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Question 203862: I would appreciate your help,
What are the sides of the rectangle with the largest area that can be inscribed in a right triangle whose sides are 6, 8 and 10 meter.
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Question 204366: In a triangular cross-section of a lean-to for water fowl in an aviary, the second angle is 2 times as large as the first angle. And the measure of the third angle is 20 degrees greater than that of the first angle. How lare are the angles?
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Question 204538: In a triangle, the first angle measures 3 times the second and the third measures 20 degress less than the second. find each angle's measure.
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Question 204677: One leg of a right triangle is 4 m less than the hypotenuse. The other leg is 2 m less than the hypotenuse. Find the length of the hypotenuse.
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Question 204661: Sam is building a cabinet. The materials that he needs cost $480. To determine the price of the cabinet for his customer, Sam charges 30% more than the cost of the materials. Sam asks for a downpayment of 40% of the total before the work begins. The costumer pays the balance when the job is finished.
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Question 204694: Hi ther thanks again ur a great helppin hand .Here is the question-
the volume of a sphere is given by V=4/3TTR^3where R= the radius of the sphere. If the radius is decreased by 25%, find the change in the volume.
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Question 204865: A 45- 45- 90 triangle has a hypotenuse of length 15 units. What is the length of one of the legs?
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Question 204865: A 45- 45- 90 triangle has a hypotenuse of length 15 units. What is the length of one of the legs?
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Question 205122: Can someone please help me with this problem?
A package is 12 inches longer than it is wide. It is also 6 inches wider than it is high. If the total length of the ribbon needed to go around both ways is 96 inches long. What is the length of the package?
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Question 205187: If a line passes through (5,2) and has slope 2/3, then what is the value of y on this line when x = 8, x=11 and x = 12?
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Question 205187: If a line passes through (5,2) and has slope 2/3, then what is the value of y on this line when x = 8, x=11 and x = 12?
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Question 205194: Please help with me find an equation of line l and solve for y when Line l goes through (0,0) and is perpendicular to the line through (0,6) and (-5,0). I am stumped because I don't think there is a slope for the first line. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Question 205479: Suppose you need to construct a right triangle in which the shortest side is eight feet less than the largest side and the third side is seven feet more than the shortest side.
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Question 205500: Compare the area of the circle with the maximum area of the rectangular (square) shape. How much larger is the area of the circle?
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Question 205656: The width of a rectangle is five more than one-third of its length. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 meters, what is the length of the shorter side?
I come up with the answer of 9m, but the correct answer is 8m. Can someone please explain this to me.
Thank you,
Connie
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Question 205647: Dave and Jane wells have a new rectangular driveway. The perimeter of the driveway is 168 feet. the length is 12 feet longer than three times the width. what are the dimensions of the driveway. I followed an example in the book and not sure if it is understandable or not will post it anyway.
168=2w+2(2w+3) = 168=2w+4w+6 = 168=6w+6 168-6 = 6w +6-6=162/6 6w/6 w=27
2w+3=2(27) +3 = 54+3 = 57w=27 L=57
If you have the book I followed example 3 page 81.
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Question 205648: Mr. McGreggor is redesigning his garden. If the new width is half of the old wideth and the new length is 4 feet less than twice the old wide, the garden will be 24 square feet. Find the old width.
Thank you,
Connie
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Question 205679: in the figure below, what is the perimeter of square ABCD if diagonal AC=8?
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Question 205491: The square is divided into 5 congruent rectangles. If the perimeter of one rectangle is 30 units, what is the perimeter of the square?
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Question 205780: One angle of a triangle is 1/3 the largest angle, but twice the smallest. Find the largest angle.
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Question 205783: One angle of a triangle is 1/3 the largest angle, but twice the smallest. Find the largest angle.
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Question 205823: A leather coin purse has the shape of a triangle. Two sides are equal in length and the third side is 3 centimeters shorter than one and one-half times the length of the equal sides. The perimeter is 28.5 centimeters. Find the length of the sides.
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Question 205936: Help pls. It's confusing.
Karla weighs 42 lbs more than mara. Their combined weight is 68lbs. less than three times Mara's weight. How much does Karla weigh?
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Question 205941: Kindly help me with this question pls.
Two persons start at the same time from two places 66 km apart travelling towards each other. One travel 10 kph and the other 12 kph. How long will they travel before they meet?
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Question 205940: I don't get this.
How would I solve it.
Please help!
The salary of an employee was divided as follows: 1/5 for electric bill, 1/2 for food, and 1/6 for transportation. How much of the salary did he save?
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Question 205980: The width of a rectangle is 2 ft less than the length. The area is 8ft^2. Find the length and the width.
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Question 205980: The width of a rectangle is 2 ft less than the length. The area is 8ft^2. Find the length and the width.
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Question 205945: the perimeter of a standard basketball court is 288 ft. find the dimensions of the basketball court if its length is 44ft. longer than its width.
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Question 206094: The measures of the three angles of a triangle has the ratio of 3:4:5. What are the measurement of the angles?
Note: Please include representations of any used variable. Say, Let x be.....
Thank you very much..
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Question 206127: help graph 3x-5y = -9
5x-6y = -8

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Question 206129: help graph 4x + 5y = -2
4y + (-x) = 11
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Question 206126: help graph 3x-5y = -9
5x-6y = -8

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Question 206139: Given the circumference of a circle to be 4 Pie inches, find the area.
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Question 206148: If 1 gallon of paint covers 400 square feet, about howmany gallons of paint are needed to paint the outside of a sperical tank of diameter 20 feet?
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Question 206152: true or False The diameter of the moon is approximatelty one-fourth the diameter of Earth, hence the volume of the moon is one-fourth the volume of Earth.
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Question 206151: True or False The total surface area of a cube each of whose edges is 12 inches long is 6 square feet.
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Question 206141: Given that twice the complement is three-fifths the supplement, find the measure of the angle.
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Question 206149: If 1 gallon of paint covers 400 square feet, about how many gallons of paint are needed to paint the outside of a spherical tank of diameter 20 feet?
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Question 206160: given the sum of two numbers is thirty and that twice the first number is 3 more than the second,find the largest number
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Question 206159: given that twice the complement is three-fifths the supplement find the measure of the angle
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Question 206324: The slope of line l is greater than 1, and teh angle formed by line l and the y-axis has a degree measure of m. which of the following is the fange of possible values for m?
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