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Question 1031848: A fabric wall hanging is to fill a space that measures 7 m by 6.5 m. Allowing for 0.1 m of the fabric to be folded back along each edge, how much fabric must be purchased for the wall hanging?
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Question 1031847: The altitude of a triangle is 5 m less than its base. The area of the triangle is 80 m�. Find the base.
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Question 1031992: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is twice the length of one of the legs. The length of the other leg is
27−−√ feet. Find the lengths of the leg and hypotenuse.
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Question 1032004: the height of a triangle is 2 meters less than twice the length of the base. if the sail has an area of 30 square meters, find the length of its base and the height.
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Question 1031912: A construction company uses a model of a concrete block in the design of a building. The model is shown, and its scale is 1inch= 2 feet
What are the actual dimensions of the concrete block?
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Question 1031878: Sharon has purchased a rectangular piece of fabric measuring 7 metres in length and 5 metres in width. What is the area of the largest triangle she can cut out from it using at least one full side of the fabric?
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Question 1032128: the sides of a rectangle measuring 5 ft and 7 ft . finds its area .
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Question 1032127: the sides of a rectangle measuring 5 ft and 7 ft . finds its area .
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Question 1032266: A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of the ladder is 3 feet less than the length of the ladder. Find the length of the ladder if the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the building is \sqrt(39) feet.
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Question 1032008: Jennie wants to trim a rectangular lampshade with braid.it is 22cm long and 15cm eide.work out the perimeter
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Question 1032360: A ladder which is 3.4 meters long is leaning against a wall. Its base is 1.6 meters from the wall. How many meters up the wall does the ladder reach?
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Question 1032326: The length of a rectangular garden is twice its width.The garden is surrounded by a concrete walk having a uniform width of 4 feet.If the area of the garden and the walk is 330 square feet.What are the dimensions of the garden?
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Question 1032418: Ms Gaza's house has a total area of 120 square cm and a perimeter of 44cm. A rectangular kitchen has the length of 4cm and the width is 3cm.How many square meters of vinyl tile would she need to cover her kitchen floor?
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Question 1032416: The area of ms Gaza's house is 120 square cm and the perimeter is 44cm,the living room has a length of 4cm and the width is 3cm.investigate the cost of carpeting your living room for different carpet prices:cost per meter squared,R55,R64 and R79.what is the area and the total cost?
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Question 1032552: The perimeter of a square floor is 68 feet. What is the areas of the floor? Answer in units of ft2.
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Question 1032552: The perimeter of a square floor is 68 feet. What is the areas of the floor? Answer in units of ft2.
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Question 1032554: Jane planted a rectangular garden that is 12 feet wide by 17 feet long. What is the perimeter of jane's garden? Answer in units of ft.
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Question 1032550: If a=266, h=19, and b2=6, find the value of b1
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Question 1032550: If a=266, h=19, and b2=6, find the value of b1
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Question 1032567: a tree needs to be staked down prior to a storm. if the ropes can be tied on the tree trunk 10 feet above the ground and the staked rope should make a 30 degrees angle with the ground, how far from the base of the tree should the ropes be staked?

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Question 1032566: a tree needs to be staked down prior to a storm. if the ropes can be tied on the tree trunk 10 feet above the ground and the staked rope should make a 30 degrees angle with the ground, what is the total amount of rope (feet) that extends to the four stakes supporting?
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Question 1032571: the cape Hatteras lighthouse on the outer banks of north Carolina is the tallest lighthouse in north america. if a 5 foot woman casts a 12 foot shadow and the lighthouse casts a 54 foots shadow, approximately how tall is the cape Hatteras lighthouse

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Question 1032581: Jessica has a rectangular flag that is 18 inches long and 11 inches wide. What is the perimeter of the flag? Answer in units of inches.
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Question 1032578: Penny has been hired to paint a large mural on the outside wall of a building. To calculate the amount of surface she needs to paint, she multiplies the length of the base of the mural by its height and then finds 1/2 of that product. Based on penny's calculations, what do we know about this mural?
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Question 1032600: Manny made a rectangular garden in his backyard. The garden was 46 feet long and 11 feet wide. Manny used 1/2 of the garden space to grow vegetables. He built a 2-foot-high fence around the garden to keep his dog out of the garden. Determine what question can not be answered with the information provided.
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Question 1032699: The perimeter of a square is p=4s, where s is the length of a side of the square. If p=24cm, what is the value of s? Answer in units of cm.
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Question 1032712: The formula for area of a trapezoid is a=h/2(b1+b2) solve for b1
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Question 1032698: Factor and solve. A photograph is going to be enlarged to print. The length is 4/3 of the width. If the area of the print is 192 square centimeters, what are the dimensions of the length and width?
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Question 1032798: An arrow is fired into the air with an initial velocity of 64 feet per second. The height in
feet of the arrow t seconds after it was shot into the air is given by the function
h(x) = -16t2 + 64t. Find the maximum height of the arrow.
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Question 1033056: The perimeter of a square must be greater than 110 inches but less than 126 inches. Find the range of the possible side lengths that satisfy these conditions
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Question 1033154: Lucy has a hemispher-shaped goldfish pond in her backyard. The pond has circumference of approximately 11.9 feet.
Part A- The pond has a population density of approximately 3.6 cubic feet of water for each goldfish. How many goldfish are in Lucy's pond? Show all your work and/or explain your reasoning.

Part B- Lucy found a website that recommends 5.3 cubic feet of water for the first goldfish and 1.6 cubic feet of water for each additional goldfish. Lucy increases the number of goldfish in her pond to the maximum number based on the recommendations for the website. What is the new population density of the pond? Show all your work and/or explain your answer.
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Question 1033177: The cabinet has a volume of 120 cubic units. The dimensions are consecutive numbers. The width is the shortest side and the height is the longest. What's the measure of each side?

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Question 1033263: A cone is enlarged so that each side is 7 times as big as the original. How many times greater is the surface area of the enlarged cone than the original?
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Question 1033243: Alexander purchased a picture frame with an area of 125 inches squared. he measured the length to be 5 inches. What is the width?

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Question 1033220: The volume of a rectangular sand box is 7.5m cubed. The area of the base is 4.5m cubed. What is the height of the sandbox?
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Question 1033127: Joey has a rectangular box with dimensions 25 inches by 40 inches by 58 inches. He would like to replace it with a box in the shape of a cube, but with the same volume. What should the length of a side of the cube be? Express your answer as a radical expression ONLY in simplest form.
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Question 1033328: You are standing 15 feet away from a streetlight, casting a shadow that reaches to a distance of 30 feet from the light. If you are six feet tall, how tall is the street light?
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Question 1033327: Given that a 50 foot tall amazon women from a science fiction movie is similar to a normal size woman, determine her weight given that the average woman is 5.5 ft tall and weighs 40 lbs.
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Question 1033334: A) a pool is rectangular in shape,width of 15 yards and a length of 25 yards. If the average depth is 6 ft, determine the volume of the pool in cubic feet.
B) if the density of water is 62 1/2ft^3, determine the weight of water that it takes to fill up this pool. Express answers on tons.
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Question 1033333: A mountain road has a grade of 6%. What is the slope of this road when graphed to scale on graphing paper?
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