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Question 475302: the length of a rectangle is 1 meter less than twice its width. If the area of the rectangle is 120 square meters, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 475473: Please help me write a word problem, and solve it using the following words:
area, angle, 17, less than

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Question 475562: Hello. I need to find an x such that <5,6> and <2,3x> are a)parallel, b)orthogonal, and c)neither. How do i do this?
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Question 475694: Suppose you are going to have pizza with serveral friends. You are thinking of getting one large pizza-say its diameter is 16 inches. However, some people are vegetarians, and so you decide to get two little pizzas, each of which is 8 inches in diameter. Suddenly, someone asks, "Are we getting the same amount of pizza if we get two little pizzas instead of one large one?" What do you think? Justify your response.
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Question 475813: A student claimed that the sum of the measures of the interior angles
of a 10-sided polygon is 1800 degree. Her proof was to connect a point in the interior with the vertices to form 10 triangles. Thus 10 x 180 degree. What do you think about the proof? Explain your reasoning.

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Question 475814: Some students found a pirate treasure map with the following clues: "Take ye 20 paces East of the old oak tree; then 15 North and 18 West. Walk 9 paces North and another 5 East and here ye find me tresure." How many paces, in a straight line, was the treasure from the oak tree?
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Question 475817: Find the magnitude of < x2,2> plus <2,x2>
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Question 475984: Hi- Please help me with this word problem:
A rectangular field ha a perimeter of 118 feet. The width is 5 feet longer than half the length. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
I have tried this so far:
P=118=2l+2w
w= 1/2+5
2l+2(1/2+5)=118
Tried it a few times, but not coming up with the correct answers. Please help. Thank you.
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Question 476014: A square poster has sides measuring 2 feet less than the sides of a square sign. If the difference between their area is 28 square feet, find the length of the sides of the poster and the sign.
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Question 476095: 1.The height h of a cylinder equals the circumference of the cylinder.In terms of h,what is the volume of the cylinder?
(A)h^3/4 pi
(B)h^2/2 pi
(C)h^3/2
(D)h^2+4 pi
(E)pi h^3
Please help and thank you so much for giving your time to help me with this problem.
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Question 476081: 1.If the height of a cylinder is doubled,by what number must the radius of the base be multiplied so that the resulting cylinder has the same volume as the original cylinder?
(A)4
(B)2
(C)1/(radical 2)
(D)1/2
(E)1/4
2.A cylinder with radius r and height h is closed on the top and bottom.Which of the following expressions represents the total surface area of this cylinder?(3.14 is the pi sign)
(A)2*3.14*r(r+h)
(B)3.14r(r+2h)
(C)3.14r(2r+h)
(D)3.14r^2+2h
(E)2*3.14r^2+h
Please help and thank you for giving your time to help me with these problems.I really appreciate it.Thanks again!

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Question 476112: What is the perimeter of a square that has the same area as a circle with a circumference of pi?
(A)2 radical pi
(B)4
(C)2pi
(D)4 radical pi
(E)4pi
Please help and thank you so much for helping me.
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Question 476144: The sail on a sailboat is in the shape of a triangle. If the height of the sail is 3 times the length of the base and the area is 54 square feet, find the dimension of the sail
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Question 476073: 1.The length,width,and height of a rectangular solid are in the ratio of 3:2:1.If the volume of the box is 48,what is the total surface area of the box?
(A)27
(B)32
(C)44
(D)64
(E)88
2.A cube whose volume is 1/8 cubic foot is placed on top of a cube whose volume is 1 cubic foot.The two cubes are then placed on top of a third cube,whose volume is 8 cubic feet.What is the height,in inches,of the stacked cubes?
(A)30
(B)40
(C)42
(D)44
(E)64
Please help me with these problems.Thank you so much for giving your time to help me with these problems.I really appreciate it.
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Question 476092: How could you use a random-digit generator or random-number table to simulate rain if you knew that 50% of the time with conditions as you have today, it will rain?
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Question 476094: What are the odds in favor of randomly drawing the letter E from the letters in the word SUCCESSES?
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Question 476333: 1.Points A(0,0),B(5,8) and C(10,4) lie in the coordinate plane.What is the ratio of the slope of AB to the slope of AC?
(A)-1/2
(B)-1/4
(C)1/2
(D)2
(E)4
Please help and thank you so much for your help!
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Question 476322: 1.The point whose coordinates are (4,-2) lies on a line whose slope is 3/2.Which of the following are the coordinates of another point on this line?
(A)(1,0)
(B)(2,1)
(C)(6,1)
(D)(7,0)
(E)(1,4)
2.If point E(5,h)is on the line that contains A(0,1)and B(-2,-1),what is the value of h?
(A)-1
(B)0
(C)1
(D)3
(E)6
Please help and thank you so much for helping me with these problems.
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Question 476479: If the length of a garden is 6 meters longer than the width and the area is 40m squared, how many meters of fencing need to be purchased?
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Question 286700: An interesting method for solving quadratic equations came from India. The steps are:
(a) Move the constant term to the right side of the equation
(b) Multiply each term in the equation by four times the coefficient of the x^2 term
(c) Square the coefficient of the original x term and add it to both sides of the equation
(d) Take the square root of both sides
(e) Set the left side of the equation to the positive square root of the number on the right side and solve for x
(f) Set the left side of the equation to the negative square root of the number on the right side of the equation and solve for x

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Question 476770: one angle of a triangle measures 15 less than twice the measured of a second angle.the third angle measure 33. find the measure of the largest angle of the triangle

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Question 476954: What is the volume in cubic centimeters of the smallest sphere that can completely
contain two equal spheres of radius 3 cm?
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Question 477008: one of the three angles of a triangle is twice the smallest and another is thrice times the smallest. find the angles
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Question 477140: The area of a regular octagon is 35 sq. cm. What is the area of a regular octagon with sides six times as large?
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Question 477556: A square has an area of x^2 + 6x + 9 find the length of a side. Make a sketch of the square Please help
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Question 477556: A square has an area of x^2 + 6x + 9 find the length of a side. Make a sketch of the square Please help
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Question 477556: A square has an area of x^2 + 6x + 9 find the length of a side. Make a sketch of the square Please help
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Question 477556: A square has an area of x^2 + 6x + 9 find the length of a side. Make a sketch of the square Please help
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Question 477701: Two vertices of an equilateral triangle are (4,0) and (-6,0). find the coordinates of the point(s) that represent the 3rd vertex.
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Question 477778: what is the area of a square whose perimeter is 76 dm?
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Question 477778: what is the area of a square whose perimeter is 76 dm?
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Question 477743: The length of a photo is 2 cm more than twice the width. If the perimeter of the photo is 34cm, what are the dimensions?
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Question 477839: of how much radius a round track is constructed so that 3520m long race completes in 8 rounds when pie is 22/7
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Question 477947: A square has an area of 4x^2+12x+9. Find the
length of a side. Make a sketch of the square.
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Question 478073: please help me solve this problem. I just started this math class and I am already confused thanks
Cost of Laminate Flooring The cost of Pergo Select Helsinki Birch laminate flooring is $5.89 per square foot if Nancy installs the flooring herself or $8.89 per square foot if she has the flooring installed by the flooring company. Determine the cost for the flooring in the living/dining room if
� a) Nancy installs it herself.
� b) Nancy has it installed by the flooring company.

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Question 477996: the perimeter of a square is 28x-12 what is the length of each side
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Question 478222: A rectangular swimming pool measures 20 feet by 40 feet. A walk of uniform width surrounds it. The total area of the pool and the walk is 1500 ft^2. Find the width of the walk.
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Question 478449: he sides of a triangle are in the ratio 37.if the perimeter is 60 cms, the longest side is
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Question 478577: Find the exact value of the volume of a can of asparagus with a diameter 6 centimeters and height of 10 centimeters. please use correct units with your solution. Use "pi" in place of the pi symbol
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Question 478610: A triangle has a perimeter of 394 centimeters. The sum of the smallest and medium sides is 98 cm more than the longest side. The difference of the longest side and shortest sides is 44 cm. find the lengths of the three sides
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Question 478620: A cube has a surface area of 6x^2+12+6 Find the
length of a side. (Hint: First factor out the GCF.)

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Question 478620: A cube has a surface area of 6x^2+12+6 Find the
length of a side. (Hint: First factor out the GCF.)

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Question 478555: Lorrie Morgan places a 29 ft ladder against the side of a building with the bottom of the ladder 20 ft away from the building How high up on the wall does the ladder reach?

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Question 478751: "Two sides of a square were increased by 6 cm. If the other two opposite sides were decreased by 6 cm, by how much does the area change?"
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Question 478749: A rectangular flower garden with dimensions 3m by 7m is surrounded by
the walk of uniform width. If the area of the walk is 11 sq. m, what is the
width in meters?
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