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Question 903958: A man can row his boat 10 kph in still water. In the same length of time that it took him to row 20 km downstream, he was able to row only half the distance upstream. What was the rate of the current?
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Question 903957: A tub can be filled in 6min if both the hot and cold faucets are turned on. If the tub can be filled in 10 min with cold water, how long would it take to fill that tub with hot water?
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Question 902267: 17. At a TV repair shop, there is a uniform charge for any TV brought in for repair plus an hourly fee for the work done. For a TV that needed two hours of repair, the cost was $100. For a TV that needed one and a half hours of repair, the cost was $80.
a. Write an equation that can be used to find the cost of repair, y, when x hours of work are required. Write the given information as ordered pairs, (2, 100) and (1.5, 80).
b. What would be the cost of repairing a TV that requires 3 hours of work?
c. What does the coefficient of x in the equation that you wrote in a represent?
d. What does the constant term in the equation that you wrote in a represent?

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Question 903936: Billy likes to go cycling.
His bike has wheels of diameter 75cm.
He has invented a counter for his bike,
which counts the number of revelations the wheel makes.
One day the counter shows 240 revolutions.
How far has billy cycled?
give your answer to the nearest meter.

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Question 904153: The inside of the running track in the diagram is formed by a rectangle and two half circles. Find the distance, to the nearest yard, around the inside of the track. Then find the area enclosed by the track. (Use pi=3.14)
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Question 904174: If one dimension of a square is increased by 3cm and the other dimension is decreased by 2cm, the perimeter of the resulting rectangle is 120% of the perimeter of the square. Find the length of one side of the square
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Question 904165: If one dimension of a square is increased by 3cm an
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Question 904286: 1.) Find the equation of the locus of a point moving such that its distance from the point A(3,-4) is equal to its distance from the y-axis.
2.) Verify, by any analytic method, whether the points (-1,-1),(3,2),(6,-2), and (2,-5) are vertices of a square.
3.) A triangle has vertices at A(4,-5), B(-2,3), and C(-1,7). Find the acute angle formed between the median and altitude of both drawn to side BC.

PLSSSS... HELP ME TO ANSWER THIS! I REALLY NEED IT FOR MY FINAL EXAM. YOUR HELP IS VERY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU!
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Question 904610: You planted a redwood tree in your backyard, and the height of the tree changed at a constant rate a the tree grew. The tree was 13 meters high 2 years after you planted it. The tree was 22 meters high 5 years after you planted it. How many meters y'all was the redwood tree when you planted it.
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Question 904499: the sides of a triangle can be represented by three consecutive odd integers. if the first side is doubled and the third side is increased by 3, the triangle will be isosceles. find the perimeter of the isosceles triangle.
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Question 904651: the fence around yard is 66 meters long. the length of the yard is 12 meters, what is the width of the yard

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Question 904702: A restaurant owner is going to panel a square portion if the restaurant's cieling. The portion to be paneled has an area of 185ft�. The owner plans to use square tin ceiling panels with a side length of 2 ft. What is the first step in finding out whether the owner wiell be able to use a while number of panels?
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Question 904796: A man built a walk of uniform width around a rectangular pool. If the area of the walk is 105 square feet and the dimensions of the pool are 17 feet by 15 feet, how wide is the walk?
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Question 904998: Give me the detailed Estimate of a 16*12 foot room?

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Question 905124: If x = y+3 and y+3=10, then x=10. Name the property of equality
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Question 905115: in a laboratory, only 40% and 50% alcohol solutions are available. for an experement, charmaine must use alcohol with a concentration of 45%. if 200L of the solution are needed, how manny liters of each solution should be mixed
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Question 905317: APPLIED PROBLEMS ( need equation and solution)
A rectangular cardboard is to be made into an open box by cutting a 2cm square piece from each corner and turning up the sides. If the perimeter of the cardboard is 60cm and the volume of the resulting box is 224 cm^3, what are the dimensions of the cardboard.?
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Question 904888: (APPLIED PROBLEM) What is the equation and solution:
A rectangular cardboard is to be made into an open box by cutting 2 cm square piece from each corner and turning up the sides. If the perimeter of the cardboard is 60 cm. and the volume of the resulting box is 224 cm^3, what are the dimensions of the cardboard.
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Question 905470: A circle is defined by the equation x2 + y2 � x � 2y � = 0. What are the coordinates for the center of the circle and the length of the radius?
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Question 905495: If the side of a cube increases in size by 5%, then by what percentage does the volume increase?
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Question 849: the base of a triangle is (2x+3) feet long and the height is (x+3) feet long. If the area of the triangle is 27 square feet, find the base and height of the triangle.
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Question 905879: A piece of rope that is 22 feet long is cut into two pieces. One piece is used to form a circle and the other used to form a square. Write a function f representing the area of the circle as a function of the length of one side of the square s.
Hint: If C is the circumference of the circle and Pis the perimeter of the square, then C+P=22.
Enter the expression in simplest form.
f(s)=

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Question 905477: i'm trying to fit 24 circles in a 4.25 diameter?
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Question 905477: i'm trying to fit 24 circles in a 4.25 diameter?
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Question 905987: the base of a rectangular is 7cm less than three times its height. if the base is 5cm, what is the area of the rectangle in square centimeters?
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Question 906037: Please help me solve this equation: x=356cm squared

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Question 906046: Cheryl wants to put a border around her window. The window is 3 feet wide and 5 feet high. How much border does she need to go around the window?
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Question 906276: A 6.25 ft man is standing by a building. the mans shadow is 8 ft long and the buildings shadow is 230.4 ft long. how tall is the building?
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Question 906370: From the top of a lighthouse 139 ft above the surface of the water, the angle of depression of a boat is observed to be 29.4 degrees . Find the horizontal distance from the boat to the lighthouse.
Work to three significant digits.
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Question 906377: A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of cardboard by cutting 3 in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 2352 in^3 (inches cubed). How big a piece of cardboard is needed?
I think I understand but I can't get the right answer. Please help :)
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Question 906435: An isosceles right triangle has legs measuring (x-2) cm each. the hypotenuse has measure (x+4) cm. find x
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Question 906689: A rectangle picture frame has an area of 96cm the length is 8cm what is the width
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Question 907126: What is the area of the room if the measurement is 22 feet 4 inches by 31 feet 8 inches
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Question 907327: A copper wire when bent in the form of a square encloses a region having area 121 sq.cm. If the same wire is bent in the form of a circle, what is the area of the region enclosed by the wire ?
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Question 907380: A homeowner is installing a fence around the garden at the right the garden has a perimeter of 216 feet write and solve an equation to find the gardens dimensions
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Question 907472: The distance across a circular track running though it's center is 30 yards. What is the distance around the track?

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Question 907660: Help! One of two complementary angles is 20% larger then the other. find the measure of each.
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Question 907646: A rectangular plot of land has an �rea of 3/2 square kilometers and a length of 3/4 kilometer. What is the width of the plot of land?

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Question 907771: The perimeter of a square clock is 16 6/9 inches. The perimeter of a rectangular clock is 16 16/18 inches. Write an inequality comparing the two perimeters.
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Question 907794: A square garden has an area of 30.25 square feet. What is the perimeter?
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Question 907801: The area of a tabletop is 48 square feet. The length is 3 times the width.If the dimensions are whole numbers, what is the width of the tabletop?
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Question 907810: A property owner wants to put a fence around her property. Wiring fencing and gates can be installed for $14.50
per linear foot. How much would it cost to fence in the property shown if the lot is 150 feet x 350 feet?

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Question 907900: The perimeter of a rectangle is 56m. If the width were doubled and the length were increased by 25m, the perimeter would be 128m. What are the length and width of the rectangle.

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