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Question 766399: The formula for the perimeter of a square is P = 4s, where s is the length of each side. One square has a perimeter of 86 units, and its sides are 3 units longer than those of the second square. Which equation can be used to find x, the side of the second square? Please help, ive tried working out all the answers available and they all seem to come to a decimal.

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Question 766412: 95 foot radius would be how many degrees??
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Question 766489: a rectangular piece of cardboard has an area of 15cm2. By cutting a square 2cm wide on each side from each of the corners and fold up the sides an open box is formed having a volume of 132ml.find the lenght of the original cardboard?

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Question 766462: On January 1, Barry went on a diet to lose weight. During January he lost 15 lb, during February he lost 8 lb more, and during March he gained 6 lb. What was the total amount of weight that Barry lost and gained during this period?
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Question 766550: The number of diagonals of a polygon is 275. How many sides are there?
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Question 766555: The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter of 4m is 5.236 cubic meter. What is the depth of water in the tank?
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Question 766552: A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. an inner pentagon with sides of 10 cm is inside and concentric to the larger pentagon. What is the area inside the larger pentagon and outside the smaller pentagon?
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Question 766556: A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into two segments having the same vertex. if the smaller altitude is 6m, find the ratio of the volume of the small cone to the big cone.
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Question 766592: a rectangle has a lenght which is 5cm less than twice its breadth. if the length is decreased by 5 cm and breadth is increased by 2 cm.the perimeter of the resulting rectangle will be 74.find the length and breadth
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Question 766613: I have a rectangle 36" x 55". If it were 42" wide, how long would it be? How do I find that? (sorry, dumb)
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Question 766746: the surface area of an open cylindrical tank is 68 square meter. If the diameter is 2/3 of its height, what is the height of the tank?
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Question 766812: 8.75 meter cloth cost of rupees 420 the what is the cost of 1 meter
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Question 766846: In ABC , a=22cam,b=19cm and ABC =55 degrees. Sketch the triangle and solve the triangle. Round answers to the nearest tenth.
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Question 766953: A picture of length 12 inches and width 9 inches is framed in wood. What is the uniform width of the frame if the frame has an area of 162 square inches?
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Question 766965: Suppose the height, h, in feet, of a trampolinist above the ground during one bounce is modelled by the quadratic function h(t) = -16t2 + 42t + 3.75 . For what period of time is the trampolinist at least 22 ft above the ground? Round your answers to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 767084: to convert a distance of 4500 yards to miles, which ratio could you multiply by?
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Question 767084: to convert a distance of 4500 yards to miles, which ratio could you multiply by?
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Question 767049: The length of a rectangle is 7 more than twice its width. Its Area is 4. Find the width of the rectangle
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Question 767038: A segment 35cm long is divided into 2 segments whose ratio is 3:4
How long is each segment?
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Question 767106: a tennis court is 36 feet wide and 78 feet long. A fence is to be built around the court 10 feet from the edges of the court. How much fencing will be needed?
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Question 767166: A flagpole casts a shadow 25 feet long.
If the angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the top of the flagpole is 60� , find the height of the flagpole.
Give an exact number.
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Question 767279:
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Question 767355: How many yards of fencing are needed to enclose a circular garden whose radius is five yards
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Question 767386: A photograph that measures 5cm by 12cm is enlarged to a width of 7cm. What is the scale factor of the enlargedment? Find the length of the enlargement? Find. The area of the photograph and its enlargement?
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Question 767393: a box has dimensions of 9" by 8" by 3". what is the side of a cube with the same volume?

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Question 767506: if you have a 24" wide by 42" tall window, which part number would you use?
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Question 767516: Perfume can be purchased in 0.6 ounce bottle for $18 or in a 2 ounce bottle for $50. The difference in price per ounce is
a) $1.50 b)$2.50 c) $5.00 d) $10.00 e) $25.00
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Question 767653: The surface area of a sphere is 196 pie what is the radius

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Question 767653: The surface area of a sphere is 196 pie what is the radius

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Question 767651: A rectangular piece of tin is 3 cm longer than its width. From each corner, 3 cm^2 is cut out. The sides are turned up to form a box whose volume is 120 cm^3. Find the dimensions of the box.
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Question 767684: The ratio of corresponding sides of similar triangles is four colon nine. If the longest side of the smaller triangle is thirty-six mm, what is the longest side of the larger triangle?
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Question 767768: if 7ft 9in is cut from a piece of wood that is 9ft 6in the piece left is
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Question 767777: A kite with a string 100 feet long makes an angle of elevation of 50� with the ground, assuming the string is straight, how high is the kite? i have to round this answer to the nearest tenth.
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Question 767821: write an inequality that expresses the fact that when you add 3 feet to the perimeter of a square of sides with length s, the resulting perimeter does not exceed 50 feet
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Question 767866: A PHOTO MEASURING 5 INCHES BY SEVEN INCHES IS PLACED IN A FRAME THAT ADDS A ONE INCH BORDER AROUND THE PHOTO. WHAT IS THE TOTAL WIDTH OF THE PHOTO?

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Question 767774: Hi
I have one paralelogram. 1 angle 30 degrees and 2 sides 3000. Please I would like to know whats the value of the diagonal. Thanks Daniela
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Question 767874: Curtis and Karly are riding bicycles in the same direction. Curtis is traveling at 4 miles per h,our and Karly is traveling at 9 miles per hour. In 3 hours, what is the distance between them?
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Question 767931: a rectangular original photo has a lenght of 15cm and 9cm in width. Find the width of the enlargement with a lenght of 20cm?
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Question 767984: how deep is a pool with 600cubic 8 meter wide and 10 meters long
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Question 768045: A hose is leaking at constant rate of 1/4 of a gallon of a gallon 2/5 an hour how much water leaks in an hour
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Question 768085: Volume of the cube is 50ft^3 (cubed) To the nearest inch, what is the side length of the cube shown?
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Question 768150: if doubling the number of sides of a regular polygon increase the angle between adjacent sides by 10 degrees, what is the original number of sides?
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