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Question 339845: If the area of triangle T, sides 5, 12, and 13, equals the area of rectangle R, width 8, then what is the perimeter of rectangle R?
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Question 338954: Determine the most precise name for a quadrilateral ABCD with vertices A(0,4), B(3,0), C(0,-4) and D(-3,0).

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Question 339035: If the area of a lawn is 360 square meters, and Dave cuts the lawn at the rate of 12 square meters a minute, what fraction of an hour does it take to cut his lawn?
a 1/6 b 1/4 c 1/3 d 1/2 e 2/3
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Question 339764: Mr. Hernandez has a circular garden with a diameter of 10 feet surrounded by edging. Using the same length of edging, he is going to create a square garden. What is the maximum length of the square?
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Question 340289: A rectangularwalkway is 18 feet longer than it is wide. If the area of the walkway is 88 squarefeet, find the length and the width.
Is this the correct formula?
(L x W) + 18 = 88
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Question 340288: This equation has me stumped. It has been a while since I have had Algebra and cant remember all the formula's.
A cement walk of uniform width is built around a 20 foot by 40 foot rectangle pool and the area of the walk is 700 square feet. How wide will the walk be?
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Question 340299: The height h in feet of a golf ball after t seconds is given by h=48t-16t^2. How long did it take for the ball to hit the ground?
Help please!
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Question 340353: Show how two lines that are each perpendicular to a third line can be perpendicular to each other.
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Question 340352: Determine the most precise name for a quadrilateral ABCD with vertices A(0,4), B(3,0), C(0,-4) and D(-3,0)
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Question 340313: If each edge of cube M with a unit length of 3 is increased by 50%, creating a second cube B, then what is the volume of cube B?
(a) 20.5 (b) 36 (c) 64 (d) 91.125 (e) 216

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Question 340749: The carpenter below saws a board into two pieces. He wants one piece to be 3 feet longer than twice the length of the shorter piece. Find the length of each piece when a = 24.
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Question 340795: what is the radius of a 40'circle?
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Question 340803:
You are putting a stone borderof uniform width around a rectangular garden that measures 6 yards by 15 yards. You only have enough stone to cover 100 square yards. How wide should the border be? Solve using the 5 step process.

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Question 340883: THe bottom of a 25ft ladder leaning against a house is 7ft from the house. If the ground is level, how high on the house does the ladder reach?

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Question 341054: The base of a triangle is 2 in.
longer than the height. The area is 12in^2 . Find the
height and the base.
How would I write this equation?
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Question 340831: A diagonal drawn through square A is half as long as a diagonal drawn through square B. The area of square B is how many times the area of square A?
a 1/4 b 1/2 c 2 d 4 e 8
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Question 341300: Mara can type 25 words per minute. How many words would she type in 1/4 hour (15 minutes)?
How would I put this in an Algebra formual (rational expression)
Thanks
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Question 341276: The longest side of a triangle is twice as long as the shortest side and the remaining side is 25. If the perimeter is 70, find the lengths of the sides of the triangle.
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Question 341313: How would I answer this problem, The width of the triangle is one-third of the length. If the perimeter is 40 cm, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 341325: For her geometry project, Valerie has to cut out as many 2‐inch diameter circles as she can from a rectangular sheet of paper 10 inches by 4 inches. To the nearest square inch, what is the least amount of paper she could have left?
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 9 (e) 10
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Question 340808: I need help w/solving
2x-5=3x
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4
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Question 341471: How many cubic feet of cement are in a rectangular cement slab that is 3 inlches thick 8.5 inches long and 12 feet wide?
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Question 341471: How many cubic feet of cement are in a rectangular cement slab that is 3 inlches thick 8.5 inches long and 12 feet wide?
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Question 341611: All the dimensions of a certain rectangular solid are integers greater than 1. If the volume is 126 cubic inches and the height is 6 inches, what is the perimeter of the base?
(a) 10 (b)16 (c) 20 (d) 21 (e) 27
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Question 341610: A cereal box has a volume of 176 cubic inches. When it stands upright, its base has an area of 16 square inches. If a supermarket displays the box standing upright on a display shelf, what is the minimum number of inches between that shelf and the one above it?
(a) 8 (b)11 (c) 16 (d) 160 (e) 256
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Question 341581: the area of a rectangle is 991 cm2 . if 991 is a prime number, what are the whole number dimensions of the rectangle. explain with reasoning
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Question 341622: A rectangular piece of cardboard is to be formed into an uncovered box. The piece of cardboard is 2 centimeters longer than it is wide. A square that measures 3 centimeters on a side is cut from each corner. When the sides are turned up to form the box, its volume is 765 cubic centimeters. Find the dimensions, in centimeters, of the original piece of cardboard.
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Question 342058: The sum of two consecutive integers is 527. What are the two numbers?
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Question 342055: A yard has a perimeter of 400 meters. Write an equation for the area of the yard if the width has a length of x. Can you please show steps...?
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Question 342111: find the dimensions of a rectangle whose perimeter is 26 meters and are is 42 square meters
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Question 342111: find the dimensions of a rectangle whose perimeter is 26 meters and are is 42 square meters
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Question 342279: what is the width of a rectangle that has a length of 25 inches and an area of 375 inches squared?
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Question 264616: At a carnival, players are to guess the weight of three objects; a tetrahedron, sphere, and a cube. Players are given three different combinations of these items on scales. On scale #1, there is a tetrahedron, a cube, and a sphere. The weight displayed on the first scale is 23 kg. On scale #2, there are two cubes, and two spheres. The weight displayed on the second scale is 22kg. On scale #3, there are two tetrahedron, and one sphere. The weight displayed on the third scale is 26 kg. Determine the weights of the items, and explain how you could solve this problem algebraically.
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Question 342418: In a certain right triangle, the two sides that are perpendicular to each other are 6.70 meters and 7.40 meters long. What is the tangent of the angle for which 6.70 meters is the opposite side?
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Question 342452: point j is between h and k on hk. use the given information to write an equation in terms of x. solve the equation. then find hj and jk. hj=2x jk=3x kh=25
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Question 342295: A rectangular solid has a square base. The volume is 360 cubic inches and the height is 10 inches. What is the perimeter of the base?
(a) 24 (b) 36 (c) 40 (d) 60 (e) 100
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Question 342293: If a square with a side of π is inscribed in a circle, what is the circumference of the circle?
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Question 342545: a telephone pole is what type of geometric term?
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Question 342567: The measure of one angle is 5 times the measure of its complement. -how do i solve this?-
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Question 342570: Mackenzie had a circular rug that was 5 feet in diameter.She added a border to the rug, which increased its diameter by y.What is the circumference of the rug, after the diameter is increased by y?
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Question 342575: How do you set up the equation to solve the following problem: Find the measure of each angle. Angle A is five times as large as its complement, Angle B.
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Question 338513: A jet pilot plans to cover a 1000km course at an average speed of 1000 km/h. For the first 800km the speed is 800 km/h. At what rate must the remaining distance be covered?
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