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Question 492601: A farmer is going to build a rectangular pen. He has two plans to choose from. In Plan A, the length of the rectangle is four times the width. In Plan B, the length of the rectangle is 9 meters more than the width.
For what values of the width will the perimeter in Plan A be greater than that in Plan B?
Use w for the width (in meters), and solve your inequality for w .

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Question 492750: Please help me solve this problem, One side of rectangle is 1 meter less than the length of the diagonal.If the area is 60 meter squared, what are its dimensions?
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Question 493015: Take a piece of string 50 cm long. Join the ends,'
how many different rectangles can you form so that the dimensions are whole numbers and the width is atleast 5cm.

please answer immediately
i really really need it, i hope after 45 min.there will be an answer.. :)
Thanks in advance!
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Question 493730: When three is subtracted from twice a number, n, the result is 17. Find the value of n.
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Question 493776: the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13m long. if each leg were increased by 3m the hypotenuse would be increased by 4m. translate into equation.
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Question 493890: I have this Geometry/Algebra word problem that I'm not even sure is solvable, I and my entire family have racked our brains over it for hours. Here it goes.
a) Define variables
b) Give and equation
c) Give solution
A rectangle is constructed. The length of this rectangle is double the width. Then a new rectangle is made by increasing each side by 3 meters. The perimeter of the new rectangle is 2 meters greater than 4 times the length of the old rectangle. Find the dimensions of the original rectangle.
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Question 494417: The hypotenuse of a right triangle has length 20cm. The sum of the lengths of the other two sides is 28cm. Find the lengths of the other two sides of the triangle.
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Question 494447: If a circular fish pond has a radius of 72', what is the distance around the outside edge?
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Question 494635: a 20ft by 40ft rectangular swimming pool is surrounded by a walkway of uniform width. if the total area of the walkway is 544ft^2, how wide is the walkway?
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Question 494756: the perimeter of a rectangle is 300 yards. What are the dimensions of the rectangle if the length is 30 yards more than the width?
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Question 494817: The area of a square is (16x^2 + 40x +25cm^2) what is x if the perimeter of the square is 52cm?
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Question 494807: a bamboo pole leans against a wall with it's base 15m from the wall when the pole is pulled 9m farther away from the wall the upper end slides down, 13m. Find the length of the pole.
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Question 494816: The area of a square is (16x^2 + 40x +25cm^2) what is x if the perimeter of the square is 52cm?
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Question 495218: Please help me solve the word problem using
The Rational Zero Theorem
An open metal tank is to be made from a rectangular piece of stainless steel that measures 12 by 6 feet, by cutting out squares of the same size from each corner and bending up the sides. If the volume of the tank is to be 50 ft^3 , how large the square should be cut from each corner?
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Question 495354: The length of a rectangle is "p" meters. The width is 3 meters less than the length. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
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Question 495317: How would you solve this?
"A triangle has a perimeter 29 cm. The sides have lengths, in centimeters, that are consecutive odd integers. What is the length of the longest side?"
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Question 495397: the lengths of the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5 set up an equation using x to find these sides and find the value of x.primeter 72
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Question 495496: you have 480 feet of fencing to enclosea rectangular garden you want the length of the gardrn to be 30 ft greater than the width find the length and width of the garden if you use all the fencing
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Question 495505: When the lengths of all four sides of a square are multipled the result is 1296. What is the preimeter of the square?
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Question 495698: Please help me solve this question. I dont even know where to start.
Thank you for your time and help

the area of a rectangular wall of a barn is 120 sq ft. its length is 8ft longer than twice its width. find the length an width of the wall of the barn.
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Question 495845: The sum of the measures of the angles of a quadrilateral is 360 degrees. Suppose you are told tha tthe angle measures of a certain quadrilateral are consecutive multiples of 10 (such as 10,20,30.) show that this is impossible.
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Question 495423: 5a = 2b, 2a + 11 = 3b
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Question 496174: if one side of a square is increased by 8 feet and an adjacent side is decreased by 2 feet a rectangle is formed whose perimeter is 40 feet. find the length of a side of the square
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Question 496330: i am a 22-dimensional figure. i have two pairs of parallel sides. all my angles have the same measure.what am i ?

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Question 496188: If the product of two numbers is positive , then the two numbers must both be positive. What is the counterexample for this ?
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Question 496356: A telescope is mounted on a tripod 5 ft above the ground and 20 ft from a flagpole. The telescope must be rotated 54˚ from horizontal to see the top of the flagpole. How tall is the flagpole?
HELP please
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Question 496948: clock problem , how to solve? find angle at 1:35
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Question 496933: how to find the base of a triangle if you know the area and height

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Question 497161: A stained - glass window is being designed in the shape of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle, as shown in the figure. The width of the window is to be 3 feet, but the height h is yet to be determined. If 4 ft2 of glass is to be used, find the height h. (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.)
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Question 497705: How do you find the center of a rectangle garden, without using any measurements?

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Question 497699: the sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 3:2. what is the length of each side if the perimeter of te rectangle is 55 centimeters
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Question 497741: if Meansure JEK is complementary to measure dfh then what?

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Question 497914: Please help me solve this problem: Contains point (-2,-3) and is perpendicular to 5x - 2y = 8. Its a slope-intercept form problem.
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Question 498294: find the total number of letters needed to spell the names of all thirteen cards of a single suit in a standard fifty-two playing deck
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Question 498443: if i have a lawn 50feet long and 120 feet wide how much fencing would i need
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Question 498424: What is the weight of a 50ft fire hose filled with water if the hose is 3" in diameter and the weight of the empty hose is 35lbs?
I don't even know where to begin. Please help?
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Question 498581: The perimeter of a square is 12 meters. What is the length of a side of the square?
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Question 498735: a rectangle measures 50 yards long and 20 yards wide. if a pole is placed every 5 yards around the perimeter how many poles are needed?
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Question 498920: Two angles are complementary if their sum is 90degrees. The larger angle measures three degrees less than twice the measure of a smaller angle. If x represents the measure of the smaller angle and these two angles are complementary, find the measure of each angle.
Not sure if this is what it would start of like: x(2x-3)=90 or x+(2x-3)=90
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Question 498991: The length of a rectangle is 4 feet and the area is 8 feet squared then what is the width of the rectangle?
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Question 499000: An air conditioning system can circulate 300 cubic feet of air per minute. How many cubic yards of air can it circulate per minute?
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Question 498408: What is the area of a square with side lengths of 8 inches and a width of 1 1/4 inches? Please explain how to do this as well.
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Question 498949: What is the area, in square yards, of Marty's yard, if a = 5 and
b = 8?

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