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Question 281415: The area in square units of a rhombus for which one side has length 10 units and the diagonals differ by 4 units is
A 27 b 49 c 64 d 88 e 96
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Question 281427: the length of a rectangle is 2cm less than 3 times its width.if the perimeter of the rectangle is 68m find the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 281420: the lenght of a regular lot is 6 yards longer than twice the width.if the perimeter is 288 yards,what are the lots of dimensions

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Question 281602: Find the perimeter of the square in which a circle of area 81 pi is inscribed.
A. 81
B. 40
C. 72
D. 9
E. 18
Please show me step by step how to solve the answer.
Thank you
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Question 281639: The length of a rectangle is 5 feet longer then its width. The area of the rectangle is 374 square feet. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
Could you show me step by step how to solve this problem? Thank you!
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Question 281693: THE WIDTH OF A RECTANGULAR PLAYGROUND IS 2x-5 FEET, AND THE LENGTH IS 3x+9 FEET. WRITE A POLYNOMINAL P(x) THAT REPRESENTS THE PERIMETER THEN EVALUATE THIS OERAMETER IF x IS 4 FEET.
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Question 281694: find a trinmoial A(x) that represents the area of a parallelogram whose base is 3x + 2 meters and whose height is 2x + 3meters. find A(3)
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Question 281685: A ladder is resting against a wall. The top of the ladder touches the wall at a height of 12 feet. Find the length of the ladder if its length is 4 ft. more than its distance from the wall.
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Question 281756: if the diameter of a circle is 1.3 x 10^-12meters, what is the radius
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Question 281756: if the diameter of a circle is 1.3 x 10^-12meters, what is the radius
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Question 281738: A rectangle has a perimeter of 124, find the dimesions of the rectangle with the greatest possible area.
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Question 282097: A rectangular painting with a width of x centimeters has an area of x^2 + 50x square centimeters. find a bionominal that represents the length.
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Question 282202: The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 45 inches.A rectangle whose width is 1-3 its length has a perimeter of 48 inches.Which figure has the longest side and why?
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Question 281882: The radius of a circular flower garden is 4 meters. How many meters of edging will be needed to surround the garden?
A) 7.14 meters B) 12.56 meters C)25.12 meters D)50.27 meters E)3.14 meters

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Question 282442: an angry construction worker throws his wrench downward from a height of 128 feet with an initial velocity of 32 feet per second. the height of the wrench above the ground after t seconds is given by; S(t) = 16t^2 -32t + 128.
a. what is the height of the wrench after 1 second?
b. how long does it take for the wrench to reach the ground?
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Question 282462: How do I solve the story problem that states, "find the dimensions of a rectangle that has area 10 and a diagonal of length 5. leave your answer in terms of radicals."
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Question 282439: one side of a rectangular stage is 2 meters longer than the other. if the diagonal is 10 meters, then what are the length of the sides?
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Question 282764: If the height of a right circular cylinder is tripled and the diameter is halved, then the ratio of the new volume to the original volume is:
(A)4/3 (B) 3/4 (C) 3/2 (D) 2/3 (E) none of these

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Question 282783: A circle of diameter 6 in. has its center at the center of a square of side 6 in. Find the area of the region that is inside the square and outside the circle.
a. (36π - 36) in.2 b. (36 - 6π) in.2 c. (36 - 9π) in.2 d. (9π - 36) in.2 e. None of these
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Question 282974: Can you please help me set this problem up:

Anita�s desk is a rectangle that is twice as long as it is wide. If the area of the desktop is 18 ft2, find the length and the width of the desk.

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Question 282912: Diagonal brace. The width of a rectangular gate is 2 meters
(m) larger than its height. The diagonal brace measures
sqrt 6 m. Find the width and height.
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Question 283068: a square that has a perimeter of 24√3
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Question 283052: A student makes a $10.50 purchase at the bookstore with a $20.00 bill. The store has no bills and gives change in quarters and fifty-cent pieces. There are 30 coins in all. How many of each kind are there?
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Question 283074: A fence encloses a square yard with an area of 36 m^2. The same amount of fencing can enclose a rectangular yard whose width is 2/3 the width of the square. What is the area of the rectangle?
a) 24 b) 32 c) 48 d) 64 e) can not be determined

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Question 283082: Four pennies of diameter d are placed with their centers on the four corners of a d x d square. the percentage of the area of the square covered by the pennies is
A 60 to 70 b 70 to 80 c 80 to 90 d 90 to 100 e none of these

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Question 283088: A rectangular garden 50 feet long and 10 feet wide is enclosed by a fence. To make the garden larger, while using the same fence, its shape is changed to a square. By how many square feet does this enlarge the garden?
a) 100 b) 200 c) 300 d) 400 e) 500

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Question 283080: The sides of a triangle are 30,70,and 80 units .if an altitude is dropped upon the side of length 80, then the length of the larger segment cut off on this side is
A 61 units b 62 units c 63 units d 64 units e 65 units

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Question 283118: A 10-foot ladder reaches a height of 8 feet when placed against the side of a building. How far from the base of the building is the ladder?
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Question 282144: A rectangular piece of picture matting is 2 inches longer than it is wide. A rectangular region is cut out of the middle for a picture, leaving 1 inch of matting all around. If the area of the region that is removed is 24 square inches, what are the dimensions of the matting?
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Question 283298: hi, my question is following
A toy rocket is launched straight up from the top of a building 50 ft tall at an initial velocity of 200 ft per sec. Using the function V(x)=-16t^2+vt+h, answer the following.
1. Give the function that describes the height of the rocket in terms of t?
2. Determine the time at which the rocket reaches its maximum height, and its maximum height in feet?
3. For what time interval will the rocket be more than 300 ft above the ground level?
4. for how many seconds will it hit the ground?
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Question 283395: A rectangle is drawn on a coordinate plane so that three vertices are located at these coordinates:
(-5, 2),(5, 2), and (-5, -3).
What are the coordinates of the fourth vertex of the rectangle?
1. (-5, -2)
2. (-2, -3)
3. (5, -2)
4. (5, -3)
5. (5, 3)

Please How can I solve this or what do I have to do make it easy for me to understand please.
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Question 283697: what is six more than one-third of fourteen
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Question 283707: the diagonal of a square is 62 feet. What is the perimeter?
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Question 283703: Two trains leave the same city at the same time. One heads due west and one due north. One train travels 5 miles per hour faster than the other. After 2 hours they are 50 miles apart. find the speed of each train.
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Question 283823: If a circle of radius 2 cm is inscribed in a square, what is the area of the square?
a)4 cm2 b) 4 π cm2 c) 8 cm2 d) 16 cm2 e) 16 π cm2

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Question 284000: A triangular-shaped piece of paper has an area of 36 square centimeters and a base of 6 centimeters. Find the height
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Question 283996: What would the dimensions of a rectangular prism be that could be filled by exactly 512 cubic yards of sand? What about the dimensions of a cube with the same amound of sand? What would the equation be to solve this problem?
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Question 284298: If a square of side 8 is inscribed in a circle, what is the area of the circle?
A. 64 π B. 32 π C. 128 π D. 64 E. 32
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Question 284476: the width of a rectangle is x+4. The length is 2x-9. Find the area of the rectangle in terms of the variable x.
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Question 284775: a crowbar is 4.5 feet long. where must the fulcrum be placed so that a weight of 1600 pounds can be moved by exerting a force of 200 pounds?
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Question 284860: The perimeter of a rectangle is 38cm. One side is 11 cm longer than the other side. Find the lengths of the sides.
My attempt: P=2 (L) + 2 (W)
38 cm = 2 (11) + 2 (L)
38 cm = 22 + 2 (L)
38 cm = 24/38

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