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Question 267085: The length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is 240 units. The perimeter of the given triangle is a perfect square. If the perimeter of the given triangle is greater than 550 units, then which of the following can be the length of a side of the given right-angled triangle?
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Question 267139: jules needs to purchase a ladder that reaches the top of a 16-foot building. if the bottom of the ladder will be placed 12 feet from the base of the building, how long should jules's ladder be?
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Question 267141: saul wants to wallpaper one wall. the wall is 11 ft high and 14 ft long. it has a window that measures 3ft by 4ft. about how many square feet of wallpaper must saul buy?
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Question 267143: kai must buy canvas to make a sail for his sailboat. the sail will have the shape of a right angle. it will be as tall as the mast (the vertical pole) and as wide at the bottom as the boom (the horizontal pole). if the mast measures 9 meters, about how much canvas does kai need to buy?
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Question 267174: If the side of a square is decreased by 3 meters, the area is decreased by 45 square meters. Find the length of the original square.
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Question 267201: A box measures 1/3 ft. long,1/4 ft. wide, and1/6 ft. high. Find the volume of the box in inches.
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Question 267201: A box measures 1/3 ft. long,1/4 ft. wide, and1/6 ft. high. Find the volume of the box in inches.
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Question 267266: Find the perimeter of a rhombus with the diagnals 12 and 16. Please!!!
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Question 266693: The lenghth of one leg of a right triangle is 24ft.The lenghth of the other leg is 16ft shorter than the hypotenuse, find the length of the hypotenuse and the other leg.
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Question 267524: Need help with the following:
A box is being constructed by cutting 3-inch squares from the corners of a rectangualr sheet of metal that is 4 inches longer than it is wide. If the box is to have a volume of 135 cubic inches, find the dimensions of the metal sheet.
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Question 267768: the diagonal of the square is 12 centimeters.find the area
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Question 267767: the length of a diagonal of the square is 36 cm find the length of each side
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Question 267782: The width of a rectangular swimming is pool is 79 ft. If the perimeter is 324 ft, what is the area of the pool?

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Question 267778: the length of a rectangular rug is 3 ft. If the areais 15 ft squared, what is the perimeter of the rug?
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Question 267082: For a convex 40-gon, what is the sum of the measures of the interior angles?
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Question 267870: The keeper of a lighthouse is standing at the top of the light, 198 feet high, he is not used to the new location of the lighthouse because he is now 1600 feet from the coastline. In order to be sure the location of a boat, he sights it at an angle of depression of 6degrees. How far away is the boat from the shore?
we are using sine, cosine, and tangent right now, i have tried
and got 199.09
then i tried
and got 15306.83
two different answers! which function do i use?
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Question 267841: if the perimeter of a rectangle is 460 ft the length of the rectangle is 30 more than the wight. how to you find the wight?
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Question 268063: The sum of the measures of the legs of a right triangle is 48. The tangent of one of the acute angles is 1/5. What is the measure of the longer leg?
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Question 268210: the number of inches in the perimeter of a square is 3 more than the number of square inches in its area. find the length of a side

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Question 268210: the number of inches in the perimeter of a square is 3 more than the number of square inches in its area. find the length of a side

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Question 268459: russ ran at 7 mph. janet ran at 5 mph. how long will it take for them to be a half mile apart
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Question 268459: russ ran at 7 mph. janet ran at 5 mph. how long will it take for them to be a half mile apart
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Question 268458: 7% interest and 4 times as much at 11%. find the total annual income from if the interest is 7650?
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Question 268477: if the measure of one interior angle is 140 degress,how many7 sides does the polygon have
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Question 268483: please could you answer the following problem. an airplane is moving according to the equation y= x2 + 2 . it attacks a target at the point (3,2).find the nearest distance for the plane from the target?
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Question 268524: A rectangular flower bed with width 12 feet and length 15 feet is going to have a walkway of uniform width on all sides. If the area of the walkway is 90 square feet, how wide is the walkway?
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Question 268548: if a church steeple casts a shadow 112ft.long, and at the same time a 7.0ft. post cast a shadow 6.0 ft.long. How high is the church steeple
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Question 268521: A rectangular cutting board is 6 inches longer than it is wide. If the area of the cutting board is 216 square inches, find the length and the width.
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Question 268689: the side of a square garden is 32 feet. How many feet of fence do we need to fence it on all sides?
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Question 268061: One of the legs of a right triangle is 5 feet long. The area of the triangle is 20 square feet. What is the angle opposite the 5-foot leg to the nearest tenth of a degree?
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Question 268948: if the height and length of the base a rectangular prism are quadrupled how many times greater is the new volume?
a 64
b 16
c 4
d 68
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Question 269025: The lenght of a rectangle is 5cm more than 4 times it's width. The perimeter is 124cm find it's dimension?
Find the modulas 1A multi and argument
Z=3+6i
Z=-3-4i
Z=8-3i
z=-6-3i
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Question 269127: A rectangular box with no top has height 4 feet. The length of the base is three
times the width, and the volume is 300 cubic feet. Find the amount of cardboard
needed to construct the box, and label your answer with appropriate units

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Question 269130: A 4-inch by 6-inch picture is enlarged for framing by tripling its dimensions. A 2-inch-wide border is then placed around each side of the enlarged picture, as shown. Thin metal framing is sold only in increments of one foot. What is the minimum number of linear feet of framing that must be purchased to go around the perimeter of the border?
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Question 269171: cone l has a volume of 24 pi cubic inches. If a plane cuts cone l parallel to its base at the midpoint of its altitude, what is volume , in cubic inches , of the small cone formed when the frustum is removed? Express your answer in terms of pi
( a frustum of a cone is the part that is left when the cone is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the part containing the vertex is removed)

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Question 269176: The movie screen in the Imax theater in Sydney, Australia is 11349 square feet in area. If the screen is 20 feet longer than it is wide, find the dimensions of the screen
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Question 269310: How would you solve this problem what method would you use? An airplane flies directly overhead at 600 mph. 1 minute later it is seen at an angel of elevation of 35 degrees.
1. How far did the airplane fly during that time?
2. What is the elevation?

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Question 269380: The measure of the angles of a triangle are three consecutive even integers. Find the measure of each angle.
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Question 269380: The measure of the angles of a triangle are three consecutive even integers. Find the measure of each angle.
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Question 269638: i need to find the area and perimeter of my room wich is 10x9 feet and take it to inches

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Question 269638: i need to find the area and perimeter of my room wich is 10x9 feet and take it to inches

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Question 269738: A circular garden is surrounded by a sidewalk with a uniform width of 14 feet. The total area of the sidewalk equals the total area of the garden. How many feet are in the diameter of the garden? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
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Question 269816: What could represent a cross section of a ball rolling along a flat surface?
a.circle with a tangent line
b.a circle with a secant line
c. a circle with a chord
d. an intercepted arc
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