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06/03/16

You are making hand shadows on a wall using a flashlight.

You hold your hand 1 foot from the flashlight and 5 feet from the wall. Your hand is parallel to the wall. If the measure from your thumb to ring finger is 4 inches, what will be the distance... more

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06/01/16

The dimension of the table are 30 inches by 55 1/2 inches and the dimensions of the field are 60 yards by 10 yards is the table a dilation?

its a geometry question from lesson 7-6

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05/31/16

In navigational terms, a minute is one sixtieth of a degree, and a second is one sixtieth of a minute.

To the nearest foot, what is the length of a one-second arc on the equator? The radius of the earth is 3960 miles.

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05/31/16

A 36- degree counterclockwise rotation centered at the origin sends the point A=(6,3) to the image point A'.

To three decimal places, find coordinates for A'. Please help get me the answer.

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05/31/16

A wheel whose radius is 1 is placed so that its center is at (3,2). A paint spot on the rim is found at (4,2).

The wheel is spun θ degrees in the counterclockwise direction. Now what are the coordinates of that paint spot?

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05/31/16

a 16.0-inch chord is drawn in a circle whose radius is 10.0 inches.

What is the angular size of the mirror arc of this chord? What is the length of the arc, to the nearest tenth of an inch?

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05/31/16

There are 10 runners in a race. Prizes are awarded to first, second, and third place. In how many different ways can the prizes be awarded?

I don't get how do solve these kinds of geometry word problems.

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05/31/16

When you reverse the digits in a certain two-digit number you decrease its value by 9. Find the number if the sums of its digits is 14

I seriously just CAN'T get this one at all! Hope you can help!

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05/30/16

what is the area enclosed by a circular sector whose radius r and arc length is s?

Can someone please help me get the answer to this question please.

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05/30/16

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 1000, and one of its angles is 87 degrees.

(a) Find the legs and the area of the triangle, correct to three decimal places. (b) Write a formula for the area of a right triangle in which h is the length of the hypotenuse and A is the size... more

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05/30/16

The base of a pyramid is the regular polygon ABCDEFGH, which has 14 inch sides. All eight of the pyramid's lateral edges, VA, VB,...,VH, are 25 inches long.

To the nearest tenth of an inch, calculate the height of the pyramid VABCDEFGH. 2. (Continuation) To the nearest tenth of a degree, calculate the size of the dihedral angle formed by the... more

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05/29/16

The lateral edges of a regular hexagonal pyramid are all 20 cm long, and the base edges are all 16 cm long.

To the nearest cc, what is the volume of this pyramid? To the mearest square cm, what is the combined area of the base and six lateral faces?

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05/29/16

At constant speed, a wheel rotates once counterclockwise every 10 seconds.

The center of the wheel is (0,0) and its radius is 1 foot. A paint spot is initially at (1,0); where is it t seconds later?

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05/29/16

an isosceles triangle has two sides of length p and one of length m.

In terms of these lengths, write calculator-ready formulas for the sizes of the angles of this triangle. Can someone please help me with this problem, please.

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05/29/16

Points P, E, and A are marked on a circle whose center is R. In quadrilateral PEAR, angles A and E are found to be 54 degrees and 113 degrees, repectively.

What are the other two angles?

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Geometry Word Problems

05/29/16

when two circles have a common chord, their centers and the endpoints of the chord form a quadrilateral.

What kind of quadrilateral is it? What special property do its diagonals have?

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05/28/16

The points A=(0,13) and B=(12,5) lie on a circle whose center is at the origin.

Write an equation for the perpendicular bisector of segment AB. Notice that this bisector goes through the origin; why was this expected?

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05/28/16

The area of two similar triangles are 24 square cm and 54 square cm. The smaller triangle has a 6-cm side.

How long is the corresponding side of the larger triangle? I would really appreciate if someone knows the answers to this problem.

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05/28/16

the area of a triangle ABC is 75 square cm. Medians AN and CM intersect at G. What is the area of quadrilateral GMBN?

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05/28/16

Let A=(0,0), B=(4,0), and C=(4,3). Mark point D so that ACD is a right angle and DAC is a 45-degree angle.

Find coordinates for D. Find the tangent of angle DAB.

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05/28/16

Trapezoid ABCD has parallel side AB and CD, of lengths 8 and 16, respectively. Diagonals AC and BD intersect at E, and the lengths of AC is 15.

Find the lengths of AE and EC.

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05/28/16

explain how to find the center of a circle using only a pencil and a rectangular sheet of paper.

please help.

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05/28/16

let P=(-25,0), Q=(25,0), and R=(-24,7).

(a) Find an equation for the circles that goes through P, Q, and R. (b) Find atleast two ways of showing that angle PQR right. (c) Find coordinates for three other points R that would have made... more

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05/28/16

the area of an equilateral triangle is 100v3 sqare inches. how long are its sides

can some one please help me solve this

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05/27/16

Two similar cylinders contain juice.

The first cylinder has radius 6 in and height 10 in., contains orange juice, and sells for $2.40. If grapefruit juice costs two-thirds of the price of an equal volume of orange juice, what is the... more

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You are making hand shadows on a wall using a flashlight.

The dimension of the table are 30 inches by 55 1/2 inches and the dimensions of the field are 60 yards by 10 yards is the table a dilation?

In navigational terms, a minute is one sixtieth of a degree, and a second is one sixtieth of a minute.

A 36- degree counterclockwise rotation centered at the origin sends the point A=(6,3) to the image point A'.

A wheel whose radius is 1 is placed so that its center is at (3,2). A paint spot on the rim is found at (4,2).

a 16.0-inch chord is drawn in a circle whose radius is 10.0 inches.

There are 10 runners in a race. Prizes are awarded to first, second, and third place. In how many different ways can the prizes be awarded?

When you reverse the digits in a certain two-digit number you decrease its value by 9. Find the number if the sums of its digits is 14

what is the area enclosed by a circular sector whose radius r and arc length is s?

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 1000, and one of its angles is 87 degrees.

The base of a pyramid is the regular polygon ABCDEFGH, which has 14 inch sides. All eight of the pyramid's lateral edges, VA, VB,...,VH, are 25 inches long.

The lateral edges of a regular hexagonal pyramid are all 20 cm long, and the base edges are all 16 cm long.

At constant speed, a wheel rotates once counterclockwise every 10 seconds.

an isosceles triangle has two sides of length p and one of length m.

Points P, E, and A are marked on a circle whose center is R. In quadrilateral PEAR, angles A and E are found to be 54 degrees and 113 degrees, repectively.

when two circles have a common chord, their centers and the endpoints of the chord form a quadrilateral.

The points A=(0,13) and B=(12,5) lie on a circle whose center is at the origin.

The area of two similar triangles are 24 square cm and 54 square cm. The smaller triangle has a 6-cm side.

the area of a triangle ABC is 75 square cm. Medians AN and CM intersect at G. What is the area of quadrilateral GMBN?

Let A=(0,0), B=(4,0), and C=(4,3). Mark point D so that ACD is a right angle and DAC is a 45-degree angle.

Trapezoid ABCD has parallel side AB and CD, of lengths 8 and 16, respectively. Diagonals AC and BD intersect at E, and the lengths of AC is 15.

explain how to find the center of a circle using only a pencil and a rectangular sheet of paper.

let P=(-25,0), Q=(25,0), and R=(-24,7).

the area of an equilateral triangle is 100v3 sqare inches. how long are its sides

Two similar cylinders contain juice.

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