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Question 728753: What is the area of the largest circle that can be inscribed within a rectangle with a perimeter of 108 units and its length 16 units greater than its width?

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Question 728728: Eight feet is _____ times as long as six feet.
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Question 728729: Eight feet is _____ times longer than six feet.
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Question 728883: How do you go about solving this problem?
A box with no top is constructed from a rectangular piece of cardboard whose length measures 4 inches more than its width. The box is formed by cutting squares from each corner that measure 2 in. on each side and then folding up the sides. If the volume of the box is 64 cubic in., what are the dimensions of the original piece of cardboard?

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Question 729089: a square is inscribed in a circle .if one side of the square measures 5 cm , what is the circumference of the circle
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Question 729228: Mandy's Candies is most famous for their homemade fudge and homemade toffee. They make an average of 154 pounds of fudge and toffee combined each month. They sell a pound of fudge for $9.64 and a pound of toffee for $6.44. Mandy's averages $1,231.76 each month in fudge and toffee sales. On average, how many pounds each of fudge and toffee does Mandy's Candies sell in one month?
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Question 729258: A garden measuring 12 by 24 meters is to have a sidewalk installed all around it, increasing the total area to 423.64 square meters. What will be the width of the pathway?
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Question 729239: Two vertical poles on the football field are 20 and 30 meters high. Wires are connected from the top of each pole to the bottom of the other. If the field is perfectly level, and the poles are 50 meters apart, how far above the ground do the two wires cross?

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Question 729428: Farmer Dan has 170 meters of fence with which to enclose a field. The length of the field is 18 meters more than three times its width. What is the length of the field?
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Question 729472: Perimeter of a polygon whose side measures 143 cm
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Question 729580: find the number of tiles required if the floor area is 17.5 m square and tile area is 625 cm square
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Question 729493: A picec of wood is 1/2 metre long how many cm does another piece measure which is one and a half times as long?
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Question 729666: The second angle of a triangular building lot is three times as large as the first.The third angle is 10 degrees more than the sum of the other two angles.What is the measurement for the third angle?
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Question 729725:
the set of big bang theory needs to be repainted .one gallon of paint covers450 square feet.the set is [24 feet] 24 feet by 18 feet and the wall are 12 feet high.how many full gallons of paint will be needed to paint the set.

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Question 729866: A rectangular box measures 4 ft. by 4 ft. by 3 ft.
Will you be able to fit a 6 ft pole inside the box?

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Question 730013: A contractor uses the expression 7(x-3) to find the length, in feet, of chain that he needs for a project. For the project, the contractor needs four chains that are this length. For the same project, the contractor needs another chain that is 50% longer than the first chain. Write an expression he could use to find the length of this chain.
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Question 730017: A set of 35 reference books will be placed on a bookcase that contains 5 shelves with a space of 2 3/4 feet on each shelve. As many reference books as possible will be placed on the shelves. Each reference book is 1/4 foot wide. How many shelves will be used for the reference books?
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Question 729897: In 1978. Franklin Jacobs high jumped 7 feet 7 1/4 inches. Jacobs was 5 feet 8 inches tall. how many more inches did Jacob jump than his height?
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Question 730056: what is the area of the shape left when a circle of radius 3 inches is cut from the middle of a square with a 10 inch diameter?

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Question 730170: Write the equation of the line that passes through (-2,4) and is parallel to the graph of the line y=4x+5
I have tried but I can't figure It out. Please help
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Question 730169: Write an equation of the line that passes through (8,-5) and is perpendicular to the graph of the line that passes through points (3,5) and (4,9).
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Question 730168: Write an equation of the line passes through (5/6,-1/3) with slope m= - 1/2
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Question 730212: I am building a 4 ft high by 8 ft long mobile bulletin board that will be supported by 8 ft 4 X 4's on each end. The total height will be a little over 8 ft. Can you tell me how long base supports should be to keep it from falling over in light winds?
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Question 730259: A doorway is 77 inches tall and 36 inches wide. What is the length of the diagonal from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the doorway?

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Question 730268: I have a 90ft retaining wall that veries in heights from 42inches down to 12inches,what is my square footage?
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Question 730398: A rectangular parking lot is 31 meters wide and 52 meters long. What is its perimeter?
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Question 730512: A stained glass window is being designed in the shape of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle. thw width of the window is to be 3 feet, but the height h. if 24 square feet of glass is to be used, find the hight h.
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Question 730642:

A FIELD IS 32 FEET LONG SIX YARDS WIDE. WHAT IS THE PERMITER IN FEET.
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Question 730819: hi, i just had a small question and i was wondering if you could just help me. My question is if a isosceles triangle has sides 4cm and 6cm what are two possible lengths for the third side?
Thanks for taking your time to help me plz reply asap.
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Question 730805: A cable is run from the top of a tree to a stake located 4m away from the base of the tree. the length of the cable is 1m less than twice the height of the tree. find the length of the cable.
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Question 731275: I apologize for any confusion in advance. Thank you.
"The length of the side of a large square is 1 cm less than twice the length of the side of a small square. The area of the large square is 33 cm^2 more than the area of the small square. Find the length of the sides of the two squares."
I tried using the Quadratic Formula, and I began trying to solve for the larger square.
I tried to find A, B, and C using this method.
(2x-1)(2x-1)=33+x^2
4x^2-2x-2x+1=33+x^2
5x^2-4x-32=0
So A = 5, B = -4 C = -32
Then, I plugged in the numbers and tried to solve.
X=4+/- sqrt ( 16+640 ) Over10.
X=$=/- 25.6 Over 10.
X= 2.96, -2.16
I'm not sure what I did wrong. The day my Algebra teacher went over this I was absent, and she's been out sick for the past 2 days with the stomach flu. Thank you in advance for your help!

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Question 731276: "The perimeter of a rectangle is 36 m. The area is 65 m^2. Find the dimensions of the rectangle."
I'm supposed to use the Quadratic formula in this somehow, but I don't really understand how I get A, B, and C from this. I tried to do it, and I confused myself halfway through it. Thank you for your help!
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Question 731306: a box with dimensions 4 x 8 x 10 is equal in volume to a box with dimensions 16 x 2. what does g equal?
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Question 731296: A rope is 250 centimeters long. You need the rope to be 11 2 meters long. How many centimeters should you cut off?
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Question 731392: 10. A circular pizza with a radius of 6 inches is cut along the radii into three wedge-shaped slices. The measures of two of the central angles are 80� and 130�. What is the exact area of the largest slice?
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Question 731374: what is the area of the circle having radius of 21ft. after a sector of 120 degrees have been remove?

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Question 731535: The ratio between the volumes of two cubes is 125 to 216. What is the ratio between their respective surface areas?
A) 5:6
B) 25:36
C) 125:216
D) 250:432

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Question 731560: In order to seal an oil pipeline, a steel flange is placed on the open end of the pipe. The flange is circular with radius 6 inches, and must have 7 holes drilled in it. These holes must be 3/16 inch in diameter, they must be equally spaced apart, and their centers must be 1 inch from the perimeter of the plate.
a. Draw an accurate sketch of the flange.
b. What should be the distance between the centers of two adjacent holes? Industry standards require an answer accurate to one ten-thousandth of an inch.
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Question 731749: to make a long garden hose leona connected three shorter hoses together if each of the shorter hoses measures 24feet 9 inches what is the length of the combined hose?
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Question 731761: How many inches is a 17- yard rope ?
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Question 731761: How many inches is a 17- yard rope ?
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Question 732025: If the area of a rectangle is 1/12 square yds, what is the width if the length is 2yds? Also explain the answer...thanks
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Question 732038:

the ratio of the length and width of a rectangle is 3:8. if the length is 24 what is the width?

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