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Question 373985: The base of a triangle is 2 in.
longer than the height. The area is 12 in. to the second power . Find the
height and the base.
Could some one help please! Thank you!
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Question 374063: rectangular solid has a base with length 3 cm and width 8 cm. If the volume of the solid is 216 cm3, find the height of the solid. (Hint: The volume of a rectangular solid is given by V = LWH.)
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Question 374110: A radio station can be heard 100 miles in all dirctions during evening hours. How many square miles are in the stations broadcast area? use 3.14 as the approximiate value of 3.14
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Question 374210: The bottom of a 25 foot plank is placed approximately 7 feet from the side of a barn.
Approximately how far up the barn wall will the plank reach?

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Question 374230: i need to re-paint the top of a square stool thaat has a length of 36 inches and a width of 24 inches. what is the area of my stool?

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Question 374277: I have already answered the question, I just want to check my work.
A piece of wire measuring 20 feet is attached to a telephone pole as a guy wire. The distance along the ground from the bottom of the pole to the end of the wire is 4 feet greater than the height where the wire is attached to the pole. How far up the pole does the guy wire reach?
x^2+(x+4)^2=20^2
x=12
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Question 374292: When a projectile is fired, the vertical component of its initial velocity is such that its height h metres t seconds after firing is given by .
Determine if the projectile will reach each height.
a)2.75km
b)4.0km
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Question 374317: I need some help understanding the steps for this question. Could someone help please?
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve the following:
The bottom of a 25 foot plank is placed approximately 7 feet from the side of a barn.
Approximately how far up the barn wall will the plank reach?

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Question 374054: Find the equation of the bisector of the pair of acute angles formed by the lines 4x-3y= 8 and 2x+y=4
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Question 374054: Find the equation of the bisector of the pair of acute angles formed by the lines 4x-3y= 8 and 2x+y=4
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Question 374361: A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers is 1190. Find the page numbers. The first page is ___________. The second page is ______________.
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Question 374316: I did recieve an answer form this already but was unable to understand the steps. Is there some one who can help with explaining the steps for this problem please!
We can determine the time it would take an object to fall (if there were no air resistance) by using the formula where d is the distance in feet and t is time in seconds.
A. How long does it take a quarter dropped from the roof of a building 224 feet high to reach the ground?

B. If there are 5,280 feet in one mile, how long would it take an object to fall miles?

C. If it takes an object 15.5 seconds to fall d feet, how tall is the object?

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Question 374616: John has a 12 meter by 9 meter flower garden. He wants to build a gravel path of uniform width along the inside of the garden on each side so the result garden will have half the area of the original garden. What will be the width of the gravel path?
Click here to see answer by mananth(16946)

Question 374699: please help me solve this
What equation of the line passes through the points with coordinates (-2,1) and (1,2)
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Question 374771: At 6h00 a clock strikes the bell 6 times. The time between first and last strike is 30 seconds. How long does it take to strike the bell at 12h00 ?
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Question 374804: I need help solving this problem!!
Hockey team receive 2 points when they win and 1 pint when they tie one season, a team won a championship with 69 points. They won 12 more games then they tied. How many wins and how many ties did the team have?
How may wins did the team have__?
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Question 374760: A baseball team played 20 games. they won 4 games more than they lost. how many games did they win?
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Question 375013: pete rossini has just graduated from college with honors he has been offered four jobs with the following pay provision 54,000.00 for the first year, 1.071.00,4070.00per monthfor the first year ,4,000.00per month for the first 6monthsand a increase of 10% for the first year which will offer will give pete the greastest income for the first year
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Question 374973: Chi has a big pile of nickels. He says, Even if I use 100 of these nickels, I'll still have 95% of my original pile. How many nickels does Chi have?
from a frustrated 7th grade Algebra parent!
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Question 375056: The propellers of the Amazon Paradise have a radius of 1.2m. At full throttle the propellers turn at 135 rpm. What is the linear speed at the tip of the propeller blade in meters per second?
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Question 375077: Two ships leave Honolulu Harbor at the same time. One travels at 15 knots (nautical miles per hour) bearing 150 degrees, and the other travels at 12 knots bearing 200 degrees. How far apart are the two ships after 10 hours?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 375111: How many miles were traveled if cab fare was $8.
FIRST MILE is $1.25
Each additional mile is .25
This formula comes up with 27 but answer should be 28 I believe.
1.25+.25n=8
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Question 375107: the product of a decimal greater than 1 and a decimal less than 1 is greater than 1, tell whether its sometimes, always or never true, and provide two examples.
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Question 375078: Find the height of a flagpole that sits atop a hill, if it makes an angle of 122 degrees with the hillside, and the angle of elevation between the side of the hill to the top of the flagpole is 35 degrees at a distance of 120 feet.
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Question 375306: What is the middle term in the expansion of
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Question 375305: When is expressed in the form of a+bi what is the value of a?
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Question 375449: Please put this so I can understand it. I am lost.
Why is it necessary to study the order of operations and the laws of operations before you begin solving equations?
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Question 375480: By 3:00 PM, Erin had plowed 7 driveways and by 5:30 PM she had completed 13.
a) Find Erin�s plowing rate in number of driveways per hour.
b) Find Erin�s plowing rate in minutes per driveway

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Question 375572: Word Problem help!!
A student makes a $9.75 purchase at the book store with a $20 bill. The store has no bills and gives the change in quarters and fifty-cent pieces. There are 30 coins in all. How many of each kind are there? How many quarter are there in the change____?
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Question 375670: A landscape architect designed a decorative grass border around a large community garden. The community garden is 20 feet wide and 40 feet long. The area of the grass border is to be 544 square feet and uniform width.
How wide should the architect make the border?
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Question 375838: How many pounds of candy worth $8 per pound must be mixed with 4lbs of candy worth $10.50 per pound to create a mixture that costs $9 per pound?
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Question 375837: A board 21 ft long is cut into two pieces. Five times the length of the shorter piece is 1 ft more than three times the length of the longer piece. Find the length of the two pieces
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Question 375893: Draw a tree diagram showing all the possible sequences of responses for three true-fales questions. Do the same to display all possible head-tail sequences that can occur when you filp a coin three times.
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Question 375970: Pipe A fills the pool in 4 hrs. while pipe B drains it in 7 hours. If both pipes were open, how long will it take to fill the pool?
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Question 375972: A swimming pool can be filled by a large pipe in 4 hrs. and by a small pipe in 6 hrs. A third pipe can empty the pool in 3 hrs. How long would it take to fill the pool if all three pipes were open at the same time?
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Question 375974: MACHINE A TAKES 36 HOURS TO DO A JOB THAT MACHINE B DOES IN 24 HOURS.IF MACHINE RUNS FOR 12 HRS. BEFORE MACHINE B IS TURNED ON, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE BOTH MACHINES RUNNING TOGETHER TO FINISH THE JOB IF THEY WORK TOGETHER?
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Question 375969: Art can paint a set of kitchen cabinets in 3 hours. His father can do it in 1 hour. How long will it take them if they work together?
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Question 375973: Nancy and Angelica share in cleaning the house as a part of their training at home. Working alone, Nancy can clean the house in 4 hrs. Working together, it will take them 2 hrs. and 40 min. How long will it take Angelica to do the job working alone?

Show complete solution pls...
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Question 375436: admission to the bronx zoo is $12 for each child and $9 for each child.one day 960people paid a total of $9780 for the admission to the zoo.How many adults and how many children were admitted to the zoo?
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Question 375451: Find the lengths of the sides of the triangle whose longest side is 3 more than the middle side and the middle side is 2 more than the shortest side. The perimeter of the rectangle is 28 meters.
could someone should me the forumal for this problem Dont know where to start.
Thank you

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Question 376098: Find a number such that 12 more than 1/4 of the number is 1/3 of the number.
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Question 376108: The length of a poster is 10cm longer than its width. If the area of the poster is 1200cm2, what is the width of the poster.
Please can someone help this quad word problem is driving me nuts.
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Question 376120: The difference between two numbers is 3.2. The sum of the numbers is 46.4. What are the two numbers?
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Question 376176: A particular company produces widgets. Each widget sells for $9, and the variable cost of producing each units is 40% of the selling price. If the monthly fixed costs incurred by the company are $50,000, what is the break-even point?
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