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Question 229854: The side of a square has length s. The length of a rectangle is 4 meters more than the side of the square and the width of the rectangle is 2 meters less than the side of the square. The perimeter of the rectangle is 24 meters less than twice the perimeter of the square. Find the dimensions of each figure. Can you show me how to step up the equation correctly?
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Question 230156: The area of a square is between 16 and 60 inclusively. What are all the possible integer values for the length of the sides of the square?
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Question 230347: the obtuse angle of an isosceles triangle measures 120 degrees. write and solve an equation to find the measure of the base angles.
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Question 230498: The bottom of Jim's rectangular bait box is 3 inches longer than it is wide. The diagonal is 15 inches. What is the area of the bottom of the box?
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Question 230563: If the area of a square is 169 cm2, what is the length of the diagonal?
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Question 230686: The normal body temperature of a dog is 38.6 degrees C. Does your dog have a fever if her temperature is 101.1 degrees F. Use the formula: F= 9/5(degrees C)+ 32 to help you decide.
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Question 230790: I have a lot measuring 183ftx531ftx105ftx528ft. What is the square footage of my lot?
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Question 230808: A rectangular swimming pool is 50 ft. wide, 100 ft. long, and 10 ft. deep. The pool will be filled to a line 2 ft. from the top. The water company charges $2.25/1000 ft3. How much does it cost to fill the pool?
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Question 230898: Word Problem Two -A rectangular plot of ground measuring 12 meters by 20 meters is surrounded by a sidewalk of a uniform width. The area of the sidewalk is 68 square meters. Find the width of the walk.. (Show a complete algebraic solution for the problem and check the answer.)

I DREW A PICTURE THEN WAS LOST�.
He said that you can possibly use quadratic equation but don�t have to..

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Question 230884: A rectangular garden has a perimeter of 34 yards. Fencing across the length costs $2 per yard and fencing along the width costs $1 per yard. The total cost of the fencing is $58. Find the length and width of the rectangle.
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Question 231445: what is the maximum number of 4-cm cubes that can fit into abox which measures 15 cm by 10 cm by 18 cm
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Question 231448: what is the maximum number of 2-cm cubes that can fit into abox which measures 15 cm by 18 cm
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Question 231444: what is the maximum number of 4-cm cubes that can fit into abox which measures 15 cm by 18 cm
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Question 231536: the perimeter of a rectangle is 80 inches. find the dimensions if its length is 3 inches greater than its width
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Question 231535: The second angle of a triangular building lot is three times as large as the first. The third angle is ten degrees more than the sum of the other two angles. Find the measure of the third angle
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Question 231591: The sum of three numbers is 94. The second number is 2 less than the first number, and the third number is 6 more than the first. Determine the numbers.
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Question 231916: The sum of the measures of two angles is 280 degrees. Three tomes the measure of one angle is 24 less than the measure of the other angle. What is the measure of each angle?

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Question 231893: how do I find the area of a running track shaped like a rectangle with a semicircle on each end. The distance around the track is 5280 ft. The straightaway is twice the width of the field I need to find the area enclosed by the track to the nearest sq foot. What formula would I use?
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Question 231985: The perimeter of a triangle is 93 cm. If 2 sides are equally long and the third is 9 cm longer than the others, find the lengths of the three sides.
I was trying every possible way with no luck. Could you please help me?
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Question 232287: a triangles perimeter is 40cm the longest side is three times as long as the middle side and the shortest side is 5cm shorter then the middle how long is each side
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Question 232621: 2/5 + ? = 1
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Question 232717: How many 1ft by 1ft squares does it take to fill a 8ft by 25ft rectangle?
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Question 232882: the perimeter of a rectangular pool is 140 yd. if the length is 20 yd less than twice the width, find the length and the width
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Question 233123: A charter company will provide a plane for a fare of $200 each for 80 or fewer passengers. For each passenger in excess of 80, the fare is decreased by $2.00 per person for everyone. What number of passengers would produce the greatest revenue for the company.
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Question 233478: What is the volume of a right circular cylinder whose height is 10 cm and the radius of whose base is 3 cm? Let pi = 3.14. How do I set this up in an equation?
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Question 233433: An exhibit hall in a convention center measures 20 by 30 yards. A square area of 9 square yards must be reserved in one corner for registration. How many square yards will remain for exhibit space?
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Question 233494: find the length of the altitude to the 26in side of a triangle whose sides are 10,24, and 26 inches in length.
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Question 233602: If the area A of a triangle is 60 sq m and the base b is 20 m what is the altitude h?
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Question 233601: THE LENGTH OF A RECTANGLE IS 14 FEET MORE THAN THE WIDTH. THE PERIMETER OF THE RECTANGLE IS 136 FIND THE LENGTH.
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Question 233654: what is the ratio of the area of square to the area of an equilateral triangle
if they have the same perimeter ?

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Question 233660: can a regular polygon have an interior angle of 157 degrees ?
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Question 233826: When the radius of a circle is increaded by 5, its area is increased by 32pie. What is the radius of the original cirlce?
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Question 233939: In any triangle, the sum of the measures of the angles is 180Degrees. In triangle ABC, Angle A is 4 times as large as Angle B. Angle C measures 20degrees less than Angle B. Find the measure of each angle.
I know he answer are the following but I need help figuring out how to write the equation and then help to solve A=133.32 B=33.33 C=13.33
Please help!
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Question 234189: If the area a of a triangle is 60 sq m and the base is 20 m what is the altitude
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Question 234189: If the area a of a triangle is 60 sq m and the base is 20 m what is the altitude
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Question 234220: the equation 7x-8a=3x+24a for x
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Question 234287: Find the missing dimension in each rectangle.
12cm. width. area=276cm 2 squared, find missing dimension.
25ft. width. area=1125ft. 2 squared, find missing dimension
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Question 234282: The area of a rectangle is 1260 square inches. Its length is 36 inches.
Find the width.
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Question 234427: If each edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by what percent does the volume increase?
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Question 232100: how do i do this it says the perimeter of a parallelogram is 76 meter. the length of the longer side is 4 meters less than 5 times the shorter side how do i do this
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Question 234518: a square plywood platform has a perimeter which is 7 times the lenght of side, decreased by 21. find the lenght of a side
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