Questions on Word Problems: Geometry answered by real tutors!

Tutors Answer Your Questions about Geometry Word Problems (FREE)

Question 1037768: The area of square field is 2025 meter square find the cost of fencing the field at 15 per meter,?
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 1037979: A 16 ft by 18 ft rectangular garden is to have a gravel path of uniform width bordering it. How wide is the path if the total area covered by the garden and path is 440 ft2?
Click here to see answer by josgarithmetic(39617)

Question 1037978: A piece of wire of length 1meter is cut into two parts and each part is bent to form a square. If the total area of the two square is 325cm^2, find the perimeter of each square.

Click here to see answer by josgarithmetic(39617)

Question 1037981: A 16 ft by 18 ft rectangular garden is to have a gravel path of uniform width bordering it. How wide is the path if the total area covered by the garden and path is 440 ft2?
Click here to see answer by josgarithmetic(39617)

Question 1038046: I wish to place traps in a field so they are 20 meters apart. The field has a radius of 100 meters. How many traps are needed?
Thanks.
Click here to see answer by jorel555(1290)

Question 1038042: A man is walking along a straight road. He notices the top of a tower. Between the ground where he is standing and the top of the tower, there is a 25 degree angle. If the height of the tower is h = 8m, then what is the distance of the man from the tower?
Click here to see answer by Boreal(15235)

Question 1038096: the broadcast area of a television station is bounded by the circle x^2+y^2=3600, where x and y are measured in miles. a translator station picks up the signal and re-transmits it from the center of a circular area bounded by (x+30)^2+(y-40)^2=1600. Find the location of the translator and the greatest distance from the main transmitter that the signal can be received
Click here to see answer by Theo(13342)

Question 1038110: I am stuck on this problem:
The product of two consecutive even integers is 4 more than twice their sum. Find the integers (should have 2 sets of answers). Set up
and solve using an algebraic equation and write a complete sentence:
Would it start off :
first number = x
second number= y=4+2x ?
Thank you

Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1038103: What is the answer to the question mark?
Points A, B, and C, form a triangle. The distance between point A and point B is 15 yards. The distance between point B and point C is 25 yards. Pete walks directly from point A to point C, without passing through point B. What is the direct distance from A to C?
The inequality w < ?
represents the distance, w, that Pete might save by taking the direct path.
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1038202: What is the location of the point on the number line that is 2/7 of the way from a=18 to b=4?
Click here to see answer by josgarithmetic(39617)

Question 1038243: What is the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (-2,-2) and (4,6)?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1038243: What is the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (-2,-2) and (4,6)?
Click here to see answer by MathTherapy(10552)

Question 1038246: What is the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (3.2,2.5) and (1.6,-4.5)?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1038245: What is the midpoint of the line segment with end points (-2,-2) and (4,6)?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1038248: What are the coordinates of the point that is 3/8 of the way from A(-8,-9) to B(24,-1)?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1038273: If a=(10,4) and b=(2,19) what is the length of ab?
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 1038235: Find point P that divides segment AB into a 2:3 ratio.The point should be closer to A A(−3,1) and B(3,5).

Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1038522: A triangle has an area of 1/2bh. Write a simplified expression that represents the total area of 5 triangles with same base and height.

Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1038566: The members of the schools mathemathics club shared equal amounts for a new digital light processing projector amounting to 25000
Click here to see answer by solver91311(24713)

Question 1038668: Jose's garden measures 33 feet by 39 feet. He wants to cover his garden with fertilizer to help the plants grow. How many square feet of fertilizer would he need for his garden?
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 1038682: "how many 25 cm sided hexagons are needed to fill a 340 cm by 260 cm space"
Click here to see answer by ikleyn(52778)

Question 1038779: To make a bed, Francis needs 15 slats that are all 1250 mm long. Calculate the total length of timber required (in metres) to make the bed.
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 1038895: Jose wants his garden to look good. How can he place 84 seedlings equally into rows?
1. 2 rows of _____ seedlings?
2.3 rows of _____ seedlings?
3.______rows of 6 seedlings?
Click here to see answer by Theo(13342)

Question 1038926: prove tha triangle dce is an equilateral triangle
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1038924: A man wants to tile a square patio in the backyard. He buys 200 tiles, each tile measuring 30cm by 30cm.
1. What are the dimensions of the largest square patio they can make?
Click here to see answer by jorel555(1290)

Question 1039092: A flag has a length of 1 1/4 feet when the width is 1 2/7 feet. Write the ratio to the width as a fraction in simplest form.
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1039144: A shop sells boards that measure 140cm by 280cm what is the area of one of theses boards in square metres
Click here to see answer by ikleyn(52778)

Question 1039168: There is a photo of a square that is cut into half from upper right hand corner to lower left hand corner. The hypotenuse of the triangle = 20"
The question reads: Marty sawed a square piece of wood in half down one of the diagonals.
What is the length of one side of the piece of wood? To the nearest tenth inch, the side of the square is ________ inches long.
Click here to see answer by jorel555(1290)

Question 1039232: Please help me with this problem. A square playground has an area of 278 m2. What is the approximate length of each side of the playground? Round your answer to the nearest meter. Thanks!

Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1039289: Please help me solve this question!A giant parabolic dish has a diameter of 400 meters and a depth of 80 meters. Find an equation in the form that describes a cross-section of this dish
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 1039500: Jeremy is building a large deck for a community center. The deck is shaped as a rectangle. The width of the deck is 29 feet. The perimeter of the deck is to be at least 134 feet.
�
a. Write an inequality that represents all possible values for the length of the deck.
b. Find all possible values for the length of the deck.

Click here to see answer by chen.aavaz(62)

Question 1039509: scoth and greg where ask to add two whole numbers instead, scoth subtracted that two whole numbers and gotten and greg multiply them and got 651. what was the correct sum?
Click here to see answer by josgarithmetic(39617)

Question 1039510: a multiple of 11 I be quit not odd but even you see my digits affair when multiply there make a cube and a square out me.who am i?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1039559: Rachel wants to paint her cupboard. The length of the cupboard is 2.5 meters, its width is 1 meter, and its height is 2 meters. How much area will she need to paint if she paints both the bases and all the lateral faces?
Click here to see answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)

Question 1039710: 1. if the diagonals of a square are drawn i, how many triangles of all sizes are formed?
2.describe how polya's four steps were used to solve part a.
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1039712: susan has 10 pockets and 44 dollars bills. she wants to arrange the money so that there are a different number of dollars in each pocket. can she do it? explain.
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 1039711: show how 9 can be expressed as the sum of two consecutive numbers. then decide whether every odd number can be expressed as the sum of two consecutive counting numbers. explain your reasoning.
Click here to see answer by Theo(13342)

Question 1039709: the distance around a standard tennis court is 228 feet. if the legngth of the court is 6 feet more than twice the width, find the dimensions of the tennuis court.
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)

Question 1039925: The perimeter of rhombus is 45cm .If its height is 8 cm ,calculate its area.
Click here to see answer by addingup(3677)

Question 1039925: The perimeter of rhombus is 45cm .If its height is 8 cm ,calculate its area.
Click here to see answer by ikleyn(52778)

Question 1040039: I know the answer to the problem, but what I need is to know how to write the equation. So here it goes....
The perimeter of a rectangle is 70 meters.
If the width is 40 % of the length, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Click here to see answer by ikleyn(52778)

Question 1040042: The unequal side of an isosceles triangle is 6 cm & its perimeter is 24 cm.find it area
Click here to see answer by ikleyn(52778)

Older solutions: 1..45, 46..90, 91..135, 136..180, 181..225, 226..270, 271..315, 316..360, 361..405, 406..450, 451..495, 496..540, 541..585, 586..630, 631..675, 676..720, 721..765, 766..810, 811..855, 856..900, 901..945, 946..990, 991..1035, 1036..1080, 1081..1125, 1126..1170, 1171..1215, 1216..1260, 1261..1305, 1306..1350, 1351..1395, 1396..1440, 1441..1485, 1486..1530, 1531..1575, 1576..1620, 1621..1665, 1666..1710, 1711..1755, 1756..1800, 1801..1845, 1846..1890, 1891..1935, 1936..1980, 1981..2025, 2026..2070, 2071..2115, 2116..2160, 2161..2205, 2206..2250, 2251..2295, 2296..2340, 2341..2385, 2386..2430, 2431..2475, 2476..2520, 2521..2565, 2566..2610, 2611..2655, 2656..2700, 2701..2745, 2746..2790, 2791..2835, 2836..2880, 2881..2925, 2926..2970, 2971..3015, 3016..3060, 3061..3105, 3106..3150, 3151..3195, 3196..3240, 3241..3285, 3286..3330, 3331..3375, 3376..3420, 3421..3465, 3466..3510, 3511..3555, 3556..3600, 3601..3645, 3646..3690, 3691..3735, 3736..3780, 3781..3825, 3826..3870, 3871..3915, 3916..3960, 3961..4005, 4006..4050, 4051..4095, 4096..4140, 4141..4185, 4186..4230, 4231..4275, 4276..4320, 4321..4365, 4366..4410, 4411..4455, 4456..4500, 4501..4545, 4546..4590, 4591..4635, 4636..4680, 4681..4725, 4726..4770, 4771..4815, 4816..4860, 4861..4905, 4906..4950, 4951..4995, 4996..5040, 5041..5085, 5086..5130, 5131..5175, 5176..5220, 5221..5265, 5266..5310, 5311..5355, 5356..5400, 5401..5445, 5446..5490, 5491..5535, 5536..5580, 5581..5625, 5626..5670, 5671..5715, 5716..5760, 5761..5805, 5806..5850, 5851..5895, 5896..5940, 5941..5985, 5986..6030, 6031..6075, 6076..6120, 6121..6165, 6166..6210, 6211..6255, 6256..6300, 6301..6345, 6346..6390, 6391..6435, 6436..6480, 6481..6525, 6526..6570, 6571..6615, 6616..6660, 6661..6705, 6706..6750, 6751..6795, 6796..6840, 6841..6885, 6886..6930, 6931..6975, 6976..7020, 7021..7065, 7066..7110, 7111..7155, 7156..7200, 7201..7245, 7246..7290, 7291..7335, 7336..7380, 7381..7425, 7426..7470, 7471..7515, 7516..7560, 7561..7605, 7606..7650, 7651..7695, 7696..7740, 7741..7785, 7786..7830, 7831..7875, 7876..7920, 7921..7965, 7966..8010, 8011..8055, 8056..8100, 8101..8145, 8146..8190, 8191..8235, 8236..8280, 8281..8325, 8326..8370, 8371..8415, 8416..8460, 8461..8505, 8506..8550, 8551..8595, 8596..8640, 8641..8685, 8686..8730, 8731..8775, 8776..8820, 8821..8865, 8866..8910, 8911..8955, 8956..9000, 9001..9045, 9046..9090, 9091..9135, 9136..9180, 9181..9225, 9226..9270, 9271..9315, 9316..9360, 9361..9405, 9406..9450, 9451..9495, 9496..9540, 9541..9585, 9586..9630, 9631..9675, 9676..9720, 9721..9765, 9766..9810, 9811..9855, 9856..9900, 9901..9945, 9946..9990, 9991..10035, 10036..10080, 10081..10125, 10126..10170, 10171..10215, 10216..10260, 10261..10305, 10306..10350, 10351..10395, 10396..10440, 10441..10485, 10486..10530, 10531..10575, 10576..10620, 10621..10665, 10666..10710, 10711..10755, 10756..10800, 10801..10845, 10846..10890, 10891..10935, 10936..10980, 10981..11025, 11026..11070, 11071..11115, 11116..11160, 11161..11205, 11206..11250, 11251..11295, 11296..11340, 11341..11385, 11386..11430, 11431..11475, 11476..11520, 11521..11565, 11566..11610, 11611..11655, 11656..11700, 11701..11745, 11746..11790, 11791..11835, 11836..11880, 11881..11925, 11926..11970, 11971..12015, 12016..12060, 12061..12105, 12106..12150, 12151..12195, 12196..12240, 12241..12285, 12286..12330, 12331..12375, 12376..12420, 12421..12465, 12466..12510, 12511..12555, 12556..12600, 12601..12645, 12646..12690, 12691..12735, 12736..12780, 12781..12825, 12826..12870, 12871..12915, 12916..12960, 12961..13005, 13006..13050, 13051..13095, 13096..13140, 13141..13185, 13186..13230, 13231..13275, 13276..13320, 13321..13365, 13366..13410, 13411..13455, 13456..13500, 13501..13545, 13546..13590, 13591..13635, 13636..13680, 13681..13725, 13726..13770, 13771..13815, 13816..13860, 13861..13905, 13906..13950, 13951..13995, 13996..14040, 14041..14085, 14086..14130, 14131..14175, 14176..14220, 14221..14265, 14266..14310, 14311..14355, 14356..14400, 14401..14445, 14446..14490, 14491..14535, 14536..14580, 14581..14625, 14626..14670, 14671..14715, 14716..14760, 14761..14805, 14806..14850, 14851..14895, 14896..14940, 14941..14985, 14986..15030, 15031..15075, 15076..15120, 15121..15165, 15166..15210, 15211..15255, 15256..15300, 15301..15345, 15346..15390, 15391..15435, 15436..15480, 15481..15525, 15526..15570, 15571..15615, 15616..15660, 15661..15705, 15706..15750, 15751..15795, 15796..15840, 15841..15885, 15886..15930, 15931..15975, 15976..16020