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Question 1125370: A cylindrical package to be sent by a postal service can have a maximum combined length and girth (perimeter of a cross section) of 132 inches. Find the dimensions (radius and length) of the package of maximum volume that can be sent. (The cross section is circular.)
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Question 1125619: if you were to walk around the perimeter of a vertical building, you would cover 2438 ft. if this rectangular building is 123 ft longer than it is wide, what are its dimensions in ft. for each answer enter an exact number
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Question 1125926: The problem goes as follows: Two metal balls are placed in a cylinder containing water. The lower has a radius of 7cm and the upper has a radius of 3cm. The diameter of the cylinder is 18cm. The total volume of water in the cylinder is 2414/3 x Pi cm3. The volume of water that has to be poured out so that there is just enough water to cover both balls?
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Question 1125926: The problem goes as follows: Two metal balls are placed in a cylinder containing water. The lower has a radius of 7cm and the upper has a radius of 3cm. The diameter of the cylinder is 18cm. The total volume of water in the cylinder is 2414/3 x Pi cm3. The volume of water that has to be poured out so that there is just enough water to cover both balls?
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Question 1125928: The problem goes as follows: Two metal balls are placed in a cylinder containing water. The lower has a radius of 7cm and the upper has a radius of 3cm. The diameter of the cylinder is 18cm. The total volume of water in the cylinder is 2414/3 x Pi cm3. The volume of water that has to be poured out so that there is just enough water to cover both balls?
a) 6pi b) 5pi c) 4pi d)3pi e)2pi
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Question 1126259: A Certain triangle has a perimeter of 3070 mi. The shortest side measures 74 mi less than the middle side, and the longest side measures 372 mi more than the middle side. Find the lengths of the three sides.
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Question 1126592: You have created a vegetable garden in a square wooden section of your yard that has an area of 100 ft squared. To make sure you provide water you put a circular sprinkler in the middle of the square and it covers the entire garden. What is the exact area outside of the wooden garden that is also being watered?
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Question 1126574: A landscaper, who just completed a rectangular flower garden measuring 6 ft by 10 ft, orders 1 cubic yard of premixed cement, all of which is to be used to create a border of uniform width around the garden. If the border is to have a depth of 3 inches, how wide will the border be? (1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet)
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Question 1126621: How much artificial turf should be purchased to cover an athletic field that is in the shape of a trapezoid with a height of H = 17 m and bases that measure T = 47 m and B = 39 m?
The path of water from a hose on a fire tugboat can be approximated by the equation
y = −0.0055x2 + 1.25x + 15,
where y is the height, in feet, of the water above the ocean when the water is x feet from the tugboat. When the water from the hose is 7 feet above the ocean, at what distance from the tugboat is it? Round answer to nearest hundredth
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Question 1127028: Hi!
I have a word problem for college algebra course and I'm not quite sure how to begin it. The problem says:
A rectangle is 30 feet longer than it is wide. If its length were increased by 50 ft and its width were diminished by 8 feet, its area would be increased by 200 square feet. Find its dimensions.
Thank you so much!
-Maddie
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Question 1127028: Hi!
I have a word problem for college algebra course and I'm not quite sure how to begin it. The problem says:
A rectangle is 30 feet longer than it is wide. If its length were increased by 50 ft and its width were diminished by 8 feet, its area would be increased by 200 square feet. Find its dimensions.
Thank you so much!
-Maddie
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Question 1127028: Hi!
I have a word problem for college algebra course and I'm not quite sure how to begin it. The problem says:
A rectangle is 30 feet longer than it is wide. If its length were increased by 50 ft and its width were diminished by 8 feet, its area would be increased by 200 square feet. Find its dimensions.
Thank you so much!
-Maddie
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Question 1127076: An investment adviser invested $14,000 in two accounts. One investment earned 8% annual simple interest, and the other investment earned 2.5% annual simple interest. The amount of interest earned for 1 year was $757. How much was invested in each account?
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Question 1127087: An architect designs a rectangular flower garden such that the width is exactly two-thirds of the length. If 420 feet of antique picket fencing are to be used to enclose the garden, find the dimensions of the garden.
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Question 1127099: A bedroom with a wallarea of 3528 sq. Meter is to be covered by a wallpaper. If the size of a roll of a wallpaper is 12 meters long and 42 meters wide, how many rolls of wallpaper are needed to cover this area?
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Question 1127099: A bedroom with a wallarea of 3528 sq. Meter is to be covered by a wallpaper. If the size of a roll of a wallpaper is 12 meters long and 42 meters wide, how many rolls of wallpaper are needed to cover this area?
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Question 1127131: larry drove a total distance of 330 miles to visit his uncle. He averaged 68 miles per hour for the first part of the journey. traffic congestion forced him to slow to an average of 52 miles per hour for the remainder of the road trip. His total driving time was 5.3 hours. how long did larry travel at the faster rate of 68 miles per hour? How long did he travel at the slower rate of 52 miles per hour?
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Question 1127454: Mike’s current restaurant measures 60 feet by 30 feet. Due to increase in the number of customers, he wants to rent a bigger restaurant. The dimensions of the bigger restaurant will be related by a scale factor of 2.
What is the difference in area between Mike's new restaurant and his current restaurant, in square feet?
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Question 1127454: Mike’s current restaurant measures 60 feet by 30 feet. Due to increase in the number of customers, he wants to rent a bigger restaurant. The dimensions of the bigger restaurant will be related by a scale factor of 2.
What is the difference in area between Mike's new restaurant and his current restaurant, in square feet?
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Question 1127442: A bucket i n form of a frustrum with a square base of length 10cm is used to store oil. If the height of the bucket is 20cm and one third of the bucket is occupied,calculate:a) the total surface area of the bucket. b) the whole volume of the bucket, in litres. C)the volume occupied by the oil in litres.
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