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Question 3081: Find a polynomial that represents the area of a circle whose radius is b+1 meters. Using the value of pi=3.14, what would be the radius if the area was to equate 4pi square meters?
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Question 3163: a square is inscribed in a circle. A side of the circle is 2 radical 2. find circumference of the circle. Leave anser in terms of pi.
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Question 3201: I need to know what a "scale factor" is. (i;m in basic geometry in school) and not sure of what the scale factor means.
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Question 3395: one board is three feet shorter than twice the length of the other board. if the two boards together are 15 ft long, how long is each board?
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Question 3409: I feel stupid. A friend asked for help solving the below question, but I haven't had math in a while and am not sure of my answer. Here goes...
A sailboat is 120ft from the shore. The lighthouse is 60ft from the shore. The lighthouse is 75ft tall. How deep is the water?
Thanks in advance.
Byron
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Question 3369: I feel stupid. A friend asked for help solving the below question, but I haven't had math in a while and am not sure of my answer. Here goes...
A sailboat is 120ft from the shore. The lighthouse is 60ft from the shore. The lighthouse is 75ft tall. How deep is the water?
Thanks in advance.
Byron
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Question 3416: Can a trapezoid have three right angles?
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Question 3657: What will it cost to carpet a room with indoor/outdoor carpet if the room is 10 feet wide and 12 feet long? The carpet cost 12.51 per square yard.
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Question 3663: What is the cost in dollars to steam clean a room W yards wide and L yards long if the steam cleaners charge 10 cents per square foot?
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Question 3664: A can's diameter is 3 inches, and its height is 8 inches. What is the volume of the can?
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Question 3620: The area of a gymnasium floor is 264 square yards. The floor is 11 yards wide. How long is the floor?
a)253 yards
b)24 yards
c)11 yards
d) 242 yards
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Question 3671: For what value of b in the equation 2x + 3b � 3 = 4x � 3b will the solution for x be 3?

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Question 3788: What is the perimeter of a rhombus-shaped highway sign with a 20-centimeter side?
a-40 centimeters
b-80 centimeters
c-400 centimeters
d-20 centimeters
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Question 3915: area of a regular pentagon inscribed in a circle of radius 12cm.
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Question 3911: area of a regular pentagon inscribed in a circle of radius 12cm.
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Question 3904: area of a regular pentagon inscribed in a circle of radius 12cm.
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Question 3949: write an equation of the line passing through the given points. Write the quation in the form y= mx + b.
Need to check my break down of the answer. new at this
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Question 3966: find teh giometric mean of 5 and 6
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Question 3995: the hight of a triangle is twice the base. the area is 49 square inches. find the base.
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Question 4010: The width of a rectangle is 1 meter more than half the length of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 110 meters, find the width and the length.
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Question 4262: The formula h=50t-5t(squared)can be used to find the height in meters of an object shot upward at an initial velocity of 50 meters per second after t seconds. Find the time that the object will be 120 meters high on its way up
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Question 3661: If Sam can do a job in 4 days that Lisa can do in 6 days and Tom can do in 2 days, how long would the job take if they worked together to complete it?
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Question 4297: How many diagonls can be drawn from each vertex of a decagon?

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Question 4263: The formula h=50t-5t^2 can be used to find the height in meters of a object shot upward at an initial velocity of 50 meters per second after t seconds. When will the height be 100 meters (on its way down) from when it was shot?
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Question 4298: How many interior angles does an undecagon have? A.) 7
B.) 9
C.) 11
D.) 110

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Question 4353: a 15 foot ladder is placed against the wall of a house such that the botton of the ladder is at a distance of 10 feet from the wall. at what height does the ladder touch the house?
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Question 3624: The diameter of a round dinner plate is 10 inches. What is the area of the plate?
a)314 square inches
b)39.25 square inches
c)78.5 square inches
d)39.25 square inches
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Question 4505: whats the area of a sector in a circle if the circle has radius 4 cm and the arc has a measure of 120 degrees?
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Question 4505: whats the area of a sector in a circle if the circle has radius 4 cm and the arc has a measure of 120 degrees?
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Question 4580: How many diagonals can be drawn from one vertex of a 12 sided polygon?
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Question 4634: If you know the area in square feet of a rectangle but don't know what the perimeter is how can you figure that out? I know that you can use the formula 2L + 2W, but I am trying to figure out how 300 ft of fencing can go around a rectangle that has an area of 5000 square ft.
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Question 4591: If the inside circumference of a circle is 72" what would the outside circumferece br 6" out from inter circle?
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Question 4733: Find the radius of a circle whose area is 12.56
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Question 4761: What is the perimeter of a rectangle if its length is 58 centimeters and its width 42?
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Question 4763: my "apollo 13" DVD falls out of its case and rolls down the hill. If the DVD is 5inches wide and rolls a distance of .0035, how many times does it roll?
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Question 4756: if a rectangle has an area of 100 and 1 side is 2 feet longer then the other what are the length of the second side?
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Question 4790: How can I solve the following problem: The tallest inhabited building in the world is the Sears Tower in Chicago. If the observation tower is 1450 feet above ground level, how far can a person standing in the observation tower see (with the aid of a telescope)? Use 3960 miles for the radius of Earth.
Note: 1 mile = 5280 feet
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Question 4739: If the angle of elevation of the sun with the ground is 10�, what is the length of a shadow cast by a six-foot person to the nearest foot?
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Question 4916: If a triangular prism and a triangular pyramid have equal bases and equal altitudes, the volume of the prism is how many times the volume of the pyramid?
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Question 4915: A cone and a cylinder have equal bases and equal altitudes. The volume of the cone is what fraction of the volume of the cylinder
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Question 4926: A bin 12' by 7' by 6' is filled level with grain. Allow .8 bushels per cu. foot. How many bushels are in the bin?
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Question 4924: A conical pile of sand 6 ft. high has a base of 27 sq. feet. How many loads of sand are there in the pile (1 load=1cu. yd)
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Question 5031: one side of a pool table is 1 foot longer than twice the width. the area of the pool table is 15 square feet. what is the length of the table?
how would you write this as a formula?
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Question 5084: For what values of d is an angle with measure 3.6d an acute angle? Please explain and solve.
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