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Question 845394: An open box is to be constructed from a square piece of cardboard by removing a square of side 6 feet from each corner and turning up the edges. If the box is to hold 864 cubic feet, what should be the dimensions of the sheet metal?
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Question 845498: what is the area of a field that measures 16 meters on each side
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Question 845522: 1) if a 13-inch wide rectangular is to approach the golden triangle, what should its length be?
2) List the first seven terms of the Fibonacci sequence.
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Question 845580: A square field has 4m added to its length and 2 m added it it's width, thereby creating a field with an area of 195m2. Find the dimensions of the orignial field.
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Question 845634: If the volume of the cube is 125/216 cubic yard what are the dimensions?
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Question 845761: how to find the length of the side of the square with an area of 225 yards squared ?
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Question 845771: A rectangle and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. The length of the rectangle is six times the width. Each side of the triangle is 14 cm. Find the length and width of the rectangle.
(a) If L is the length of the rectangle, then the width of the rectangle is Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. .
(b) Write an expression for the perimeter of the rectangle.
2L + 2( )L

(c) Simplify the expression you wrote for the perimeter of the rectangle.

****This was part of my online hw but I am not understanding what i am doing.****

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Question 845829: Bob has 37 tiles with dimensions of 1 foot by 1 foot. He wants to tile a closet that is 7 feet long and 5 feet wide. Does he have enough tiles? If so, how many more will be left over?
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Question 845973: The ninth term of an arithmeticsequence is 42 and the sum of the fist term is 414. Find the first term of the sequence.
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Question 845902: A farmer needs to build a rectangular corral for his animals. He has 200 yards of fencing available. He needs to make 4 pens. What is the largest corral he can create? (Remember the pens also count as a part of the perimeter, not just the outside of the corral)
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Question 846002: Working together Lolita and Doug can paint a shed in 2 hours. If Doug can paint the shed in 8 hours, how long will it take Lolita to paint the shed by herself?
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Question 846490: How big of a shadow would a 28 foot house make?
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Question 846494: the length of a rectangle is 5 meters more than the width the perimeter is 42 meters. find the length of rectangle?
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Question 846388: The base of a triangle is one-third as long as its height. If the area of the triangle is 6 square meters, how long is its base?
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Question 846526: A building is 50 feet high and casts a shadow of 68 feet. What triangle do I need to solve this problem?
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Question 846526: A building is 50 feet high and casts a shadow of 68 feet. What triangle do I need to solve this problem?
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Question 846586: andrea needs to place a 20 ft ladder against a building so that it reaches a window 16 ft above the ground. how far from the building should she place the base of the ladder?
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Question 846648: Can you please explain and help me solve this problem:
A circular garden has a diameter of 20 feet and is surrounded by a concrete border that has a width of three feet and a depth of 6 inches. What is the volume of concrete in the path? Use 3.14 for pi.
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Question 846809: area of a circular region is 620 square meter. find length of wire for fencing it.
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Question 846890: Is a scissor considered as perpendicular line or intersecting but not perpendicular line?
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Question 846880: If a rectangle has an area of 64 square units and a length of 16 units, what is its width? If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places.
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Question 846891: Is a star shaped considered as perpendicular line or intersecting but not perpendicular line?
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Question 846807: One side of a square is increased by 7 𝑓𝑡 and the other side of the square is decrease by 10 𝑓𝑡. The area of the new figure is 110 𝑓𝑡2. Find the length of a side of the original square
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Question 846940: If Deborah has 48 feet of copper wire then how many 2/3 lengths can she cut from it? How many inches is 2/3 feet?
Okay, so, I got 32 for the first answer because I did this:
. But I can't figure out the second half....HELP ME
Thank you so much :)
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Question 846999: Perimeter = 480 length = 63
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Question 847111: The width of one cube is three times the width of another cube. How do the volumes of the cubes compare?
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Question 847201: Limx>0 root1+x-1/log(1+x)
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Question 847230: Limx>0 xtanx/1-cosx
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Question 847244:
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Question 847370: A small square is constructed. Then a new square is made by increasing each side by 2 meters. The perimeter of the new square is 3 meters shorter than five times the length of one side of the original square. Find the dimensions of the original square.
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Question 847415: The width of a rectangle is 4 centimeters. If the length of the rectangle were doubled, its perimeter would increase by 12 centimeters. What is the area of the original rectangle?
I try:
P = 2(w+l)
P+12 = 2(4+2l)
P+12 = 8+4l

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Question 847458: A railling of 288 meter is required for fencing a semicircular park.find the area of the park
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Question 847457: Limx>45 cosecx-1/cot^2x
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Question 847440: Limx>45 cosecx-1/cot^2x
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Question 847522: if a wire is bent into the shape of a square ,then the area enclosed by the squre is 81 cm.sq when the wire is bent into a semi -cercular shape the area enclosed by the semi circle will be
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Question 847449: if the peremeter of a rectangle and a square are equal and the ratio of 2 adjecent sides of the rectangle ais 1:2, then find the ratio of their areas
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Question 847828: One more, please:
The ratio of the interior angles of a Euclidean triangle is 3:4:5. Find the measure of each angle.
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Question 847821: the larger of two numbers is 16 more than the smaller. when added together their sum is 6 less than 3 times the smaller. what are the numbers?
(16 + a) + b = 3b -6

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Question 848042: Is 8 yards greater than, less than, or equal to 288 inches
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Question 848090: Eric and Madison both measured the same trading card. Eric says the car is about 3 inches long. Madison says it is about 2 3/4 inches long. Their teacher says they are both correct. How is that possible?
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Question 848134: a square that measures 15 meters on one side?
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Question 848151: a cone-shaped building is commonly used to store sand. what would be the volume of a cone-shaped building with diameter 50 m and a high 20m to the nearest hundredth
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Question 848182: A box has the volume of 240 cubic inches. List possible dimensions of the box?
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Question 848244: The top of square table has an area of 24 square feet. What is the length of one edge of the tabletop, rounded to the nearest foot?
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