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Question 1107630: In a parallelogram ABCD, the lengths of the sides AD and AB are 8 in and 3 in respectively. Angle bisectors of ∠A and ∠D split the opposite side into three segments. Find the length of each of these segments.
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Question 1107715: if it takes 6.3 pounds of seed to plant one acre of grass how many acres can be planted with 6.93 pounds of seeds?
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Question 1107715: if it takes 6.3 pounds of seed to plant one acre of grass how many acres can be planted with 6.93 pounds of seeds?
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Question 1107715: if it takes 6.3 pounds of seed to plant one acre of grass how many acres can be planted with 6.93 pounds of seeds?
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Question 1107787: Find the measure of an angle whose complement is four times its measure.
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Question 1107848: Lisa wanted to find the actual distance from the top of the slide to the pool. The height of the slide is 8 feet and the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the pool is 6 feet.

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Question 1107945: In baseball, the length of the path between each pair of consecutive bases is 90 feet. The paths form right angles. How far does the ball need to travel if it is thrown from home plate directly to second base?

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Question 1107974: True or False, a rectangle that is 30 inches long and 10 inches wide can be divided into two congruent squares. Please explain how to do it.

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Question 1108016: A childs sandbox needs to be filled with sand. The dimensions of the box are 4 ft by 4 ft and is 16 inches deep. Find the volume rounded to the nearest cubic ft.
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Question 1108017: A local pool used by lap swimmers has dimensions 25 yd by 20 yd and is 5 feet deep. Find the cost for filling the pool if the city charges $1.50 per 1000 gallons. Use the conversion 1 gallon = 0.134 cubic ft.
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Question 1107998: a builder has designed a rectangular floor area to be 228 square feet. The builders clients want the floor to be 243 square feet, which can be accomplished by adding 2 feet to the width and 1 foot to the length of the original plans. What are the dimensions of the floor in the original plans?

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Question 1108068: each square section in an iron railing contains four small kites. the figure shows the dimensions of one kite. what length of iron is needed to outline one small kite? how much iron is needed to outline one complete section including the square
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Question 1108108: Carol brought a coloring book. It is 21 yd long and 17 yd wide. What is the diagonal length of the book?
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Question 1108115: theres two parallel lines and a transversal line find the value of x 169 degrees
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Question 1108162: A student draw 12 ,figures of either is a triangle or a rectangle in a paper. the total number of sides of the figures is 44, find the numbers of rectangles
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Question 1108203: The lengths of the sides of a triangle are in the extended ratio 7:8:10. The perimeter of the triangle is 75 cm. What are the lengths of the sides?
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Question 1108258: The area of a square is 60 square inches. What is the length of one side? I�m not allowed round.
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Question 1108215: 1. A triangular patch of grass in a park is bordered by walking paths. The longest path bordering the patch of grass measures 90 feet. The smallest path bordering the patch of grass measures 53 feet. The smallest angle formed by the paths bordering the patch of grass measures .
What is the measure of the largest angle of the triangular patch of grass?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree

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Question 1108404: You want to put a 2" thick layer of topsoil for a new 20'x30' garden. The dirt store sells by the cubic yards. How many cubic yards will you need to order?
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Question 1108421: Sound travels about 750 miles per hour. If you stand in a parking lot near a building and sound a horn, you will hear an echo.
Suppose it takes about � a second to hear the echo. How far away is the building?
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Question 1108422: A box of Jell-O costs $0.50, and makes 2 cups. How much would it cost to fill a swimming pool 4 feet deep, 8 feet wide, and 12 feet long with Jell-O? (1 cubic foot is about 7.5 gallons)
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Question 1108531: Two circles of radius 10 cm and 15 cm respectively are placed inside a square. Find the perimeter of the square to the nearest centimetre. Hint: rst nd the diagonal length of the square using the diagram on the right.
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Question 1108536: A cube of side length s sits inside a sphere of radius r so that the vertices of the cube sit on the sphere. Find the ratio r : s.
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Question 1108536: A cube of side length s sits inside a sphere of radius r so that the vertices of the cube sit on the sphere. Find the ratio r : s.
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Question 1108613:
A trapezium ABCD is split into four identical trapezia.
Given that AB has length 6 cm, find the area of ABCD.
If you would like to assist me with this question please email me as it has an image of the trapezium abcd as a visual aid.
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Question 1108534: Rachelle cuts off 3cm from each side of a square. She finds that 1.12 m is just enough to go around the new square. Find the side oft the original square
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Question 1108632: Dominic had two pieces of cloth.One piece is 72 inches wide and the other one is 90 inches wide.He wants to cut both pieces into stripes of equal width that are as wide as pooisble.How wide should he cute the stripes?
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Question 1108636: The width of the box is 2feet longer than the height . The length is 3 feet longer than the height . The volume is 90 feet cubed . What is the dimensions of the box
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Question 1108532: A bowl is in the shape of a hemisphere (half sphere) with radius 10 cm. The surface of the water in the container has a radius of 7 cm. How deep is the water? Give your answer to one decimal place.
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Question 1108722: What is the perimeter of a hexagon?
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Question 1108526: A 100 m radio mast is supported by six cables in two sets of three cables. They are anchored to the ground at an equal distance from the mast. The top set of three cables is attached at a point 20 m below the top of the mast. Each cable in the lower set of three cables is 60 m long and is attached at a height of 30 m above the ground. If all the cables have to be replaced, nd the total length of cable required. Give your answer correct to two decimal places.

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Question 1108762: Write the first 5 terms of the sequence:
a_(1)=1
a_(2)=0
a_(n)= a_(n-1)-a_(n-2)
For a_(3) I got -1 but when I try solving for a_(4) I get -1 again, and for a_(5) I get 2.
Key:
a_(#) in words means "a sub #".
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Question 1108760: A truck with 28-in.-diameter wheels is traveling at 60 mi/h.
Find the angular speed of the wheels in rad/min:
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Question 1108827: a triangular flower bed is 4 yards and measure 6 yards in a straight line from the cornernto side that is 4 yard long if one bag f tipsoil cover 10 square feet how many bags of topsoil are needed to cover the flower bed with one layer of topsoil
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Question 1108847: The side of a square mirror measures 24 inches what is its area
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Question 1108935: A town square is being planned. Thus square will be 20 feet long on each side. A walkway will be cut diagonally through this square . How long will walkway be rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot
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Question 1108968: A trapezoid has the highest of 8 feet and a base of 11 feet. If the area is 112 square feet , how long is the second base

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Question 1109033: A boat leaves from port and sails on the ocean.
Leaving the port, it travels on a bearing of S42 ̊W for 27 miles.
Next, it turns to a bearing of S48 ̊E and travels 80 miles, where it drops anchor.
Find the boat�s distance from the port at the end of its trip. Round to nearest mile.
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Question 1109104: Mark is choosing wooden sticks to make a triangular shape for a project. He can choose from six different lengths. Which of the following combinations could Mark use to make the triangle.
A.) 4 in., 5 in., 11 in.
B.) 4 in., 5 in., 10 in.
C.) 5 in., 7 in., 11 in.
D.) 2 in., 7 in., 10 in.
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Question 1109110: A dog is on a leash that is attached to a pole in the ground. If the leash is 8 ft long, in how much area can the dog move around? Round to the nearest tenth.
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Question 1109109: The school is planting a circular garden. If the diameter of the garden is 6 ft, what is the garden�s area to the nearest tenth of a square foot?

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