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Question 1005089: The length of a rectangle is 3 cm more than the width. If the width is increased by 2 cm and the length is decreased by 1 cm, the figure becomes a square with an area of sq. cms. What is the original perimeter of the rectangle?
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Question 1005220: A cannon ball is fired from a cliff that is 260 feet high with an initial speed of 128 feet per second. The height H of the cannon ball in feet as a function of time in seconds can be modeled by the function h(t)= -16t^2 + 64t +260
a. When will the height of the cannon ball be 320 feet?
b.what is the time of flight?
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Question 1005090: The length of a picture is 4/3 times its width. It is placed in a picture frame of uniform width of 2cms. If the area is 100 sq. cms, what are the dimensions of the picture?
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Question 1005301: an ant walks 3.0 meters due west and then 7.0 meters due north. the direction of the ant's displacement is.....degrees. Use the counter-clockwise from East convention.
I got 246.8 degrees, but it's wrong.

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Question 1005327: What is 10 more than 71?
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Question 1005389: tom and pat are neighbors. toms swimming pool has a semicircle at each each end, and the center is rectangular.pats swimming pool also has a semicircle at each end,and the sides betweenare parallel.which one is larger?how much larger is it?

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Question 1005762: Find the acute angle between the y axs and a line with a slope of m= -8
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Question 1005825: a square frame was increased by 60 in to 86 in. by what percent were the side lengths increased?
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Question 1005962: The length of a rectangle is 6 inches longer than it is wide. If the area is 187 square inches, what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
I got to w^2+6w=187 would i want to set it = to 0 then do the quad. forumla?
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Question 1006221: In a right triangle, hypothenuse is 17 cm. The measure of one leg is one less than twice the measure of the other. Determine the measure of both legs.
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Question 1006244: A brick 4 cm high is placed to stop a wheel of the car. Upper face of the brick is
8 cm away from the point where the wheel touches the road.find the diameter and
area of the wheel.
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Question 1006429: Please help me solve this problem:
The length of a rectangle is 5 in. longer than its width. The diagonal is 5 in. shorter than twice the width. Find the length, width, and diagonal measures of the rectangle.

Thank you so much!
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Question 1006449: Please help me solve this word problem.
If an object is projected from a height of 48 ft with an initial velocity of 32 ft per sec, its height h in feet after t seconds is given by:
h=-16t^2 +32t +48
a.)After how many seconds is the height 60 ft?
b.) After how many seconds does the object hit the ground? (hint: when the object hits the ground, h=0)
Thank you so much!

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Question 1006413: Please help me solve this word problem:
The dimensions of a rectangular monitor screen are such that its length is 3 in more than its width. If the length were doubled and if the width were decreased by 1 in., the area would be increased by 150 in squared. What are the length and width of the screen ?

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Question 1006477: A tree casts a shadow which is 3m long. Another tree standing next to it, estimated to be 3 metres taller, casts a shadow which is 3.6 m long. Determine the height of the shorter tree.
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Question 1006632: Triangle is isosceles with leg 13 cm and the base is seven less than twice the leg.find the perimeter of the isosceles triangle.
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Question 1006661: a composite figure is formed by combining a square and a triangle. its total area is 32.5 square feet. the area of the triangle is 7.5 square feet. what is the length of each side of the square?
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Question 1006763: My room is 242 inches long and 134 inches wide how many square feet is it?
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Question 1006906: A farmer has an area of 2500metre squared. The farmer extend to enlarge the field by a scale factor of 1.4. What is the new area
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Question 1007115: A regular hexagon is cut from a square of side 6 inches, a.) what is the
apothem of the hexagon? B.) what is the area of the hexagon?
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Question 1007264: Find the length of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 92m if the length is 6m more than the width
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Question 1007253: A triangle has a perimeter of 165 cm. The first side is 65 cm less than twice the second side. The third side is 10 cm less the second side. Write and solve an equation to find the length of each side of the triangle.
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Question 1007386: A rectangular swimming pool is 10 meters longer than twice its width. Determine the dimensions of the pool if the perimeter of the pool is 140 meters.
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Question 1007399: a gondola travels 3250 feet to reach the middle station. the middle station is 1100 feet higher than the base station. the suspension railway then travels another 920 feet to the summit station. how high is the summit station above the base station?
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Question 1007673: A lion gets loose from the zoo. He goes 50m due west then turns and goes 20m due north. Would the zookeeper need to know the lion's distance traveled or the lion's displacement in order to find the lion?
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Question 1007674: A 10kg mass is being twirled around in a horizontal circle on a 7m long string. The speed of the mass is 4m/s.
1. Calculate the force.
2. How is the force acting on the mass? (What direction is the force acting?)
3. What is the "f-word" that is a false concept of uniform circular motion?
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Question 1007677: Jacob and Isaac pull firewood on a sled with a mass of 60kg to the right across a snow covered field. Jacob pulls with a force of 30N and Isaac pulls with a force of 20N and there is a force of friction of 15N.
1. What is the net force acting on the sled?
2. What is the acceleration of the sled?
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Question 1007675: Two jack o lanterns are sitting 6m apart from their centers. One jack o lantern is 10kg and the other is 8kg.
1. What is the force of gravity between them?
2. What will happen to the force of gravity between them if you move the jack o lanterns closer together?
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Question 1007714: c=5x-1; a=3x+1
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Question 1007872: There are 12 peaches in a carton.The mean mass of all the peaches is 175 grams.What is their total mass?
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Question 1007867: My sons hw says to "create a word problem from a 2-step inequality such as 12m +32 > 92. We have no idea how to do this!
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Question 1007949: Lisa is painting a fence that is 26 feet long and 7 feet tall. A gallon of paint will cover 350 square feet. Write and solve a proportion to determine how many gallons of paint Lisa will need.
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Question 1008111: a rectangle yard measures 50 ft. long and 40 ft wide, it contains a rectangular swimming pool. If the yard is 10 feet wider than the pool on each side, what is the perimeter of the swimming pool?
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Question 1008398: the area of the square is 125 square cm.what is the length of the side of the square?please help...thanks in advance
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Question 1008420: jess and her husband made a rectangular swimming pool measuring 28 feet by 42 feet. They want to add a decorative tile border of uniform width around sides of the pool. How wide can they make the tile border if they purchased enough tile to cover 624 square feet?
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Question 1008661: find two numbers whose sum is 54, given that one is more than twice the others

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Question 1008780: perimeter of a rectangle is 48cm. The width is one third the length. Determine the dimensions of the rectangle.�
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Question 1008780: perimeter of a rectangle is 48cm. The width is one third the length. Determine the dimensions of the rectangle.�
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Question 1008988: Find the length of each side of the hexagon for the given perimeter. P= 54 mi.
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Question 1008959: A carpenter adds a diagonal brace to a rectangular frame as shown. If the carpenter wants the triangles on either side of the brace to be congruent what should be the measure of <3?
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Question 1009007: the area of a rectangle is 6 times the area of a square if the rectangle is 22 inches long and the width of the rectangle is the same as the length of a side of the square find the length of a side of the square
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