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Question 112378: I need help with this word problem please, don't know how to start off the equation. Any help is appreciated.
A concrete driveway measures 18 yards by 4 yards. The driveway will be 0.5 yards thick. (a) How many cubic yards of concrete will be needed? (b) How much will it cost if concrete is $3.50 per cubic yard?
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Question 112379: I need help with this word problem also please, don't know how to start off the equation. Any help is appreciated.
For a holiday party, Marcus is making a seven-layer torte, which consists of seven 9-inch diameter cake layers with a cream topping on each layer. He knows that one recipe of cream will cover 65 square inches of cake. How many batches of the topping must he make to complete his torte?

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Question 112526: the area of a rectangle is 80 square feet and its length is 1 foot more than 3 times its width.find its width.
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Question 112665: I need help with this word problem, any help would be greatly appreciated.
The area of a square is 25 square meters. What is its perimeter?

Thanks.
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Question 112751: The sum of two numbers is 29. Their difference is 7. What are the two numbers?
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Question 113055: He gave us a question he made up and told us chapter 11 would help us, but I'm not having any luck.
The height of a triangle is 5 centimeters longer than three times its base. Find the base of the triangle if its area is 6 square centimeters.
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Question 113571: Find the length and width of a rectangle whose perimeter is 40 feet, and whose area is 96 square feet.
I think I have the right equation for the perimeter: P=2l+2w=96 sq ft.
Is this right?
I do not know how to set the other equation up or solve it.
thanks
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Question 113612: Two medium eggs and three cups of ice cream contain 701 milligrams of cholesterol. One medium egg and one cup of ice cream exceed the suggested daily cholesterol intake of 300 milligrams by 25 milligrams. Determine the cholesterol content in each item.
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Question 113666: Talon reads 1,000 words in 5 minutes, and Samantha reads 650 words in 2 minutes. Who is the faster reader?
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Question 113665: Solve for the unknown
8/52 = m/39
Please note the 8 is on top of the 52 and the m is on top of the 39
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Question 113665: Solve for the unknown
8/52 = m/39
Please note the 8 is on top of the 52 and the m is on top of the 39
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Question 113721: If s/t = u/v, then s+t/t=?
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Question 113852: determine which two equation represent perpendicular lines.
a) y=4/7x-3
b) y=3x-4/7
c) y=-1/3x+4/7
d) y=1/3x-4/7
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Question 113572: The area of a rug is 108 square feet and the length of its diagonal is 15 feet. Find the length and width of the rug.
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Question 114084: how do i solve this word problem ? .

The area of a rectangle is 24 square meters. Find the length and width of the rectangle if its length is 2 meters greater than its width. Use an equation and the formula � area of a rectangle = (width)(length).
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Question 114255: If the sides of a square are decreased by 2 cm, the area is decreased by 36 cm squared. What were the dimensions of the original square?
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Question 114323: A certain brand of razor blades c omes in packages of 6, 12, and 24 blades, costing $2, $3, $4 per packages. a store sold 12 packages containing a total of 162 blades razor blades and took in $35. How many packages of each types of each types were sold?
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Question 114410: If P(4,-5) is a point on the graph of the function y=f(x), find the corresponding point on the graph of y=2f(x-6)
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Question 114394: If the sides of a square are decreased by 2cm, the area is decreased by 36 cm squared. What were the dimensions of the original square?
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Question 114160: From a stationary hot-air balloon 500ft above the ground, two sightings of a lake are made. One at the farthest end of the lake at an angle of depression of 25 degress and another at the nearest end of the lake at an angle of depression of 65 degress. How long is the lake?
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Question 114556: A rectangular parcel of land is 70ft longer than it is wide. Each diagonal between opposite corbers is 130ft. What are the demensions of the parcel?
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Question 114473: the perimeter of a rectangle is 240cm . if the lenght is decreased .if the lenght is decreased by 10% and its breadth is increased by 20% we get the same perimeter. find the lenght and breadth of the rectangle
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Question 114907: A homeowner wishes to insulate her attic with fibergrlass insulation to conserve energy. The insulation comes in 40-cm wide rolls that are cut to fit between the rafters in the attic. if the roof is 6m from peark to eave and the attic space is 2 m high atthe peak, how long does each of the pieces of insulation need to be? round to the nearest tenth.
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Question 115240: I need help with this one.
A room has an area of 300 square fee. One dimension is 5 feet more than the other. Find the dimensions of the room.
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Question 115254: a ladder is resting against a wall. the top of the ladder touches the wall at the height of 18 ft. find the length of the ladder if the length is 6 ft more than its distance from the wall
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Question 115369: Please help !
An architect has designed a motel pool within a rectangular area that is fenced on three sides as shown in the figure. If she uses 60 yards of fencing to enclose an area of 352 square yards, then what are the dimensions for Length and Width assuming that length is greater than width.
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Question 115374: The base of a ladder is 2 feet away from the wall. The top of the ladder is 15 feet from the floor. Find the length of the ladder to the nearest thousandth.
A) 15.133 feet
B) 13.001 feet
C) 17.434 feet
D) 14.112 feet
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Question 115645: A backyard has dimensions 1 1/3 yards by 3 4/5 yards. What is the area of the back yard in square yards (yd2)?
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Question 116139: A solid metal cube of side 6 inches is placed in a rectangular tank whose length, width, and height are 1, 2, and 3 feet. What is the volume, in cubic units, of water that the tank can now hold?

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Question 116168: solve and check each of the following equations for x. 5/x+6+2/x^2+7x+6=3/x+1
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Question 116263: suppose that 2 poles are 96 feet apart. One pole is 12 feet high, the second one is 52 feet high. There is a wire from the top of each pole to the base on the other pole. How high above the ground do the wires cross?
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Question 116184: Solve the problem. The perimeter of a rectangle is 62 m. If the width were doubled and the length were increased by 21 m, the perimeter would be 120 m. What are the length and width of the rectangle?
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Question 116850:
The length of a rectangle is 10 in. more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 32 in., find the width of the rectangle.
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Question 116944: Construction. A garden area is 30 ft long and 20 ft wide. A path of uniform width is set around the edge. If the remaining garden area is 400 , what is the width of the path?
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Question 117653: The length of a rectangular playing field is 5ft less than twice its width.If the perimeter of the playing field is 230ft find the length and width of the field.
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Question 117873: A ball is thrown upward from the roof of a building 100 m tall with an initial velocity of 20 m/s.
When will the ball reach a height of 80 m?

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Question 117652: The length of a rectangular playing field is 5ft less than twice its width.If the perimeter of the playing field is 230ft find the length and width of the field.
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Question 117900: 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?

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Question 117871: 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?

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