721: Jarod is having a problem with rabbits getting into his vegetable garden, so he decides to fence it in. The length of the garden is 12 feet more than 3 times the width. He needs 80 feet of fencing to do this job. Find the length and width of the garden.
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Question 107727: The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than 4 times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 65 cm2, find the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 107675: Two angles are supplementary and the measure of one of them is 20% less than three times the measure of the other. Find the measure of each angle.
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Question 107746: If the length of a rectangular parking lot is 10 meters less than twice its width, and the perimeter is 400 meters, find the length of the parking lot.
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Question 107893: A post is 9 ft. from one wall of a room and 40 ft. from the wall at right angle to it. How many ft. is it from the the intersection of the two walls?
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Question 107891: the surface area of a cube is 96 square cm. How many cubic cm are there in the volume of the cubes?

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Question 107892: A rectangular box with a square base contains 8 cubic feet. if the height is 6 inches, how many feet are there in each side of the base?
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Question 108300: Find the area of a triangle whose altitude is 7 feet and whose base is 22 feet
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Question 108309: The perimeter of a rectangle is to be no greater than 300 in.,
and the length must be 125 in.
Find the maximum width of the rectangle.

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Question 108292: The perimeter of the square is equal to the perimeter of the triangle. The sides of the triangle are equal in length.
a)Estimate without calulations, estimate which fiqure has the greater side length. Explain choice.
b) What is the side lenght of each fiqure?
c) What is the perimeter of each fiqure?
One side of square is 3x, another side is 2x+3
One side of triangle is 5x-3
page 135 in text book
I said the square for a.
for b) I had 3=x
and for c) trangle perimeter is36 units and the square perimeter is 36 units.
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Question 108306: The length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than twice its width.
If the perimeter of the rectangle is 52 cm, find the dimensions of the rectangle.

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Question 108524: The perimeter of a rectangle is 78 meters. The length of the rectangle is 11 meters longer than triple the width. Find the dimensions of the rectangle
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Question 108566: If the sides of a square are increased by 3 in., the area is increased by
39 in.2. What were the dimensions of the original square?
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Question 108531: A rectangle is 5 times as long as it is wide. If the area is 125 square feet, find its perimeter.
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Question 108703: Geometry. The length of a rectangle is 1 cm longer than its width. If the diagonal of the rectangle is 4 cm, what are the dimensions (the length and the width)of the rectangle?
Help would be much appreciated! Thank you.
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Question 108741: a backyard has demensions 3 4/5 yards by 1 1/2 yards. What is the area of the backyard in square yards (yd^2)?
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Question 108946: A backyard has dimensions 3 4/5 yards by 1 1/2 yards. What is the area of the backyard in square yards (yd^2)?
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Question 108946: A backyard has dimensions 3 4/5 yards by 1 1/2 yards. What is the area of the backyard in square yards (yd^2)?
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Question 109126: PLEASE HELP. I ALSO NEED TO REQUEST THAT THE TUTOR PLEASE NOT USE THE
QUADRATIC EQUATION METHOD BECAUSE I DO NOT UNDDERSTAND IT.
I AM STUDYING BEGINNER ALGEBRA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
THE LENGTH OF A RECTANGULAR GARDEN IS 6 FT LESS THAN 5 TIMES ITS WIDTH.
IF THE PERIMETER OF THE GARDEN IS 48 FT. FIND THE DEMENSIONS OF THE GARDEN.
THANKS AGAIN
JMS
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Question 109331: A large permanent movie screen is in the Panasonic Imax theater at darling Harbor, Sydney, Australia. The rectangular screen has an area of 11,349 square feet. Find the dimensions of the screen if it is 20 feet longer than it is wide.
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Question 109559: The base of a triangle is one third as long as its height. If the area of the triangle is 24 square meters, how long is its base?
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Question 109605: 65 million
___________
19.5 billion
written in scientific notation
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Question 109605: 65 million
___________
19.5 billion
written in scientific notation
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Question 109747: A rectangular lawn is 60 feet by 80 feet. How wide a uniform strip must be cut around the edge when mowing the grass in order that half of the grass be cut?
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Question 109832: A developer wants to enclose a rectangular lot that borders a city street. If the developer has 248 ft. of fence and does not fence the side bordering the street, what is the largest area that can be enclosed.
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Question 110067: A piece of wire having a total length of 72 cm was cut into two unequal segments and bent to form two unequal squares. If the total area of the squares is 180-sq.cm.,what is the difference in the lengths of the two segments?
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Question 110191: This ones got me stumped
A circular cylinder has a volume of 108pie cubic feetand a radius of 3 feet. What is the height of the cylinder?
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Question 110221: The following table gives the winning percentages of the top five coaches in NFL history. What fraction of his games has each coach won?
Don Shula 0.676
George Halas 0.672
Tom Landry 0.606
Curly Lambeau 0.624
Paul Brown 0.667
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Question 110277: A cylinder has a radius of 5 in. If the volume of the cylinder is 250 in.3. What is the height of the cylinder? (Hint: The volume of a cylinder is give by v = r2h.)
There is a square symbol that I cannot recreate that is after the 250 and before in. The 3 is a superscript and there was a square symbol between v = and 42h. Also the 2 is a superscript.
I hope you can help me even though I can't create the problem accurately.
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Question 110816: Solve.

The length of a rectangle is 8 in. more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 in., find the width of the rectangle.
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Question 110946: I have the following homework problem I can not seem to fit into one of the provided answers:
A 13-ft ladder is leaning against a building. The bottom of the ladder is 5 ft from the building. How high is the top of the ladder?
sq rt of 18ft
sq rt of 8ft
12 ft
sq rt of 194ft
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Question 111579: One side of this rectangle has a length of 12cm. The other side has a length of 2x+1 cm. The perimeter of the rectangle is 46 cm. Find the length of the unknown sides.
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Question 111650: A circular coffee table has a diameter of 4.8 feet. What will it cost to have the top refinished if it costs $5.50 per square fot for the refinishing?
Please help!
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Question 111678: The perimeter of a rectangle is to be no greater than 300 in., and the length must be 125 in. Find the maximum width of the rectangle.
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Question 111677: A rectangular solid has a base with length 6 cm and width 5 cm. If the volume of the solid is 300 cm3, find the height of the solid.
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Question 111649: A backyard has dimensions of 5 1/2 yards by 2 1/6 yards. What is the are of the backyard in square yards (yd2)?
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Question 112333: Could you please provide me with some assistance with this word problem.
A square support unit in a television is made with a side measuring 3 centimeters. A new model is being designed for the upcoming year and will have a larger square with a side measuring 3.2 centimeters. By how much will the area of the square be increased?
I know that the answer is not .2 centimeters, it is too easy. Would the formula be: A= 3.14(r)^2
I appreciate any help with this one. Thank, Jessie.
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Question 112332: Could you please help me solve this word problem.
A semicircular window of radius 15 inches is to be laminated with a sunblock coating that costs $.85 per square inch to apply what is the total cost of coating the window, to the nearest cent?
I think this is the equation, could you let me know if this is correct: A = 3.14(15)^2
Thanks, Jessie.
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Question 112341: Could someone please help me with this problem. I don't know how to find the perimeter.
The area of a square is 25 square meters. What is its perimeter?
Thanks, Jessie.
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Question 112342: I need help with this one also.
An aluminum plate is made according to the following dimensions. The outer radius is 10 in. and the inner radius is 3 in. (a) How many square inches in area is the aluminum plate (the outer area)? (b) If the cost to construct the plate is $7.50 per square inch, what is the construction cost?
I appreciate any feedback. Jessie.
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Question 112371: I have to find the length of an isosceles right triangles legs and the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse is 6 cm longer than either of the legs. I came up with the euqation 2xsquared+(x+6)squared. However, I can't seem to figure out how to solve that equation to a solution for x.
If you could just point me in the right direction I would be very greatful.
Emily Suspeck
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