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Question 724378: The area of a rectangle is . Which expression could represent the perimeter of of the rectangle?
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Question 724378: The area of a rectangle is . Which expression could represent the perimeter of of the rectangle?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Question 724602: The sides of a triangle have lengths 4,8,and 10. What is the length of the shortest side of a similar triangle that has a perimeter of 33?
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Question 724652: how many squar feet in a wall 59 feet 7 inch long 9 feet 11 inch tall
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Question 725035: How do you do polynomials ?
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Question 725192: " How do I state an axiom ? "
" can you please help me how to use them ? "
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Question 725216: The perimeter of a rectangular room is 96feet. The width is 8 feet less than the length.
1) find the length of the room.?
2) find the area of the room.?
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Question 725546: The sum of an angle and it complement is always 90 degrees. if an angle twice the size of its complement, find the size of each angle
Am bad with geometric problems if you could explain what to do it would help.
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Question 725635: 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 725792: 20(sin(85�))=x
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Question 725792: 20(sin(85�))=x
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Question 725927: hello I am daisy and im having trouble how to translate words into equation form. I would be glad if someone could help me . I've tried solving it a couple of times , but i seem to get the answer wrong .
Problem : The perimeter of a rectangle is 186 feet and the length is 75 feet more than the width . What are the dimensions of the rectangle ?

This is how i did the problem :
x= the dimensions 75=
equation : l*w
2(75+w)+2w=186
150+w+2w=186
75+(12)=87
The length would equal 87 ?

150+3w=186
-150 -150
3w = 36
then i would divide by 3
so that would give me 12 for the width .
Would that be the right answer ?

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Question 726259: Hello,
I need help with this word problem. I am taking an online college course with very little experience and not to much guidance. Any help you can provide for the following word problem I would greatly appreciate. I will not just copy your answer I will learn how to do it. Thank you
Stephanie plans to plant a rectanglar vegetable garden next to her house. To protect it from her dogs, she bought some fencing material for three sides, since the side against the house does not need to be fenced. If the side of the garden parallel to the house is three feet longer than the other two sides, and she bought 15 feet of fencing, what will be the dimensions of Stephanie's garden?
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Question 726188: how do you find the length of a leg of right triangle given hypotenuse and the angles?

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Question 726532: Can you fit a chair that is 37 x 37 (length not important) into a space that is greater than 37 inches diagonally?

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Question 726606: Please I really need to understand how to work this problems. THANK YOU
Complete the following:
B.The surface area of the original prism is ___ times as much as the surface area of the larger right rectangular prism.
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Question 726657: 24in. is ____ % as long as 36in.
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Question 726656: 3.8cm is ____ times longer than 1.1cm
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Question 726702: A television screen measures 32 inches diagonally, and its aspect ratio is 4 to 3. Find the width and the height of the screen. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) How do I break this down into an equation that is easier to work? I get lost with c^2=a^2+b^2
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Question 726739: A right rectangular prism with dimensions 2/3in. by 4/3in. by 8/3in. is enlarged by a scale factor of 1 1/2.
Q: The surface area of the original prism is ___ times as much as the surface area of the larger right rectangular prism.
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Question 726740: a change in the number of graduates from Smalltown high from 20 to 27 represents a _____ % increase
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Question 726758:
the perimeter of a triangle is 480 meters. the second side is three times the first and the third side is sixty meters more than the second. what are the lengths of each side
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Question 726756:
a rectangular field is 85 long and 50 meters wide. give the length and width of another rectangular field that has the same perimeter but a larger area...
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Question 726959: a rectangle has perimeter 56cm. if 4 cm is taken from the length and added to the width, the rectangle becomes a square. Find the dimensions of the original rectangle.
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Question 727088: A garden is currently 4 meters wide and 7 meters long. If the area of the garden is to be doubled by increasing the width and length by the same number of meters, find the new dimensions of the garden, rounded to the nearest tenth
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Question 727240: Tom had a triangular garden he wants to fence. The garden forms a right triangle and the 2 shortest sides measure to be 7 yards and 9 yards. About how much fenceing will tom need to compleatly surround his garden? Please hepl it's due tomarrow. Thank you!!
A. 11.4yd
B. 16.3yd
C. 27.4yd
D. 28.2yd
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Question 727334: The hopscotch area on the playground is made up of 8 squares.Each square has the same area and has sides that are 1 foot long. What is the total area of all the squares in the hopscotch area of the playground?
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Question 727398: The perimeter of the walking path sign is 10 feet. It is 2 feet wide. How long is it? Tell me how you know.
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Question 727410:
You are going to paint a wall in your room. The wall is 12 feet long and 8 feet high. A window in the wall is 3 feet wide and 4 feet high. Find the area that you will paint.

A rectangle has a length of 4 inches and width of 3 inches. How would the area change if you doubled both dimensions? Explain your reasoning.
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Question 727525: A farmer has 400 feet of fencing. He wants to fence off a rectangular field that borders a straight river (no fence along the river). What are the dimensions that will give him the largest area? Please check to see if I have the right answer. Thanks.
A=(400-2w)w
A= -2w^2+400w
-b/2a=-400/-4=100 width
l=400-2(100)
l=200
dimensions are 200ft by 100ft

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Question 727616: Sven is making a rain cover for a square sandbox with sides 3.5 feet long. How much area does he need to cover?
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Question 727654: What is the area of a picture that measures 9 inches by 12 inches?

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Question 727829: the width of the door is 3.4 feet and the perimeter of the door is 22.8 feet. What is the length of the door?
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Question 727869: You have a rectangular piece of wood that measures 15 inches by 20 inches.
You need to cut a circle with a radius of 5 inches from your piece of wood.
Round the answer to 2 decimal points.
1. What is the area of the wood?
2. What is the area of the circle?
3. How much wood is left over after cutting out the circle?
Help is very much appreciated! :)
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Question 727940: The floor of storage unit is 12 feet long and 16 feet wide. What is the distance between two opposite corners of the floor?

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Question 728094: The midpoint between Nancy and Moe's houses is (-1,3). Nancy's home is at (x,-1) and Moe's house is located at (2,y).
1. Find the x-y coordinate where Nancy's home is located.
2. Find the x-y coordinate where Moe's home is located.
3. Find the distance between Nancy and Moe's homes.
Help is appreciated! :)
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Question 728143: A piece of wire 90 inches long is bent into a right triangle whose hypotenuse is 39 inches. How long is the shorter leg of the triangle?

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Question 728162: elliot has 32 yards of fencing. He wants to fence in a garden that is 6 yards wide. What is he largest rectangle he could make?
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Question 728612: If a rectangle has a perimeter of 54 ft its sides are 9ft and has d ft
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Question 728597: The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 268 feet. If the length of the garden is 83 feet, what is its width?
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Question 728595: A picture is four inches longer than it is wide and the total area is 77 square inches. What are the dimensions of the picture?
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Question 728741: Describe how to find the area of a circle when given only the circumference of the circle.
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Question 728741: Describe how to find the area of a circle when given only the circumference of the circle.
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Question 728740: How does the area change if you multiply the radius by a factor of n, where n is the whole number?
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