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Question 762978: Can you please help with this word problem. :( one angle in a triangle is double the smallest angle, and the third angle in the triangle is 5 more than four times the smallest angle. find the size of each angle

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Question 762961: a rectangular piece of wood 100 cm by 90 cm,is to be cut into a trapezoid.
find the area,..
where the equivalent of width are both 90cm.and the 1st base is 100.and the 2nd base is both 15..
.
please, help me...to find the equivalent of the are of a trapezoid..please?

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Question 763074: A rectangular field is 90 yards wide and 140 yards long. Give the length and width of another rectangular field that has the same perimeter but a larger area
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Question 763127: a conical vessel 11cm high having a top of 50 mm diameter is filled completely to its rim with water. some spherical pellets, each of 5 mm diameter are dropped into the vessel & then 2/5 of the water overflows.how many lead pallets were dropped in the vessel?
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Question 763263: Find the area of the shaded portion in the equilateral triangle with sides 6.
(assuming the central point of each arc is its corresponding
vertex)https://media.glynlyon.com/g_geo_2012/8/groupi56.gif
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Question 763295: The angle of elevationof the sun is 62. to the nearest foot find the height of a pole whose shadow at the time is 14 feet long. I got 26 feet but it does not seem to be correct

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Question 763303: A container holds 36 oz. How many mL will be required to fill the container?
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Question 763259: The perimeter of a rectangle equals the sum of the lengths of its four sides. If the width of a rectangle is 3 inches and its perimeter is 38 inches, find the length of the rectangle.
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Question 763352: I would like to get the width and length of a 600 sqm
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Question 763357: A pizza is cut into 8 identical pieces. The diameter of the pizza was 25cm. What is the permieter
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Question 763439: A rectangular lot has an area of 860 yards. If the length of the lot is 43 yards, find width.
The break down on how you found the width and Perimeter!
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Question 763470: If the area of a triangle is 100 square cm and
Height is 10 cm, find the length of the base.
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Question 763470: If the area of a triangle is 100 square cm and
Height is 10 cm, find the length of the base.
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Question 763440: The perimeter of a circular sports complex is 1,000 meters. Find the area of the complex
Please show how you solved the problem !
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Question 763440: The perimeter of a circular sports complex is 1,000 meters. Find the area of the complex
Please show how you solved the problem !
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Question 763264: Express answer in exact form.
Find the area of the larger segment whose chord is 8" long in a circle with an 8" radius.
(Hint: A chord divides a circle into two segments. In problem 1, you found the area of the smaller segment.)

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Question 763562: Rectangle is 5ft in length more than width the perimeter must be at least 38 feet but no more than 60 feet find the possible dimensions of the width.
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Question 763552: a table top is shaped like a rectangle whose perimeter is 46 in. the length is 3 in more than the width
what is the length and the width?

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Question 763223: The volume of a cube is 343 cm^3. Find the volume of a second cube if the length of its edge is half of the length of the first cube's edge.
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Question 763660: I am trying to find out the measure of an angle in a triangle.
Given: one ange is 90 degrees
The length of the sides are 15x15x8
One of the other two angles is less than 45 degrees.
What are the degrees of the other two angles?
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Question 763740: please help solve this problem h(t) = -16t2 + 64t + 160 Find the times when the rocket will be 40 feet from the ground
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Question 763753: 4 similar wire circles are combined to make a pattern .How to find the radius of one of the wire circle when given the height as 14 cm
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Question 763772: what is the area of an equilateral 5-sided building, where each face measures 12 feet long?
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Question 764017: A rectangular picture, inside a rectangular frame, measures 40 cm by 30 cm. The outside perimeter of the frame is 152 cm. What is the width of the frame?
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Question 763978: The diagonal of a picture frame is 13 inches. If the length of the frame is 7 inches greater than its width, find the dimensions of the frame.
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Question 764278: Bryan is an art sculptor and is creating an art series made entirely of similar figures. He buys a two-dimensional Sponge Bob Square Pants figure in the shape of a square and decides he wants to make a larger version that is 15 times bigger in width and height.If the area of the figure is 12.5 cm2, what is the area of his sculpture?
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Question 764448: a circle has diameter 12m.what will be the cost of fencing the circle if the cost is rs.70/m
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Question 764697: length of side of asquare is increased by 10%.find the percentage of increase in its area.
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Question 764651: the angle between the string attached to a flying kite and the ground is 70 degrees how far above the ground in feet is the kite if 245 ft of string has been let out
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Question 764787: A rectangular has a perimeter of 62 centimeters. If the sum of the length and twice the width is 42 centimeters, find the length.

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Question 764772: A rectangle is to be 2 m longer than it is wide and have an area of 399 m2. Find its dimensions.
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Question 765025: The length of a rectangle is 25 inches and the width is 35 inches. The rectangle is then dilated to 6.25 in by 8.75 in. What is the scale factor?

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Question 765079: I am not quite sure how to set up/solve this word problem.
Suppose that a rectangle has a perimeter of 27 meters. Express the area A(x) of the rectangle in terms of the length x of one of its sides.
Thank you for your time!:)
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Question 765301: if length is 3 and breadth is 2 then what is area of circle
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Question 765370: From a ship, the angle of elevation of a point A at the top of a cliff is 21 degrees after the ship has sailed 2500m directly toward the foot of the cliff, the angle of elevation of A is 47 degrees. Find the height of the cliff.
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Question 765378: An empty lot is 300 ft by 400ft. How many feet would you save by walking the diagonal of the lot instead of walking around (the perimeter) of the lot?
First find the diagonal distance of the lot and state what you did to find it. Then find out how many feet was saved by walking the diagonal instead of the perimeter of the lot.

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Question 765471: a wire is needed to support a vertical pole 17ft high. The cable will be anchored to a stake 5ft from the base of the pole. How much cable is needed?
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Question 765490: WHAT IS SCALE FACTOR?
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Question 765577: Find the outside surface area. Note that the cylinder does not have a top. (Assume a = 2 cm and b = 9 cm. Find the exact solution or round your answer to three decimal places.)

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Question 765786: A ladder leaning against a wall makes a 60 degrees angle with the ground. The base of the ladder is 4m from the building. How high above the ground is the top of the ladder?

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Question 765942: Find the value of x in the figure below. Show all steps.
circle with two chords intersection; on one side of the circle the two chords sweep out a 101 degree arc and on the opposite side of the circle a 37 degree arc; the angle formed by one of these sweeps is 5 x minus 6 degrees
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Question 766352: how to solve a Parking lot is 235.3 feet long and 102.5 feet wide. What is its area? I want to know how to solve the problem.
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Question 766426: What is the slope of the line that contains the points (-3,1) and (2,4)? Enter your answer as a fraction in lowest terms;use a slash(/) for the fraction bar.
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Question 766452: A square storage area measures 10 m on a side. By how much must each side be shortened to decrease this area to less than half the original area?

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