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Question 1155949: to construct a mead ian you need to find to ____ of each side of the triangle and connect them to each ____ of the triangle. The centroid is where each ___ intersects.
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Question 1156035: A triangular piece of fabric has side lengths of 1.2 feet, 2 feet, and 1.6 feet. Will it fit in the corner of a rectangular quilt? Explain.

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Question 1156051: At a campground, a rectangular fire pit is 5 feet by 4 feet. What is the area of the largest circular fire that can be made in this fire pit? Use 3.14 for π. Round to the nearest square inch.
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Question 1156064: A rectangular auditorium seats 1728 people. The number of seats in each row exceeds the number of rows by 12. Find the number of seats in each row.
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Question 1156068: At a certain time of day, a tree that is x meters tall casts a shadow that is x-21 meters long. If the distance from the top of the tree to the end of the shadow is x+3 meters long, what is the height, "x", of the tree?
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Question 1156192: A rectangle is 9 inches longer than it is wide

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Question 1156192: A rectangle is 9 inches longer than it is wide

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Question 1156220: Charles has a circular carpet in his drawing room he wants to put a table in the middle of the carpet the diameter of carpet is 12 meters, diameter of table is 4 meters
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Question 1156240: Divide: (5x4 - 8x2 + 4x + 1) ÷ (x + 1). Write your answer in the form: quotient + remainder .
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Question 1156241: Let P(x)=x4 −2x3 −10x2 +6x+45
▪ Use the Rational Zero Theorem to list all the possible rational zeros.
▪ Then find all zeros exactly (rational, irrational, and imaginary).
Hint: Use the Rational Zero Theorem, a graphing calculator, and synthetic division if needed.
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Question 1156239: Find a polynomial function of least degree with integer coefficients that has the given zeros. Leave your answer in factored form.
Zerosx= - 4, - 1,0,and (3/2)
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Question 1156238: Identify the degree of the polynomial. Find all zeros (real and imaginary) and indicate their multiplicity if greater than 1.

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Question 1156237: Solve the polynomial inequality. Round all endpoints to 1 decimal place. You may answer algebraically or graphically.
0.015x4 - 0.06x3 - 0.78x2 + 1.68x > - 5.76
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Question 1156301: Let P(x)=x4 −2x3 −10x2 +6x+45
▪ Use the Rational Zero Theorem to list all the possible rational zeros. ▪ Then find all zeros exactly (rational, irrational, and imaginary).
Hint: Use the Rational Zero Theorem, a graphing calculator, and synthetic division if needed.
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Question 1156299: Sketch the graph of a polynomial with odd degree, negative leading coefficient, and zeros x = - 6,(− 5/2) , 1, 4, and 7.
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Question 1156298: Sketch the graph of a polynomial with odd degree, negative leading coefficient, and zeros x = - 6, − 52 , 1, 4, and 7.
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Question 1156311: Wally wants to build a 4 ft Walkway around his garden. That is 20 Feet Wide by 30 Feet Long. What will the area of the Walkway be? Show work to explain thanks.
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Question 1156313: Before soccer practice Allyson jogs around the field that measures 100 yards by 65 yards twice. How far will she jog?

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Question 1156313: Before soccer practice Allyson jogs around the field that measures 100 yards by 65 yards twice. How far will she jog?

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Question 1156537: a lawn is the shape of a triangle with one side being 148 feet long and the altitude to that side is 56 feet long. In the center of the lawn, there is a circular water fountain that has a concrete base that has a radius of 10 feet. How many bags of fertilizer that covers 10 square feet will be enough to fertilize the lawn?
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Question 1156552: A 10” pizza has 8 slids. What is the area of one slice? What is the length of one piece of crust.

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Question 1156601: what is the height of a TV when a 20 inch TV set has a width of 16 inches
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Question 1156602: perimeter is 220 feet, the length of the field is 2 feet more than the width, find the length
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Question 1156739: One side of a rectangle is seven more than the other. The length of the diagonal of the rectangle is 13 inches. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

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Question 1156806: Jason’s laptop computer is 15 inches long. The width is 3 inches longer than the length. What is the width of Jason’s computer?
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Question 1156826: What is the sine of the angle whose tangent is 2? First find an answer by hand (draw a picture), then use a calculator to check.
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Question 1156828: A circular park 80 meters in diameter has a straight path cutting across it. It is 24 meters from the center of the park to the closest point on this path. How long is the path?
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Question 1156836: Triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle. Given that AB is a 40-degree arc and ABC is a 50-degree angle, find the sizes of the other arcs and angles in the figure.
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Question 1156835: By using the triangle whose sides have lengths 1, square root of 3 and 2, express the sine, cosine, and tangent of a 30-degree angle as ratios of these lengths.
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Question 1156833: A chord 6 cm long is 2 cm from the center of a circle. How long is a chord that is 1 cm
from the center of the same circle?

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Question 1156833: A chord 6 cm long is 2 cm from the center of a circle. How long is a chord that is 1 cm
from the center of the same circle?

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Question 1156830: A triangle has a 3-inch side, a 4-inch side, and a 5-inch side. The altitude drawn to the 5-inch side cuts this side into segments of what lengths?
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Question 1156821: The sides of a triangle are found to be 10 cm, 14 cm, and 16 cm long, while the sides of another triangle are found to be 15 in, 21 in, and 24 in long. On the basis of this information, what can you say about the angles of these triangles? Is it possible to calculate their sizes?
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Question 1156825: Two circles of radius 10 cm are drawn so that their centers are 12 cm apart. The two points of intersection determine a common chord. Find the length of this chord.
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Question 1156822: The points A, P, Q, and B appear in this order on a line, so that AP :PQ = 2:3 and PQ:QB = 5:8. Find whole numbers that are proportional to AP :PQ:QB.

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Question 1156831: The parallel sides of a trapezoid are 8 inches and 12 inches long, while one of the non- parallel sides is 6 inches long. How far must this side be extended to meet the extension of the opposite side? What are the possible lengths for the opposite side?
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Question 1156824: The dimensions of rectangle ABCD are AB = 12 and BC = 16. Point P is marked on side BC, so that BP = 5, and the intersection of AP and BD is called T. Find the lengths of the four segments TA, TP, TB, and TD.
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Question 1156832: The midline of a trapezoid is not concurrent with the diagonals. Explain why.
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Question 1156832: The midline of a trapezoid is not concurrent with the diagonals. Explain why.
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Question 1156782: The length of a rectangular picture is 5 inches more than three times the width. Find the dimensions of the picture if its perimeter is 74 inches.
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Question 1156829: Show that the lines y = 2x − 5 and −2x + 11y = 25 create chords of equal length when they intersect the circle x2 + y2 = 25. Make a large diagram, and measure the inscribed angle formed by these chords. Describe two ways of calculating its size to the nearest 0.1 degree. What is the angular size of the arc that is intercepted by this inscribed angle?

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Question 1156823: A trapezoid has two 65-degree angles, and also 8-inch and 12-inch parallel sides. How long are the non-parallel sides? What is the area enclosed by this figure?
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