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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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