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Question 362692: a family room measures 18 feet 6 inches by 15 feet 4 inches. find the approximate area in square feet
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Question 362822: a ladder is resting against a wall. the top of the ladder crashes and kills someone at 15 ft, what is its acceleration?
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Question 362826: a ladder is resting against a wall. the top of the ladder touches the wall and crashes. whats the distance.
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Question 362828: a ladder is resting against a wall. the top of the ladder touches the wall at a height of 15 ft and finally crashes. what is the distance of the ladder from top to bottom?

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Question 362904: QUESTION
THERE IS A BUILDING WITH A 12FT HIGH WINDOW. YOU WANT TO USE A LADDER TO GO UP TO THE WINDOW, YOU DECIDE TO KEEP THE LADDER 5FT AWAY FROM THE BUILDING TO HAVE A GOOD SLANT. HOW LONG SHOULD THE LADDER BE?
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Question 362467: If a 24 ft by 10 ft rectangle were a 8 ft platform, what is the volume of the rectangular prism in cubic feet?
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Question 362912: TIM IS STANDING ACROSS A RIVER FROM MARY. THEY DISCOVER THAT IF THEY STAND EXACTLY OPPOSITE EACH OTHER THEY CAN EACH HOLD ONE END OF A 5 M ROPE. HOW LONG WOULD THE ROPE HAVE TO BE TO REACH IF TIM MOVED 8 M DOWNSTREAM?
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Question 362979: I need help with the follow Geometry word problem.
The measure of the 1st angle is 7 times more than one third of the measure of the second angle squared. If the angles are supplementary find the measure of each angle.
My attempt: 7x + 1/3x^2 = 180
Thank you for your help.
Peter
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Question 362906: QUESTION
ON A BASEBALL DIAMOND THE BASES ARE 90 FEET APART. WHAT IS THE DISTANCE FROM HOME PLATE TO SECOND BASE IN A STRAIGHT LINE?
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Question 362910: QUESTION
TONY HAS GOT HIS KITE STUCK AT THE TOP OF A VERY TALL TREE. HE KNOWS THE STRING ON HIS KITE IS 20 M LONG. WHEN HE PULLS THE STRING TIGHT AND HOLDS THE VERY END ON THE GROUND IT TOUCHES 17 M FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE. IF THE GROUND IS FLAT, HOW TALL IS THE TREE?
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Question 363025: length of each equal side of a triangle is 4m less from the third side.If the perimeter of a triangle is 55m find the dimensions of a triangle.
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Question 363051: Hello I need help on two problems. Thanks
An ice cube that measures 5 centimeters on each side conntains how many cubic centimeters of ice? Include correct units with the solution.
Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if one leg measures 16ft. anfd the other leg measures 30ft. please show work and include units with the solution. Thanks

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Question 362915: A SHIP SAILS 300 KM DUE WEST AND THAN 100 KM DUE SOUTH. AT THE END OF THE JOURNEY, HOW FAR IS THE SHIP FROM ITS STARTING POSITION?
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Question 363089: SODA IS SOLD IN ALUMINUM CANS THAT MEASURE 6 INCHES IN HEIGHT AND 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. HOW MANY CUBIC INCHES OF SODA ARE CONTAINED IN A FULL CAN.
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Question 363086: EVERY TIME THE PEDALS GO THROUGH A 360 DEGREE ROTATION ON A BICYCLE, THE TIRES ROTATE 3 TIMES. IF THE TIRES ARE 24 INCHES IN DIAMETER, CALCULATE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF COMPLETE ROTATIONS OF THE PEDALS NEEDED FOR THE BICYCLE TO TRAVEL AT LEAST 1 MILE.
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Question 363158: the complement of an angle is 1.5 times is large as the angle
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Question 363158: the complement of an angle is 1.5 times is large as the angle
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Question 363174: one angle of a linear pair is 10 more than two-thirds the other angle. find both angles
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Question 363247: The perimeter of a rectangular window is 34 feet. If the width of the window is three feet more than the length, what are the dimensions of the window?
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Question 363515: A sample of an alloy is in the shape of a solid sphere with a radius of 6.4cm. If this sphere is melted down and then cast into a cube, what is the length of an edge of the cube?
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Question 363618: SODA IS SOLD IN ALUMINUM CANS THAT MEASURE 6 INCHES IN HEIGHT AND 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. HOW MANY CUBIC INCHES OF SODA ARE CONTAINED IN A FULL CAN?
PART 2-FIND THE VOLUME IN CUBIC FEET.
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Question 363672: A golden rectangle has width 10 feet. Find the length to two decimal places.
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Question 363745: Suppose the perimeter of a triangular lot is 100 m. If the length of the shortest side is 10 m less than the middle-length side and the length of the longest side is 25 m more than the shortest side, determine the length (in m) of the middle-length side
i don't really know how to start this
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Question 363749: A jacket is discounted 45% on Monday. It is then discounted on Friday another 20%. If the sale price on Friday (after the discount) is $31.68, what is the original cost of the jacket?
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Question 363809: An equilateral triangle has the same area as a square.Express the perimeter of the triangle as a fraction of the perimeter of the square.
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Question 363914: The area of a rectangle wall of a barn is 144 square feet. Its length is 10 feet longer than the width. What is the length and width of the wall of barn?
Please help me!
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Question 363490: The parallel sides of trapezoid ABCD are 3 cm and 9 cm(AB and DC).The non parallel sides are 4 cm and 6 cm(AD and BC).A line(PQ) parallel to base(DC) divides the trapezoid into two trapezoids(ABQP and PQCD ) of equal perimeters. Find the ratio in which each of the non parallel sides is divided,if AP:BQ=PD:QC
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Question 364244: I have two angles that are supplementary angles. One of the angles is 9 more than one half of the other angle. How would I find the measures of each angle?
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Question 364130: The measure of each interior angle of a polygon is 3 times the measure of each exterior angle. How many sides does the polygon have?
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Question 364412: The perimeter of a square is twice the perimeter of an equilateral triangular lot. If one side of the square is 60 meters, find the length of a side of the triangle.
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Question 364917: How many revolutions will a car wheel of diameter 32 inches make as the car travels a distance of seven miles?
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Question 364936: A small city park consists of a rectangular lawn surrounded on all sides by a 330m(squared) border of flowers 2.5m wide. Find the area of the lawn if entire park is 5 m longer than it is wide.
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Question 364922: the perimeter of a rectangle is 230 meters. Express is the area A as a function of the Length L, and state the domain of this function
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Question 365167: mr. lopez is planning a square patio addition to his house. the area of the patio will be 110ft squared. approximate the length and width of the patio to 1 decimal place
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Question 365210: base of a triangle has a lenght of 4inches and diagonal is 5inches how do u find the area
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Question 365435: the perimeter of a standard-size rectangular rug is 44 ft. the length is 2 ft longer than the width. find the dimensions
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Question 365551: please help me solve this word problem..
julio invested a sum of money at 6% interest. krista invested $200 less than julio, but her bank paid her 9% interest. after one year, what was the difference between the amount of interest krista had earned and the amount julio had earned?
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Question 365662: A rectangular water trough is 3 meters long by 7.5 decimeters wide by 50 centimeters high. Find the volume in
--------------------- cubic meters m3
----------------------- liters
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Question 365664: Convert 27 cubic meters 27 m3 to
-----------------------------dam3 (dam to the 3rd)
-----------------------------dm3 (dm to the 3rd)
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Question 365679: a cylindrical aluminum can has a volume of 500 cubic centimeters. if each square centimeter of aluminum cost .05 cents, express the cost of material for the can as a function of the radius r of the can.
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Question 366099: If the length of the base of a triangle is increased by 10 percent and the height is decreased by 20 percent, what is the percent decrease in the area of the triangle?
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Question 366178: If you have two points (2,y) and (5,4) and the given slope is -7. How do you find what y is?
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Question 366398: The circle has an area of 100 square meters. If the radius of the circle is 5x+1 find the value of x in meters
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