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Question 349678: write an equation of a parabola that passes through the points (1,4), (-1,-6), and (2,18)
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Question 349795: the perimeter of a rectangle is 76m. the length is 4m. less than 5 times the width. find the dimensions
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Question 349920: If you cut out the largest possible circular pie crust for a square piece of dough that is "d" inches on a side, what is the area of the remaining dough? Express your answer as polynomial in "d".
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Question 349969: the second angle of a tirnagle is three times the first and the third is 12 degrees less than twice the first. find the measure of the triangle.
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Question 349938: what is the area of a square with a diagonal length of 100 cm?
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Question 349986: A homeowner is covering his patio with carpet squares, the area of the patio is 100 feet square, if each carpet square measures 8 inches by 8 inches, how many squares will it take to cover the patio?
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Question 349989: A landscaper, who just completed a rectangular flower garden measuring 6 feet by 10 feet, orders 1 cubic yard of premixed cement, all of which is to be used to create a border of uniform width around the garden. If the border is to have a depth of 3 inches, how wide will the border be?
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Question 350080: The perimeter of a room is 66 feet.the ratio of its length to its width is 6:5. you want to tile the floor with 12 inch square tiles. find the length and width of the room and the area of the floor. how many tiles will you need ?the tile cost $1.98 each. what is the total cost to tile the floor ?
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Question 350077: A triangle has side lengths 20, 21 and 29. Find the radii of the inscribed and circumscribed circles

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Question 350112: If the area of a right triangle is 24 square inches and the hypotenuse is 12 inches, find the lengths of the legs of the triagle.
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Question 350243: a rectangular field 70m long and 50m wide has a path of uniform width around it . if the area of the path is 1024 sq.cm.find the width of the path
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Question 350245: 1.a rectangular field 70m long and 50m wide has a path of uniform width around it . if the area of the path is 1024 sq.cm.find the width of the path
2.The base and height of a triangle are (x+3) and (2x-5)cm respectively if the area of the triangle is 20 sq.cm find x
3.The length of a rectangle is 5cm longer than its width and its area is 66 sq.cm find the perimeter of the rectangle
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Question 350244: 1.a rectangular field 70m long and 50m wide has a path of uniform width around it . if the area of the path is 1024 sq.cm.find the width of the path
2.The base and height of a triangle are (x+3) and (2x-5)cm respectively if the area of the triangle is 20 sq.cm find x
3.The length of a rectangle is 5cm longer than its width and its area is 66 sq.cm find the perimeter of the rectangle
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Question 350246: 1.a rectangular field 70m long and 50m wide has a path of uniform width around it . if the area of the path is 1024 sq.cm.find the width of the path
2.The base and height of a triangle are (x+3) and (2x-5)cm respectively if the area of the triangle is 20 sq.cm find x
3.The length of a rectangle is 5cm longer than its width and its area is 66 sq.cm find the perimeter of the rectangle
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Question 350258: how much is the area of a triangle if the sides of this triangle are 3 feet, 4 feet and 5 feet?
How do I calculate this equation?
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Question 350219: a boat travel km and back in 1 hour and 45 minutes .if the speed of the current is 3km per hour throughout find the speed of the boat in still water
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Question 350530: the width of a rectangle storage container is 1.25 times its height . the length of the container is 16 inches and the volume of the container is 2000 cubic inches. find the dimensions of the container
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Question 350648: A circular path has a diameter of 120 meters. a person average walking speed is 4 kilometers per hour about how many minutes will it take him to walk around the path 3 times ?
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Question 350719: A flower bed is in the shape of a triangle with one side twice the length of the shortest side, and the third side is 13 more feet than the length of the shortest side. Find the dimensions if the perimeter is 181 feet.

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Question 350735: If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 30 cm long and one leg is twice as long as the other, how long are the legs of the triangle?
I think I'm suppose to set it up 30^2=a^2 +2b^2, but I'm not sure. And if it is, I'm not sure how to solve for both a and b. Thanks
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Question 350796: The perimeter of a rectangle is 254 inches. The length exceeds the width by 63 inches. Find the length and the width.
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Question 350795: The perimeter of a rectangle is 254 inches. The length exceeds the width by 63 inches. Find the length and the width.

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Question 350810: PROBLEM 1: A rectangle of area 48 sq. ft. is inscribed in a circle of an area 78 4/7sq. ft. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. ( USE 22/7 FOR PI)
PROBLEM 2: The area of the rectangle is 350 sq. cm. If the length exceeds 3 times its width by 5, find the dimensions of the rectangle.

pls. help me solve this problem. thank you.
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Question 351083: the length of a rectangle is increased by 80%. by what percent would be the width have to be decreased to maintain the same area?
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Question 351080: the area of a right angle triangle is 30 sq. cm and the length of the hypotenuse is 13 sq. cm. the length of the shorter side is?

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Question 350858: x represent side length of a square .find a regular polygon with side length x whose perimeter is twice the perimeter of the square. find a regular polygon with side length x whose perimeter is three times the length of the square
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Question 351109: x represent the side length of a square .find a regular polygon with side length x whose perimeter is twice perimeter of the square. find a regular polygon with side length x whose perimeter is three times the length of the square
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Question 351205: I have to figure out the largest shape that can be done with a perimeter of 200 meters?
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Question 351461: If one of two supplementay angles is 35 degrees larger than the other, find the measure of the smaller angle.
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Question 351554: An equilateral triangle with a perimeter of 24 square root (3) is inscribed in circle . find radius of the circle
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Question 351723: A banner in the shape of an isosceles triangle has a base that is 5 inches shorter than either of the equal sides. If the perimeter of the banner is 37 inches, then what is the length of the equal sides?
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Question 351820: please help me with this problems the area of a square court is 256ft how long is one side?
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Question 351846: Sammy took his dog running. Sammy and his dog ran 2 laps around a circular track near his house. The track has a diameter of 163 feet. What is the total distance that Lake and his dog ran? (Use pi)
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Question 351991: a rectangular room is 7 meter long , 4 meter wide and 2.5 meter high. what is the length of the longest diagonal from one corner to another corner of the room ?
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Question 352107: The perimeter of a rectangular dog run is 58 feet. The width is 5 feet more than the length. Waht are dimensions of the dog run?
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Question 352108: susanne found a collection of nickels and dimes in the bottom of her purse. She has a total of 16 coins. there were 4 more dimes than nickels. How many of each coins are in susanne's purse?
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Question 352112: At the movies concession stand, the cost for one popcorn and one drink id $5.75. The cost for 3 popcorns and 2 drinks is 14.75. what is the cost for popcorn?
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Question 352145: In a triangle, the measure of the first angle is twice of the second angle. The measure of the third angle is 76 degrees mor than the second angle. Use the fact that the sum of the measures of the three angles of the triangle is 180 degrees to find the measure of each angle.

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Question 352229: The length of a rectangle is 3 and 1/3 inches. The width is 1/5 of the length. Find the width and the perimeter of the rectangle.
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Question 352325: what is the answer to -x over 5-9=1

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Question 352470: the length of viollas bathroom is 2 feet longer than twice the width. if the diagonal measures 13 feet then what are the length and width. ive tried to solve this so many different ways but i cant get the right answer.
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Question 353081: pls. help me solve this problem.... thank you.
problem 1. The area of the rectangle is 350 sq. cm. If the length exceeds 3 times its width by 5, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
problem 2. If the length of a certain rectangle were invreased by 2 ft and the width by 1 foot, the area would be decreased by 2 square feet. I f the length were decresed by 2 ft, the area would be increased by 16 square fet. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 353112: A rectangular box has sides with lengths x, x+1 and x+2. If the volume of the box is 504 cubic inches, find the dimensions of the box.
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