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Question 684284: find two numbers whose sum is 54 and whose difference is 28.
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Question 684282:
tina has 70 coins,all quarters and dimes. there are 30 more quarters than dimes. find the number of each type of coin.
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Question 684279:
your quiz grades are 78,68,71,85, and 90. what score on the sixth quiz will make your average quiz at least 80? what is the equation and solve the problem?
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Question 684308: The height of a triangle is 2 times the base. The area is 36 square inches.Find the base.
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Question 684332:
the length of a rectangle is 2.8 cm more than 4 times the width. if the perimeter of the rectangle is 38.6 cm, what are its dimensions?
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Question 684171: Given a sphere of radius R, find the radius r and altitude 2h of the right circular cylinder with largest lateral surface area that can be inscribed in the sphere.
I think I was able to calculate the function but I am not sure if it is correct. Also, please include all steps to the solution. This is a optimization problem.
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Question 684307:
The length of the rectangle is 1 inches more then the width. The area is 30 square inches. Find the dimensions.
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Question 684365: three less than a number
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Question 684454: how to write w squared + 30w + 81 in a word problem

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Question 684520: please help me solve the domain equation y2=x+1 is?
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Question 684820: The measure of the exterior angle at the base of an isosceles triangle is 125 degrees. Find the nmeasures of the vertex and base angle.
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Question 685125: A computer monitor has a height of 9 inches with a diagonal measurement of 15 inches. How many inches wide is the rectangular screen?
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Question 684555: the diagonal of a rectangle is 2 centimeters longer than its length and 9 centimeters greater than its width. find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 685720: 1) Through how many degrees does the minute hand of a clock turn during:
a)60 minutes b)40 minutes c)35 minutes
2) Through how many degrees does the hour hand of a clock turn during:
a)1 hour b)0.5 hour c)15/2 hour d)7/2 hour
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Question 685869: In an isosceles triangle, the base is 7 more than one-half times the legs. If perimeter is 22 centimeters. Find length of each leg.
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Question 686039: The largest swimming pool in the world is in Casablanca. With a perimeter of 1110 meters this rectangular shaped pool is 30 meters longer than 6 times its width. How many meters wide is it
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Question 686265: the perimeter of a rectangle is 38 m . if the length is 5 m less than twice its width, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 686274: find the area of a rectangle given that its perimeter is 60 millimeters and its width is 12 millimeters
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Question 686737: Hey can anyone help me with this
If the length of two sides of a triangle are 2 and 5, the length of the third side could be
A). 1
B). 2
C). 6
D). 7
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Question 687430: if the length of each side of a square is increased by 4 inches, the area of the square becomes 9 times greater. Find the perimeter of the original square
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Question 687582: A piece of tile is 4 1/2 inches long and 3 1/4 inches wide. What is the area of the tile?

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Question 687955: A rectangle is three times longer than it is wide and the diagonal of it is 50 cm. How long is each side.
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Question 687995: use a ratio box to solve this problem. the ratio of the measure of the two acute angles of the right triangle is 7 to 8. whAT IS THE MEASURE OF THE SMALLEST ANGLE of the triangle
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Question 688091: find the volume of earth dug out from a cubical pit whose edge is 2.4 m
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Question 688121: a right triangle has legs 12 inch and 16 inch. How far from the vertex must this triangle be cut.
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Question 688173: If the length of a rectangle is 2cm. longer than the width, and the rectangle's diagonal is the square root of 11 cm. Find the width of the rectangle.
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Question 688195: If you double the base of a rectangle, you do what to the area?
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Question 688321:
The base of a triangle sail 8m shorter than its height the area is 24m^2. find the base and length
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Question 688318: The perimeter of a fence is 84 meters. If the width is 2 meters less than the length, find the width.
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Question 688489: if the garden has an area of 100 square feet, what is its width?
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Question 688766: Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 15 degrees less than twice the other angle. Find the measure of each angle
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Question 688909: the length of a rectangle is five times its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 60m find its area?
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Question 688890: what is the perimeter of a semicircle with the radius of 0.8 meters
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Question 688936: What geometric term could you use to describe the tip of your pencil
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Question 689083: a rectangular closet is 2 ft deep, 3ft wide and 8 ft high. what is the length of the longest pole that can fit within the closet?
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Question 689272: A ladder 17 ft long leans against a building, if its foot is 8 ft from the building how high does it reach the building?
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Question 689339: An exchange student tells you that he is 175 cm tall and weighs 72 kg. About how mnat feet tall is the exchange student?

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Question 689312: find the vector which is perpendicular to the two vector A=i-3j+2k and B=2i-j+k and is length 5?

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Question 689396: The perimeter of a bedroom is 88 feet. The ratio of the width to the length is 5:6 . What are the dimensions of the bedroom?
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Question 689852: The length of a vegetable garden is 3 feet longer than its width. If the area of the garden is 180 square feet, find its dimensions. Show how you did it.
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Question 690590: a room has an area of 425 square feet. one dimension is 8 feet more then the other. find the demensions of the room?
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Question 690699: A rectangle has an area of 12m^2 and a width of 400cm. What is the length of the rectangle?
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Question 690923: if the angle that the wire forms with the tower is 45, what is the length of the wire?
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