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Question 469069: the length of a rectagular mailing label is 4 centimeters less than twice the width. The perimeter is 52 centimeters. Find the dimensions of the label.
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Question 469130: please answer. i need it asap for my assignment, thanks . here is the problem :
right cylinder with circumference of base 24(pi)-> which is equal to 3.14 .
find the lateral and total area.

thank you so much for answering . GOD BLESS!
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Question 469351: Ok so I've been very frustrated trying to solve this problem, Please help. Test is tomorrow.
Trimming a Garage Door: A carpenter used 30Ft of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. If the long piece was 2ft longer than twice the length of each shorter piece, then how long was each piece?
(only three sides to this trim. Two vertical and one long horizontal piece.)
I came up with an answer but it doesn't work. My answer was 8ft 8ft and 14ft. but the problem states that each short piece has to be twice the length of the long piece plus 2ft more.
Here is what i did:
2ft + 2L = 30ft solve and i got 14ft for the long and then 8ft for each short piece.
My book gives the answer which comes out to be 7ft 7ft and 16ft but I just cant figure out how to get that on my own.
Thanks for reading, help is much appreciated.
-Jeremy
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Question 469602: Selma needs to prepare 180 pounds of coffee selling for $4.72 per pound. She plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $5.50 per pound and a cheaper pound at $3.50 per pound. To the nearest pound find out how much high quality beans and how many of the cheaper beans coffee beans should be blended. She should blend _____ lbs of the higher costing bean.
She should blend ______ lbs of the cheaper costing bean.
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Question 469769: A plane is flying at an elevation of 24000 feet. It is within sight of the airport and the pilot finds that the angle of depression to the airport is 18 degrees Find the dist
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Question 469989: an architect designs a rectangular flower bed, such as the width is exactly two thirds the length, if the total of the fence to be used to enclose the garden is 300 feet find the diminsions
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Question 470001: a plane is flying at an elevation of 24000 feet it is within sight of the airport and the pilot finds that the angle of depression to the airport is 18 degrees find the distance between a point on the ground directly below the plane and the airport
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Question 470314: This was my original question and it was answered but in what order do you add or does it matter?
"A boy earned $10 more than twice as much as his sister. Together they earned $70. How much did each earn?"
"lets say he paid x for them
then
x-0.85=4.65 solve for x, so add 0.85 to each side
x=5.5
so he paid $5.50 for them"

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Question 470327: Hassan's backyard swimming pool is 30 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. There are 7.5 gallons of water in 1 cubic foot. How many gallons of water will the pool hold?
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Question 470670: I am not sure how to set the problem up i keep tryingg but i cant get the right anwser. Im also not sure how to convert the feet to miles
How many hours will it take a bicyclist travling at 17.6 feet per second to finish a 90 mile race?
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Question 470831: a side of an equilateral triangle is 3/11 feet.find the perimeter of a triangle.
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Question 470871: A garden is 4x feet long and 5x feet wide. Write an expression (in simplest form) that represents the area of the garden.
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Question 470870: The lenghts of the sides of a triangle are x, 2x+2, and 13. If the perimeter of the triangle is 30, what is the value of x?
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Question 470922: A toy manufacturer needs a piece of plastic in the shape of a right triangle with the longer leg 1 cm more than the shorter leg and the hypotenuse 2 cm more than the shorter leg. How long should the sides of the right triangle be?
pls help! thanks, roya
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Question 470892: if each side of square is increased by 12cm the area is increased by 240cm.what is the lenght of the side of the original square

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Question 470986: Kevin and Smitty have 50 square feet of felt material. They used the felt to cover a table that is 7 feet by 3.5 feet. How much felt do they have left over?
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Question 471130: Form the converse: If I do not mow the lawn, then the grass grows too tall. (Points : 2)
If the grass grows too tall, then I did not mow the lawn.
If I mow the lawn, then the grass does not grow too tall.
If the grass does not grow too tall, then I mowed the lawn.
If the grass does not grow too tall, then I did not mow the lawn.
If the grass grows too tall, then I mowed the lawn.
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Question 471164: The width of a flat screen monitor is 4 times it's height. If the perimeter of the flat screen is 120cm, find the dimensions

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Question 471481: What is the width of a rectangle that has a perimeter of 372 feet and a length of 120 feet?

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Question 471920: At Sal�s pizzeria, their 16-inch diameter pizzas are cut into 8 congruent, or equal, pieces. Sal ran a special Pay by the area of a slice: 7� per square inch
Pay by the slice: $2 per slice What is the area of a slice? Which is the better deal? What is the cost of the slice when you pay by the area?
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Question 471943: How do I set up this word problem?
The height of a triangle is 5 more than half the base of the triangle. The area of the triangle is 14 squared centimeters?
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Question 472099: the radius of a cylinder is doubled and its height is halved. how does the volume change?
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Question 471952: if the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 37 kilometers and one of the legs is 35 kilometers,what is the area of the triangle
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Question 472262: MTLYNOBIAC is a regular decagon. If the sides MT and LY are extended to meet at E, find the measure of angle E.
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Question 472267: The perimeter of this pentagon is 460 cm. Find the lengths of the sides.

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Question 472256: The sum of the measure of two acute angles is 120. the supplement of the smaller angle is 10 more than six times the complement of the larger angle. find the measures of the two acute angles.
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Question 472396: A square poster has sides measuring 2 feet less than the sides of a square sign. If the difference between their areas is 44 aquare feet, find the lenghts of the sides of the poster and sign.
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Question 472931: Mr. Doodle�s grade distribution over the past 3 years for a course in college algebra is shown in the chart below.
Grade
Number

A
45

B
180

C
210

D
95

F
65

I
5

If Jane plans to take a college algebra course with Mr. Doodle, determine the empirical probability that she receives a C.

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Question 472955: find 3 consecutive odd numbers where the product of the smaller two numbers is 46 less than the square of the largest number
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Question 473138: A garden shaped like a right trianglr has one leg 6 meters less that the length of the other. The hypotenuse is 6 meters less than 2 times the length of the shorter leg. What are the lengths of the sides?
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Question 473156: The total number of degrees in a regular hexagon is 720�. If a corresponding angle in a congruent regular hexagon is (11x � 12)�, find the value of x.
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Question 473613: which shape has the most sides
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Question 473722: Please help me, I don't understand how to do this at all-
"The volumes of two similar solids are 2197 m3 and 64 m3. The surface area of the larger one is 845 m2. What is the surface area of the smaller one?"

A. 64 m2
B. 320 m2
C. 80 m2
D. none of these
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Question 473367: A rectangular lawn 40 ft long and 30 ft wide has a path of uniform width around it. If the area of the path is 800 sq. ft. Find the width of the path

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Question 473942: In a street crowd, (such as a political rally) it is estimated that on the average, one person will occupy up a 2 ft by 2ft area. Estimate the no. of persons who can fit into an area with width 250 meters and length 600 meters. Round off to the nearest 100 persons. (Note: 1 inch= 2.54 and therefore 1 ft= 30.5 cm)
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Question 474001: how do you get the volume of a cylinder?

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Question 474035: micheal had a triangle with sides 12.5 cm, 30 cm and 32.5 cm. using pythagorean theorem determine if itss a right angle triangle. explain
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Question 474310: The perimeter of a rectangle is 50 ft. Describe the possible length of a side if the area of the rectangle is not to exceed 114 square feet.

L * W > 114
2(L * W) = 50
L + W = 25
-W -W
L = 25 � W

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Question 474537: If rectangular room measures 13 feet by 19 feet, would the perimeter of the room be less than 30 yards
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Question 474443: how many liters of water is contained in 1/3 of a cylindrical tank which is 2.2m high and has a radius of its base equal to 80 cm?
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Question 475294: the distance around one circular track is three times as far as the distance around a second circular track.if the sum of the distances around both tracks is 80 pie yards, what is the distance around the larger track?
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Question 475296: A circular flower garden has an area of 314m^2. A sprinkler at the center of the garden can cover an area that has a radius of 12 cm. Will the sprinkler
water the entire garden. (pi = 3.14)
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Question 475295: A circular flower bed is surrounded by a path 4m wide. If the diameter of a flower bed is 66m. Find the area of the path

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