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Question 782131: Find the length x in the figure if the shaded area is 64 cm2
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Question 782074: A cylinder with a top and bottom has height 15 in. and has a total surface area that is twice the area of a circle whose radius is 6 in. more than the radius of the cylinder. What is the radius of the cylinder?
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Question 782191: Mark built a log fort in the shape of a square. He used 6 vertical posts on each side of his fort. How many posts did he use?

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Question 782442: the perimeter of a square flower bed is 12 feet. what is the area of the flower bed in square feet? is the answer three

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Question 782418: a kite is flying on 50ft of string. its vertical distance form the ground is 10ft more than its horizontal distance form the person flying it. assuming that the string is being held at ground level, find its horizontal distance from the person and its vertical distance from the ground.
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Question 782694: if the length and width of 4 x 2 inc rectangle are each increased by the same amount. The area of the new rectangle will be twice the old. What are the dimensions to two decimal palaces of the new rectangle?
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Question 782704: Please help solve this problem:
A garden is made up of a rectangle that is 20 yards by 15 yards with a semicircle on each end.
how much fencing is needed?
I know the answer is 171.1 yards but i dont know how to get that answer please help me
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Question 782686: The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio of 2:3:5:8. Find the measure of each angle.
Kindly show the solution so that I can clearly understand. -thank you- Godbless :))
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Question 782693: a piece of tin, 12 inches on a side, is to have four equal squares cut from its corners, as in the illustration. if the edges are then to be folded up to make a box with a floor area of 64 square inches,mfind the depth of the box
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Question 782720: a field is in the shape of a trapezium having parallel sides 90m and 30m. These sides meet the third side at the right angle. The length of the forth side is 100m. Find Area(using heron's formula).
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Question 782725: Larry's home has coordinates L(75,30). Moe's home has coordinates M(42,-58. Curley's home has coordinates (-54, 18). Does Moe live closer to Larry or Curley?

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Question 782820: The length of a rectangular plot of land is 4 times the width. If the perimeter is 600 feet, find the dimensions of the plot.
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Question 782894: A rectangular picture frame has a perimeter of 4 meters. The height of the frame is 2/3 times its width.

(c) Find the dimensions of the picture frame.
h =
w =
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Question 783291: The area of a rectangular roof on a doghouse is 765 square inches, the length of the roof is 108 inches, How many inches wide is the roof?
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Question 783625: name a point that is √2 away from (-1,5)
Can you please go step by step on how you solved and what you did thanks.
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Question 783908: the north wall of a barn is a rectangle 50 feet high and 50 feet long. There are five windows in the wall, each 5 by 7 feet. In a gallon of paint will cover 400 square feet, how many gallons of paint must the painter buy to paint the wall.
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Question 784049: A specific park is rectangular-shaped and has a 3-mile perimeter. The length is 4 times the width. What are the dimensions of the park?
Width:
Length:
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Question 784057: A wire is first bent into the shape of a rectangle with width of 4cm and length of 6 cm . Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a square. What is the length of a side of the square?
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Question 784681: The radii of Earth and Pluto are 6,371 kilometers and 1,161 kilometers, respectively. Approximately how many spheres the size of Pluto does it take to have the same volume as Earth?
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Question 784786: One angle of a triangle is 2 times another. The third angle is 10 degree more than the larger of these. Find the angles.
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Question 784750: Hank needs 6,250 square feet of sod for his back yard. If each piece of sod is 3 square feet, how many pieces of sod does he need to order
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Question 784989: If the area of a Route 66 sign measures 576 square inches and the sign is a square, what are the dimensions of the sign?
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Question 784978: Please help me solve this: A rectangle is 4 times as long as it is wide. If the length is increased by 4 inches and the width is decreased by 1 inch,the area will be 60 square inches. What were the dimensions of the original rectangle?
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Question 785051: Can you please help me with this: Sam has two rectangle rooms in her house, the combined floor area of booth rooms is 321 square ft, the first room is 13 ft long and 12 ft wide, second room is 11 ft wide. What is the length in feet of the second room?
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Question 785292: how are angle 1 and angle 5 related
1 corresponding angles
2 alternate interior angles
3 same side interior angles
4 none of these
the numbers have like L looking things in the front but im unsure how to use that symbol so I take it as that it means angle
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Question 785300: A landscape artist wishes to fence in two equal areas. (There are 2 squares that are side by side in the picture). If both areas are squares and the total length of fencing used is 91 meters, find the dimensions of each square.
Can you please help me with this problem. I am having a hard time finding the formula to come up with the answer.
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Question 785484: from a 10cm by 20cm rectangular cardboard, a square with side length 8cm is cut. what is the perimeter of the shaded part?

there is a figure but i can't put here...
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Question 785551: a rain gutter is made from sheets of aluminum that are 28 inches wide. The edges are turned up to form right angles. determine the depth of the gutter that will allow a cross sectional area of 60 square inches. there are two solutions to this problem. round to the nearest tenth of an inch.
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Question 786179: A triangle has three angles that have a sum of 180 degrees. If one of the angles in 50, another is 70, find the 3rd. Be sure to write an equation, and solve showing all work.

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Question 786283: A parking lot has a perimeter of 16000 feet. The width is 40 feet more than twice the length. what are the dimensions?
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Question 786323: How much longer is 10cm than 12m
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Question 786902: A rectangle has an area of 36cm squared. One dimension is odd. The odd dimension is also a prime number. One dimension is even. Then find the perimeter of the rectangle. Respond fully then explain your work.
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Question 787027: From a point 35m from a building and 2m above the ground,the angle of elevation of the top of the building is observed to be 60degrees. What is the height of the building?
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Question 787227: Please help me with this:

I've asked this same question the first time, but no tutor helped me yet!

A pole 24ft high has a shadow 8ft long. A nearby pole is 72ft tall. How long is the shadow?

I need an immediate answer please?
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Question 787339: One gallon of paint is suppose to cover 300 square feet. If the wall is feet high, what is the length of the strip that can be covered with one gallon.?
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Question 787638: Grade 8 question
A rectangular lawn,4m by 4m, has a path around it that is the same width everywhere. The area of the path is 1.25 times as big as the area of the other lawn. What is the width of the path?
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Question 787901: the area of a rectangle increased by 5 is the same as less than twice the area of the rectangle. Write and solve and equation to determine the area of the rectangle.
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Question 788092: the smallest angle in a triangle is half of the largest angle. The third angle is 15 degrees less than the largest angle. Find the measures of all the angles
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Question 788278: A rectangular garden is 2m longer than it is wide.If the perimeter of the garden is 18,find the length and the width?
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Question 788273: one hundred tiles on certain size were used to pave a floor, if a tile which measures 4cm less on each side will be used, 225 tiles will be needed, find the size of the larger tile.
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Question 788332: Jude has a fish pond in the shape of a cuboid.
It is 3m wide, and 4m long.
Calculate the volume of the water in metre cubed.
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Question 788508: how to find the midpoint M of the line segment joining the points A=(1,3) and B=(-7,-7)
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Question 788910: The perimeter of rectangular ceiling tile is 110 inches. It is 23 inches wide. How long is it?
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