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Question 1003473: Esther starts at one corner of a square field and walks 90 feet along one side to another corner of the field. She turns 90° and walks 70 feet, and then walks straight back to where she started.
What is the area of the part of the field she walked around?
A.
3150 ft²
B.
4900 ft²
C.
6300 ft²
D.
8100 ft²
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Question 1003520: Bob and Carol want to hire Abel Refinishing to sand and refinish the dining room floor to match the floor in the living room. Abel charges $2.89 per square foot to sand and refinish a hardwood floor. The dining room is rectangular and measures 17 feet 6 inches by 11 feet 6 inches. Find the area of the dining room floor, rounded up to the next square foot, and the cost of the work.
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Question 1004025: Cynthia is planning a party. For entertainment, she has designed a game that involves spinning two spinners. If the sum of the numbers on the spinners is 10 or greater, the guests can choose a prize from the basket of candy bars. If the sum is less than 1o, then the guests will be thrown in the pool. Determine the probability of getting tossed in the pool.
Spinner A: 4 parts, 3/4 is 1, 1/4 is 3.
Spinner B: 3 parts, 1/3 is 5, 1/3 is 7, 1/3 is 9.
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Question 1004027: In a basketball game, a player who gets fouled is awarded a free-throw called a "one-and-one." When this happens, the player gets a "free shot" from the free-throw line. If the player makes the free-throw, then he or she gets one point and gets to attempt another one-point shot. If the player misses the first free-throw, then no additional attempt is provided.
A.) If Vicki makes a free-throw 60% of the time, what is the probability that she will score no points? How did you get your answer?
B.) Is there a greater probability that she will make only one free-throw or two? Create a diagram or chat to show your reasoning.
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Question 1004416: The combined area of square and a rectangle is 57 square feet. The width of a rectangle is 3 feet more than the length of a side of the square, and the length of the rectangle is 5 feet more than the length of a side of the square. Find the length of the rectangle.
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Question 1004516: The students are worried that the set is too tall, but they don't know the exact height. They do know that the stage lights create a 15 foot shadow for the set, when lights also create a 2 foot shadow for a 5 foot tall drama student. How tall is the stage?
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Question 1004544: A newly planted tree needs to b stacked witg three wires.each wire is attached to the trunk 3ft abouve the ground and anchored to the ground 4ft fromthe base of the three.how muvh wire is needed foe 6 threes?
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Question 1004544: A newly planted tree needs to b stacked witg three wires.each wire is attached to the trunk 3ft abouve the ground and anchored to the ground 4ft fromthe base of the three.how muvh wire is needed foe 6 threes?
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Question 1004513: The students want to order special paint to make the set look nice. The price for the paint is 65 € (euros). The students know that the exchange rate is currently 30 € for 27 dollars. How much will the paint cost in dollars?
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Question 1004866: Farmer Joe has a rectangular pasture that is fenced in for his cattle. He bought some horses and wants to cut the pasture in half diagonally from corner to corner.
How many yards of fencing does he need?
A)
700 yards
B)
400 yards
C)
350 yards
D)
250 yards
Eliminate
E)
50 yards
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Question 1004891: I'm having trouble with this question about vectors:
A pilot wishes to fly from airport A to airport B. Airport B is located due west from airport A. The pilot's aircraft averages a speed of 160 mi/hr. If the pilot is flying in a wind which blows out of the north at speed of 40 mi/hr, then the pilot should head his plane in the direction of vector...?
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Question 1005014: the perimeter of the square and triangle the same. if the square had a side length of 2x-1 and triangle has a side length of 2(2x-2),x+4,and 3x-1 what is the value of x?
i tried comboning them into an linear equation but it didn't work (example) 2(2x-2)+2x-1-x+4=3x-1
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Question 1005014: the perimeter of the square and triangle the same. if the square had a side length of 2x-1 and triangle has a side length of 2(2x-2),x+4,and 3x-1 what is the value of x?
i tried comboning them into an linear equation but it didn't work (example) 2(2x-2)+2x-1-x+4=3x-1
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Question 1005005: James has 66 yards of fencing. Each fence panel is 3/4 yard long. James wants to fence a rectangular section of his yard. What is the largest possible rectangular area he could fence in? How many fence panels will there be on each side of the rectangular area?
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