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Question 1066262: Decide whether the following statement makes sense or does not make sense. Explain your reasoning.
I have a box with a volume of 2 square feet
choose the correct answer below.
A: the statement makes sense because it is reasonable to have a box with the stated volume
b: The statement does not make sense because a box cannot have a volume
C: The statement does not make sense because the stated volume is too large.
D: The statement does not make sense because square feet is not a unit of volume.
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Question 1066265: I have 24 feet of fencing with which to build a rectangular rabbit pen to keep rabbits.
If I want the rabbits to have as much room as possible, how long would each of the sides be?
How long would each side be if I had only 16 feet of fencing?
How would you determine the pen with the most room for any amount of fencing?
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Question 1066309: - Use the fact that the earth is is 3960 miles and 1 mile is 5280 feet answer the following question.
A tower of a submarine is approximately 18 feet above sea level. How far can a person see from the top of the tower?
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Question 1066309: - Use the fact that the earth is is 3960 miles and 1 mile is 5280 feet answer the following question.
A tower of a submarine is approximately 18 feet above sea level. How far can a person see from the top of the tower?
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Question 1066312: Define two variables. Write two equations and solve.
The length of required to enclose a rectangular field is 3000 meters. What are the dimensions of the field if it is known that the difference between its length and width is 50 meters? I'm
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Question 1066319: How many feet does a wheel with a diameter of 18 inches travel after three revolutions? Round to two decimal places as needed.
I used C=π⋅d, where C=π⋅9, from there I got 28.2743 inches which is 2.35619 or 2.36 feet! I'm unsure if this is the right way to go about this or if I approached this wrong? If not are there any hints on what to do next?
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Question 1066349: A blue print of a house has a scale of 1.5 in : 5 ft. Would a ping pong table that is 9 feet by 5 feet fit in a space that has drawing dimensions of 3 inches and 4.8 inches? If so, how much space (in ft2) will remain after the table is put in the room?
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Question 1066558: The perimeter of a plane shape is the distance around the
boundary of the shape. The plane shape opposite is a rectangle
with a length l and a breadth b. Write an expression for the
perimeter of this rectangle by collecting like terms.
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Question 1066592: A teacher found an old survey sketch of the school's flagpole (Figure 7). The teacher gave it to the students to determine the exact height of the pole. What is the exact height in meters and the approximate height in feet?
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Question 1066530: An aluminum brace used to support a wooden shelf has a length that is 11 inches more than twice the width of the shelf. The brace is anchored to the wall h inches below the shelf. Find the width of the shelf and the length of the brace. (Assume h = 24.)
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Question 1066911: Kinetic energy varies jointly as the mass and the square of the velocity. A mass of 10 grams and velocity of 5 centimeters per second has a kinetic energy of 50 ergs. Find the kinetic energy for a mass of 5 grams and velocity of 9 centimeters per second.
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Question 1067053: Mark has pairs of pants in three different colors,blue,black and brown.He has 5 colored shirts: a white,a red,a yellow,a blue and a mixed-colored shirt.What is the probability that Mark wears a black pair of pants and a red shirt on a given day?
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Question 1067059: Ruby's dog has 8 puppies.The puppies include white females,3 mixed-color females,1 white male,and 2 mixed-color females,1white male, and 2 mixed-color males.Ruby wants to keep one puppy.What is the probability that she randomly chooses a puppy that is female and white?
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Question 1067058: Of 240 students,176 are on the honor roll,48 are members of the varsity team,and 36 are in the honor roll and are also members of the varsity team.What is the probability that a randomly selected student is on the honor roll or is a member of the varsity team?
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Question 1067105: how do i draw a picture of or set up this problem: In a circular tent, the last row of seats are 96-ft away from a central pole that is 95-ft high. Ropes from the toopf of the pole are to sbe staked into the round in such a way that they are 49-ft above ground where the last row of seats are to be placed. At what distance from the central pole should the pole should the ropes be staked in?
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Question 1067411: A bedroom is shaped like a pentagon. A designer wants to put a triangular bookshelf in the corner marked on the diagram. The sum of the interior angles of a pentagon is 540°540°. Which statement is correct?
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