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Question 907976: A circular garden has an area of 100 pi feet squared. What is the circumference of the garden in feet?

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Question 908122: a pipe measures 4 3/4 ft how log it will be when we cut of 2/5 of it?
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Question 908060: You are laying concrete around a gazebo that is a regular octagon with a radius of 8 feet. The concrete will form a circle that extends 15 feet from the vertices of the octagon. What is the area of the concrete to the nearest square foot?
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Question 908332: i need to solve this equation
2x-3/3 - 2-3x/3 = -2
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Question 908330: i need to solve this equation
3/2 + 2y = 4y - 3/4
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Question 908375: i need to solve this equation
2/5x - 10 = 4/5x

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Question 908379: i need to solve this equation
3(2a+3) = -3(a-5)+4

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Question 908400: i need to solve this equation
2/5x - 10 = 4/5x

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Question 908376: i need to solve this equation
1 - (3x+4) = 2 + 3(x-1)

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Question 908409: i need to solve this equation
3/2 + 2y = 4y - 3/4

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Question 908466: the perimeter of a room is 44 ft. If the length of the room is two more than the width, write an equation for the perimeter
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Question 908547: A gardener is fencing off a rectangular area with a fixed perimeter of 44 ft. What is the maximum area?
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Question 908407: i need to solve this equation
2/5x - 10 = 4/5x

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Question 908615: find the perimeter of a triangular garden that measures 3 feet by x feet by (6x+5)
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Question 908684: To wash a window that is 8 metres off the ground, Ben leans a 10 metre ladder against the side of the building. To reach the window, how far from the building should Ben place the base of the ladder? Can you also tell me how you solved it?
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Question 908993: The surface area of a cube depends on the length of its sides. A cube with a side length of 10 feet has an area of 600 square feet. A cube with a side length of 2 feet has an area of 24 square feet.
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Question 909053: Beth has 2200 feet of fencing available to enclose a rectangular field. One side of the field lies along a river, so only three sides require fencing.
(a) Express the area A of the rectangle as a function of x, where x is the length of the side parallel to the river. For what value of x is the area largest?
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Question 909092: how many 3/8 rectangles fit in 4 1/2 square ft area
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Question 909152: Please help me solve this problem using the five-step plan. Cannot figure out the equation to use for this word problem in algebra.
A square has a perimeter of 44 cm. the lengths in centimeters of two sides are consecutive even integers. Find the lengths of its sides.
Thank you

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Question 909322: find the measures of two supplementary angles if the measure of one is six less than five times the measure of the other angle
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Question 909421: If a garden is 10 feet long and 9 feet wide how big is it
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Question 909631: You are varnishing the background for a rectangular mural. The base of the mural is 4.5 meters and the height of the mural is 5 meters. How many cans of varnish will you need if each can covers 10 square meters? Can you please help me solve this problem?
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Question 909726: How many 2*4 boards would I need to cover 50ft with 12 inches in between
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Question 909860: if you would like to enclose 640 square feet of display space, what should the dimensions of the rectangle be?
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Question 909954: 3 feet long 2 feet wide and 2 feet high what is the space of the dog house?
double the space?

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Question 910293: Some pleated draperies must be twice as wide as the window they cover. How many square yards of material are needed to cover this kind of window 2 ft. wide and 3 ft. long?
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Question 910400: The perimeter of a triangle is 122 cm. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle are
(3x � 1) cm, (4x + 2) cm and (2x � 5) cm, what is the length of the longest side?

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Question 910417: One side of triangle is 5 more than 2 times the shortest side. The third side is 23 centimeters more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 84. Find all three sides
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Question 910416: The length of a rectangle is 5 inches more than the width. The perimeter is 34 inches. Find the length and the width
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Question 910425: The vertex of the parabola is y=7(x-3)^2+4 what is the standard form of the equation ?
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Question 910428: The width of a rectangle is 3 meters less than the length. The perimeter is 50 meters. Find the length and the width
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Question 910430: A patio has an area of 90 m2. What is the area of the patio in centimeters2?
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Question 910427: Kendra has $8.50 in dimes and quarters. If she has 3 times as many quarters as dimes, how many of each coin does she have?
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Question 910451: A wire of length 31 3/4 inches is bent into a square. How long is each side of the square? What is the area of the square?
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Question 910466: Which fraction is larger, 9/13 or 7/10? How much larger is it?
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Question 910653: The first side of a triangle is four less than twice the second side. The third side is 5 more than the second side. If the perimeter of the triangle is 217, what are the dimensions of the sides?
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Question 910897: Manuel traveled 2 hours nonstop to Mexico, a total of 80 miles. He took a train part of the way, which averaged 50mph, and then took a bus the remaining distance, which averaged 30mph. How long was Manuel on the train?
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Question 910908: A local contractor is installing a pool for a new home. The pool will measure 10ft long, 8ft wide, and 4ft tall. How much water will be needed to fill this pool once it is complete?
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Question 910902: Two complementary angles are (9x-1) and (3x+7) degrees. Find their measures.
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Question 910901: Angle A has the property that thirteen times its complement is equal to four times its supplement. Find the measure of angle A.
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Question 911012: The formula for the perimeter P of a rectangle is P = 2l + 2w where l is the length and w is the width. Solve the formula for l and write the reason for each step. Then find the length of a rectangular lawn whose perimeter is 55 meters and whose width is 11 meters. Drawing a picture would be helpful here.

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Question 911088: The perimeter of a rectangle is 64 meters and its area is 253m^2. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 911221: a lot is 60m by 42m. a house 35 m by 8 m is built on the lot. how much area is left over?
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