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Question 1090439: A square with a side equal to ( 2x)m is made up of four smaller equal squares
One of the squares is removed and the remaining shaded area is 75m squared . Calculate the value of x
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Question 1090452: Find the volume of the solid of revolution formed by revolving the triangle whose vertices are (2, 0, 0), (1, 0, 1), and (1, 0, 0) around the z-axis
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Question 1090590: The area of a small patio is 48 m2. If the length of the patio is 8 m longer than its width, how long is the patio?
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Question 1090644: Please help me on this word question. A square field is 4c meters on each side. Beginning at one corner, light towers are built every 10 meters on three sides of the field. How many towers are needed?
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Question 1090637: Describe three ways to divide a rectangle into two congruent regions. Do the regions have to be triangles? Use a diagram to support your answer.
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Question 1090379: Write coordinate of the vertices of this geometrical figure. Mark the mirror image of the point A,B,C,Devon in the X axis. Join the points to get the quadrilateral A B C and D and colour it. Repeat this by using y axis.
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Question 1090914: The end of a pendulum travels 50 cm on its first swing. Each swing after the first, it travels 99% as far as the preceding swing. How far will the pendulum travel before it stops?
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Question 1090943: A plot of land is in the shapf parallelogram 20m � 14m, the angle between the sides being 60 degree. Inscribe an elliptical bed on it. Use a suitable scale
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Question 1091100: A rectangle has a length of 38 yards less than four times it's width. The area of the rectangle is 840 yd.� find the length of the rectangle
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Question 1091209: Find the volume of the pyramid enclosed in the first octant by the origin and the intercepts of the plane x + 2y + z = 6.
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Question 1091209: Find the volume of the pyramid enclosed in the first octant by the origin and the intercepts of the plane x + 2y + z = 6.
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Question 1091261: Draw an angle, angle ABC, on a sheet of paper. Fold the paper so that segment BA falls on segment BC. Lay the paper flat and call the fold line, line BK. How is segment BK related to angle ABC? Please explain. Thanks!
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Question 1091372: Show the equations and calculations you use for each step in the problem solution along with a brief explanation of what is being done and why it is being done for each step.
A swimming pool measures 36 ft. by 20 ft. How much fencing is needed, including material for a gate, if the fence is to be built 9 ft. from each side?

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Question 1091373: Show the equations and calculations you use for each step in the problem solution along with a brief explanation of what is being done and why it is being done for each step.
A 36-in. by 36-in. ceramic tile shower stall is being installed. How many 4-in. by 4-in. tiles are needed to cover the floor? (Disregard the drain opening and grout spaces)
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Question 1091426: each stack has 2.25 pounds of wood. i need at least 12 pounds. how many stacks will i need

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Question 1091426: each stack has 2.25 pounds of wood. i need at least 12 pounds. how many stacks will i need

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Question 1091455: Find the point of intersection of the planes x + y + z = 12, 2x + y - z = 20, and -x - y + 4z = - 17
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Question 1091541: A triangular plot has one side along a straight road measuring 110 feet. A second side makes a 70 degrees angle with the road, and the third side makes a 62 degree angle with the road. How long are the other two sides?
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Question 1091595: A path, 3 meters wide, runs around the outside edge of a rectangular court.
The court is half as long again as it is wide.
The area of the path is 1596 square meters.
What are the dimensions of the court?
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Question 1091646: The length of a rectangle is 4 meters less than twice the width. If the area of the rectangle is 286 square meters, find the dimensions.
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Question 1091647: Greg drove at a constant speed in a rainstorm for 282 miles. He took a break, and the rain stopped He then drove 204 miles at a speed that was 4 miles per hour faster than his previous speed. If he drove for 10 hours, find the car's speed for each part of the trip.
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Question 1091737: a rectangular football field is 20 feet longer than twice the width. perimeter of the field is 160 feet. find the dimension of the field.
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Question 1091738: a rectangular football shed is fenced with 120 feet long barbed wire. if the length of the shed is twice as long as the width, what is the length? also find the area of the shed.
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Question 1091740: length of a rectangular dance floor is 22 feet more than the width .perimeter of the floor is 156 feet. a designer charges $12 for a square foot of carpet plus $99 for carpeting the entire room. calculate cost of carpeting the floor.
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Question 1091782: the length of a rectangle is five times its width. if the area of the rectangle is 500 square feet, find its perimeter.

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Question 1091905: if the rectangle with a semicircle on top is having an area of 12,88 and I had to tile it with 30cm by 30cm , how much tile will I need to buy?
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Question 1092028: A circular grassy region with a 96 ft diameter has a 12 ft x 17 ft rectangular pond and its center if a 2ft concrete border is around the pond how many Square feet of concrete will be laid
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Question 1092070: Find the distance between the points of intersection of the line x-zy+2=0 and the circle x^2+y^2+6x+6y+8=0.
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Question 1092121: A pool has a perimeter of 132ft,the length is twice the width,what is the width?
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Question 1092122: The perimeter of a pool is 180ft.the length is twice the width. what is the width of the pool?
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Question 1092149: The length and width of a rectangle are consecutive odd integers. The perimeter is 104. Find the length and width.
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Question 1092149: The length and width of a rectangle are consecutive odd integers. The perimeter is 104. Find the length and width.
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Question 1092165: a rectangle shed is fenced with 120 feetlong barbed wire. if the length of the shed is twice as long as the width, what is the length.
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Question 1092195: one hundred inches of foam weather stripping tape was placed around the perimeter of a rectangular window. If the length of the window is 33.5 inches, what is it's width?
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Question 1092226: Anna needs 170 meters of fencing material to enclose a rectangular lot. If the width is increased by 2 meters, the sum is half of its length. What are the dimensions of the lot?
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Question 1092244: If A=19, and B=8, find the values of x,y,and z.
Picture Link=https://imgur.com/a/5ipmR
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Question 1092243: In trapezoid ABCD, diagonals AC,BD intersect at M. AD is parallel to BC and MN. AD=3, BC=6, determine MN.
Picture Link= https://imgur.com/a/4xojP
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Question 1092420: If B is the midpoint of AC and the length of AC is 23.8 what is the length of AB
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Question 1092656: the question is is how tall is this tree. and its a right triangle , the top is 30 ft and the bottom is 20 feet and the back of the triangle has an H how do i solve this
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Question 1092662: I have a right angle that is long and slanted with a airplane at the top the height is 1400 ft and the hypotenuse is 15,100 ft and the question is how far is the airplane horizontally from the point where it will touch down.
I did this problem already but I wanna make sure I did it right
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