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Question 559767: You are standing 45 feet away from a tree. To see the top of the tree you must look up at a 75� angle. How tall is the tree to the nearest tenth?
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Question 559876: rex has a square sheet of plywood that measures 36 inches on each side. what is the radius of the largest circular disk that he can cut from this sheet?

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Question 559949: a rhombus ABCD of side 4 cm and diagonal 5 cm is constructed.measure angle ABC.find the point R on AD such that RB=RC.
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Question 559882: Two runners are to race one lap on a circular track.The radius to the inside lane is 40m. the radius to the outside lane is 41m. How much of a head start should the outside runner be given.
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Question 560080: A circular pool has a radius of 15 feet. It needs fencing that is 5 feet away at all points. What is the circumference of the fencing that will be need?
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Question 560223: Hello: I have a problem I need help with please . ..
Let p, q, and r be the following statements:

p: Jamie is on the train.
q: Sylvia is at the park.
r: Nigel is in the car.

Translate the following statement into English: (~q V r)right arrow ~p
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Question 560271: How to set up word problem: The measurement of the widthof a rectangle is the length decreased by 7 meters. The area is 60 square meters. Find the lenght and the width. I know the answer but not able to figure out how to set up the formula to get the right answer l= 12m & w= 5m. Thank You
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Question 560291: The area of a grassy plot is 480 metres. If each side had been 5m longer, the area would have been increased by 245 square metres. Find the length of the fence to surround it.
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Question 560476: The length of a rectangler picture is 5 inches greater than twice the width. If the perimeter is 112 inches, find the dimensions of the frame.
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Question 560475: the width of a rectangler swimming pool is 11 meters less than the length,and perimeter is 94 meters .find its dimensions.
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Question 560475: the width of a rectangler swimming pool is 11 meters less than the length,and perimeter is 94 meters .find its dimensions.
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Question 560690: In A Schedule of 6 Classes, Marta has 2 Elective Classes. What is the ratio of elective to non-elective classes in Martas Schedule
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Question 560705: The ratio of male students to female students in the drama club at Campbell High School is 3:4. If the number of male students in the club is 18,predict the number of female students?
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Question 560701: the ratio of the width of a rectangle to its length is 5:8. What is the width in feet if its length is 12ft.
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Question 560692: A painting is twice as high as it is wide. A 3" frame has a total area of 576 square inches. What are the dimensions of the painting?
I already : Drew a picture frame, labeled the width of the frame as 3 in. , labeled the width of the PICTURE as x, and labeled the length of the picture as 2x. Please help !

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Question 561175: find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs measuring 6 inches and 8 inches. using pythagorean theorem

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Question 561173: I am olanting a ground cover in one area of my yard. The area i want to cover us rectangular shaped and measures 8.75 ft by 4.5 ft. The manager of the gardenshop tells me that U will need to purchase four plants for every square foot of area i wish to cover. How many plants will I need to buy to complete my project?

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Question 561297: A long, straight fence having a pole every 8 ft is 1,440 ft long. How many fence poles are needed for the fence?
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Question 561586: Find the number of sides of a regular polygon if the measure of each interior angle is 17 times the measure of each exterior angle.
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Question 561542: Joey has his dog on a leash tied on the corner of the garage. The garage is 20 feet by 30 feet. If the leash is 24 feet long, how much area can the dog access?
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Question 561666: 0 divided by 5
is the answer 0 or undefined ?

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Question 561666: 0 divided by 5
is the answer 0 or undefined ?

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Question 561702: what is 2 feet more than 1/3 of 3 feet ?
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Question 561800: A square floor has a diagonal of 16 feet. At 50 cents per square foot, what is cost of painting the floor?
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Question 562136: If a child who is 3 feet tall casts a shadow of 60 inches, how tall is a cat that casts a shadow of 18 inches
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Question 562109: what is the precise name for a quadrilateral that has 2 pairs of parallel sides and four congruent sides

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Question 562246: The area of a rectangle is 96 square ft. The two dimensions are in the ratio of two- thirds to one. Find the dimensions
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Question 562254: Two angles are complimentary if the sum of their measures is 90. The measure of the first angle is 18 more than four times the second angle. Find the measure of the first angle.
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Question 562730: The statue of liberty is 152 feet, what is the height to the nearest 10 feet?
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Question 562950: Each side of a flower garden, 30 meters long and 20 meters wide, is increased by the same amount so that the new area will be twice as big as the original area. By how many meters was each side extended?
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Question 145975: Two similar triangles have perimeters of 15 and 8. If the area of the larger triangle is 100, find the area of the smaller triangle rounded to the nearest tenth.
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Question 563239: This is the problem:
Can you show that no polygon exists in which the ratio of the number of diagonals of the sum of the measures of its interior angles is 1:18?
Here is my formula:
n(n-3)/180(n-2)=1/18
I don't know if the n(n-3) part is the formula for finding the number of diagonals. What is the the correct formula and what steps should I take in solving this problem?
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Question 563252: the ratio of the three angles of a triangle is 2:3:4. find the measure of the largest angle
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Question 563254: find the measure of each exterior angle of an equiangular decagon
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Question 563316: Two angles are complementary. Their difference is 45 degrees. Find the angles?
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Question 563477: A farmer has a square garden that is 21 ft. along each side. He wants to put a post at each corner, and one every three feet. How many posts will he use?
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Question 563754: A circle has area 2025*(pi) square inches. How many inches is its diameter?
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Question 563759: Randals dad is installing a new pool in there backyard. The pool is square and has an area of 196ft squared. Randals dad will then build a 8ft. wide deck to surround the pool. What is the out side perimeter of the deck?
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Question 563866: if the area of square is 64m square what is it's length

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Question 563839: The length of a rectangle is six times its width.
If the area of the rectangle is 600in squared , find its perimeter.

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Question 563901: In 1960 the average attendance at a Patriots game was 25,783 and in 2007 the average attendance was 66,789. What is the estimate of attendance over this time period?
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Question 563898:
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Question 563911: The volume of a rectangular aquarium is 900 gallons. the bottom is 4ft by 6ft. Find the height of the tank. (hint: there are 7.5 gallons per cubic foot)
I just need to know how you would set up the equation?
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