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Question 214306: find the number of degrees in an interior
angle, a central angle, and an exterior angle of the regular
polygon named. Hexagon. I really do not have a clue what I am doing here.
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Question 214389: Calculate the interior andle found in triandle ABC with the given adjacent angle is 76 degrees
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Question 214444: To find the volume of a box, you can multiply its height, width and length. The measure of the volume of the box is 70. Find the possible dimensions. Thanks
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Question 214485: This is NOT from a text book.
The perimeter of one square is 36 inches more than the perimeter of a second square, and the area of the first square is 243 square inches more than the area of the second square. Find the area of the larger square.
My work so far:
Square #1 Perimeter=4s+36 Area=s^2+243
Square #2 Perimeter= 4s Area=s^2
I am unsure of how to set up the equation.
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Question 214680: The length of a rectangle is 5 cm less than 3 times the width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 46 cm find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 214172: If one side of a square is increased by 8cm and an adjacent side decreased by 2cm, a rectangle is formed whose perimeter is 40cm. Find the length of a side of the square.
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Question 214791: An isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length. The length of one of the equal sides is two more than 3 times the length of the third side. If the perimeter is 46m, find the length of each side.
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Question 214813: While finding the amount of seed needed to plant his three wheat fields, Hank observed that the side of one field was 1 kilometer longer that the side of the smallest field and that the side of the largest field was 3 kilometers longer than the side of the smallest field. If the total area of the three fields is 38 square kilomters, then what is the area of each field?
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Question 214882: The town of Foxton lies 10 mi north of an abandoned east-west road that runs through Grimley. The point on the abandoned road closest to Foxton is 40 east of Grimley.
County officials are about to build a new road connecting the two towns. They have determined that restoring the old road would cost $100,000 per mile, whereas building a new road would cost $200,000 per mile. How much of the abandoned road should be used if the officials intend to spend $6.8 million? Would it cost less than this amount to build a new road connecting the towns directly?
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Question 214941: The length of each side of a square is increased by 4 in. The sum of the areas of the original square and the larger square is 106 in^2. What is the length of a side of the original square?
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Question 214962: Together, a computer, monitor, and printer cost $1,935. The monitor costs $400 less than the computer, and the printer costs $50 more than the monitor. Find the cost of the printer.
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Question 214968: Hi i need help with a problem im stuck on: A group of 127 students and 4 teachers go on a field trip. They have vans which hold seven students and buss which hold 25. They have five more vans than buses.How many buses and vans are needed.
I said 7v + 25v = 131 and got stuck on this.
Please help

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Question 214967: Two cyclists start biking from a trail 3 hours apart. The 2nd cyclist traveled at 10 miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the 1st cyclist who is traveling at 6 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the 2nd cyclist catches up with the 1st cyclist from the time the 2nd cyclist started?
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Question 215106: if the suppliment of an angle is 20 more than 2 times its compliment, what is the original angle, its compliment, and its suppliment

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Question 215112: let a and b be two real numbers with a does not equal b. write an expression that will give the larger of the two numbers
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Question 215278: suppose that the width of a rectangle is 3 centimeters less than two-thirds of its length. the perimeter of the rectangle is 114centimeters. find the length and width of the rectangle.
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Question 215331: if one-half of the complement of an angle plus three-fourths of the supplement of the angle equals 110, find the measure of the angle.
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Question 215331: if one-half of the complement of an angle plus three-fourths of the supplement of the angle equals 110, find the measure of the angle.
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Question 215330: In Triangle ABC, Angle B is 8 less then one-half of angle A and angle C is 28 larger than angle A. Find the measure of the three angles of the triangle.
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Question 215377: if two sides of a square are increased by five feet, the area of the field would be increased by 245 ft. find the area of the original square?

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Question 215332: Jody has a collection of 116 coins consisting of dimes, quarters, and silver dollars. the number of quarters is 5 less then three-fourths of the number of dimes. the number of the silver dollares is 7 more then five-eighths of the number of dimes. how many coins of each kind are in her collection?
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Question 215490: i am having a problem solving this:
two sides of a triangle have the same length. The third side measures 4m less than twice that length. The perimeter of the triangle is 24m. Find the lengths of the three sides.
Thanks in advance
Miranda
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Question 215536: an achitect designs a rectangular flower garden such that the width is exactly two-thirds of the length. if 250 feet of antique picket fencing are to be used to enclose the garden,find the dimensions of the garden
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Question 215639: Please help me solve this. I do not even know where to start!! :(
The area of a triangle is 96 sq. inches. Its altitude is 2 inches greater than five times its base. Find the altitude.
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Question 215648: the second angel of a triangle is twice as big as the first angle. The third angle is 18 degrees more than the firse angle. What are the angles?
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Question 215723: Can you please explain how I can solve this problem?
The legnth of a rectangle is 5ft more than its width. If the perimeter is 70ft, find the dimension.
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Question 215804: This is copied directly from the book.
An isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length. The length of one of the equal sides is two more than 3 times the length of the third side. If the perimeter is 46m, find the length of each side.
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Question 215811: one airplane holds 50 passengers more than another airplane. together they hold 450 passengers. how many passengers does each hold.
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Question 215828: four times the measure of an angle is 15 less than the measure of its compliment....
I tried the equation: <2*4+15=<1
Please help me!!! thank you!!
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Question 215820: A passanger train speed is 60mi/h and a freight train speed is 40 mi/h. The passenger train travel same diastance in 1.5 h less time than the freight train. How long does each train take to make the trip?
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Question 216026: A bar of metal contains 10% silver. Another bar contains 15% silver. How many kilograms of each must be taken to make a 10 kilogram bar containing 12% silver.
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Question 216029: One of three angles is 5 degrees more than the smallest angle. the third angle is three times the middle angle. The sum of the three angles is 120 degrees. Find the measure of each angle.
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Question 216013: The Moon is an angular size of 0.53 degrees and orbits a distance of 3.84x10^5 km from the Earth. Based on that data, what is the diameter of the moon in km?
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Question 215960: What is the altitude of the trapezoid if the upper base is 6, the lower base is 16 and the diagonal base is 16 and the angles of a rhombus is 35 degrees, 145 degress and other is 145 degrees ?
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Question 216024: A plane averaging 120 mph and an express train averaging 60 mph depart at the same time from the same city headed for the same destination. If the train arrives 45 minutes later then how far did they each travel
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Question 216167: Which of these expressions is NOT equivalent to 19*12?
a.(19*10)+(19*2)
b.(10*12)+(9*12)
c.(20*12)-(1*12)
d.(10*10)+(9*2)
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Question 216179: a family is buying capetibg for two rooms.One room measures 15 feet by 17.5 feet and the other is 17.5 feet by 20 feet.Which expression gives the total square eet of carpet that the family is buying?
F.35*35
G.32.5*37.5
H.17.5*35
I.15*37.5
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Question 216111: Please help me solve: each of two conguent sides of an isosceles triangle is 8 inches less than twice its base/ the perimeter of the triangle is 74 inches, what is the length of the base?

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Question 216373: find the demensions of a rectangle , if the area equals 144 square in. and the length and the width are in the ratio of 2 to 1/2 .(hint : in order to eliminate the fraction , the ratio may be changed to 4 to 1 .)
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Question 216590: There are 64 playing squares on a checkerboard. Checkerboards have 8 rows of 8 squares each; there are a total of geometrically 204 squares on an 8 by 8 checkerboard. There are 256 playing squares on a 16 by 16 checkerboard. How many geometrically squares would there be on a 16 by 16 checkerboard?
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