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Question 513307: so there is a triangle. The perimeter = 29 units all together! one of the sides is 4 units longer than the 1st side, and the third side is 3 times longer than the other side. So you would have to solve for x!
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Question 513800: the length of a rectangle is 12cm more than its width. A second rectangle is 3cm shorter in width and 5cm longer in length than the first rectanlge and has a perimeter of 68cm. What are the dimensions of the second rectanlge?
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Question 513834: 1. a rectangle has a base of x units. the area is 3x^2+4x square units. what is the height of the rectangle in terms of x?
2.The endpoints of a diameter of a circle are A(6,-1) and B(-6,-1). what is the circumference and area of the circle? leave your terms in pie.
3.find the perimeter of a triangle with endpoints at (-4,2), (6,2), (6,7). leave answer in radical form.
4. If the perimeter of a square is 88 inches, what is the area?
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Question 513919: bennys collection of nickles and dimes is worth $2.00. He has 22 total coins. How many of each type of coin does he have?

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Question 514022: in an isosceles triangle, the measure of one of the two equal angles is 15degrees more than the measure of the third angle. find the measure of each angle.
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Question 514029: KYLE IS TAPPING TOGETHER STRIPS OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER FOR AN ART PROJECT . EACH STRIP OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER IS 11 OVER 12 FEET LONG , ESTIMATE HOW MANY STRIPS HE WILL NEED TO MAKE IT 10 FEET LONG
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Question 514187: one side of a triangle has the length of 6, the second side has a length of 7 which of the following could be the area of this triangle? is it 13,21 or 24 (could be more than one answer)
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Question 514199: a line l with a slope of 1/4 passes through the points (0,1/20 and (4,y). What is the value of y?
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Question 514184: in the x-y plane, the equation y=1/2x-3 is a line that is perpendicualr to the graph of the equation y=mx+(1/3). what is the value of m?
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Question 514197: A triangle has a base length of 13 and its two ther sides are equal in length. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle are integers, what is the shortest possible length of a side?
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Question 514216: how many square inches are in a one-and-one-half foot square
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Question 514904: Recall that two angles are complementary if the sum is 90. If one angle measures v, express the measure of its complement in terms of v.
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Question 515181: A boat can travel 114 miles downstream in the same time that it can travel 24 miles upstream. If the boat can travel 23 miles per hour in still water,find the speed of the current.
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Question 515179: A rain gutter is formed by bending up the sides by x inches of a 30-inch wide rectangular metal sheet as shown in the figure.
(a) Find a function that models the cross-sectional area of the gutter in terms of x.
(b) Find the value of x that maximizes the cross-sectional area of the gutter.
(c) What is the maximum cross-sectional area for the gutter?

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Question 515177: A 57-foot long piece of rope is cut into two pieces so that one piece is three feet shorter than four times the other piece. Find the length of each piece.
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Question 515265: A 21-inch rope is to be cut into two pieces so that one piece is 5 inches longer than twice the other. How long is each piece, if a = 2, b = 5, and l = 21?
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Question 515453: A twelve foot board is cut into two pieces such that the second piece is 4 feet less than three times the length of the first piece. Find the length of both pieces
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Question 515355: you have dug a circular fish pond in your backyard with a radius of 6ft. The depth of the water in the pond is 18in. What is the volume of the water in cubic feet?
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Question 515824: The length of each side of a regular hexagon is 4 inches less than the length of a side of a square.the perimeter of the hexagon is equal to the perimeter of the square find the length of the side of the hexagon and the square.
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Question 516449: F and G are complementary angles. The measure of angle G is 36 degrees. Find the measure of angle F.
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Question 516627: the perimeter of a certain square is 2 feet how many inches long is each side of the square
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Question 516645: What is the height of a triangle that has a base of fifteen feet and an area of 60 feet squared?
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Question 516716: Point K has coordinates (6,-2) and point P has coordinates (4,4). Find the distance between points K and P,then find the midpoint of segments KP.
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Question 516897: How to you determine the volume and surface area of a box that is 10 inches high, 3 inches wide, and 4 inches deep?
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Question 516950: If the measure of the congruent legs of an isosceles triangle is doubled, the perimeter will be 36 cm. If each of the congruent legs of the triangle is increased by 5 cm, the perimeter will be 32 cm. Find the length of the side of a triangle.
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Question 517052: how many square feet in a flower box 13 feet in diameter
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Question 517067: Find the length of a rectangle with a perimeter of 132 m if the length is 8 m more than the width
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Question 517067: Find the length of a rectangle with a perimeter of 132 m if the length is 8 m more than the width
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Question 517102: The bottom of Jim's rectangular bait box is 3 inches longer than it is wide. The diagonal is 15 inches. What is the area of the bottom of the box???
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Question 517791: A rectangular swimming pool 10 feet by 28 feet is surrounded by a concrete walkway of uniform width of X feet. If the area of the walkway is 864 square feet, find the width of the walkway.
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Question 517989: how do you figure out how many 2in square blocks can fit inside a box of 10in by 20in. please help thank you.
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Question 518130: Can I please get some help with a few problems?
What is the area of a 30' wide triangle that is 5' in height?
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Question 518053: a rectangular box is to be constructed with its length four times the size of its width, and its height one half the size of its length. the volume of the box must be 1000 cubic centimeters. find the dimensions of the box
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Question 518349: an 84 inch piece of wire was cut into equal segments, which were then soldered at the ends to form the edges of a cube.what is the volume of the cube.
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Question 518406: A 4-ft fence post casts a shadow 9-ft long at the same time a tree casts a 52-ft shadow. How tall is the tree?

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Question 518966: I have tried to work out the answer, but i can't do it. The question is:
The perimeter if the rectangle is 54 centimeters. Work out the length of the rectangle.
Hope you can Help!
Thanks
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Question 518983: Two sides of an isosceles triangle with a perimeter of 112 cm are in the ratio of 3:2. Find all possible lengths.
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Question 519173: A lamp with a circular base 14cm in diameter was on a square mat with an area of 196 cm squared. How many cm square of the mat were uncovered?
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Question 519185: a lamp with a circular base 14cm in diameter was on a square mat with an area of 196 cm^2. How many cm^2 of the mat were uncovered?
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Question 519539: a triangle has one side which is 18cm shorter than the base, and one side 17cm longer, find the min. length the base can be if the perimeter is 17cm
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Question 519560: An open box is to be constructed from a square piece of sheet metal by removing a square of siding 5inches from each corner and turning up the edges. If the box is to hold 125 cubic inches, what should be the dimensions of the sheet metal?
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Question 519642: The perimeter of a rectangle is 106 m. The length is 2m more than twice the width. find the dimension
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Question 519750: The Everton College Store paid $1792 for an order of 51 calculators. The store paid $9 for each scientific calculator. The others, all graphing calculators, cost the store $52 each. How many of each type of calculator was order?
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