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Degrees, minutes and seconds 2020-02-21
From Jonathan:
If a cone has an angle of 22 degrees, when i place it flat on a surface, the new resulting central angle is now at 68.69123834, but how come when i saw it on my friend it say 68 degree and 40 minutes, what is this minute?
Answered by Penny Nom.
30% profit 2020-02-20
From Sidra:
A car dealer bought a car for £7500 and sold it for 30% profit.

For how much did he sell the car?

Answered by Penny Nom.
Multiplication base 8 2020-02-19
From Tamesha:
Let’s count with the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (base 8)
A). Create a multiplication table for this base
B). Compute the following products using the multiplication algorithm
I). 7605 times 3713
II). 63725 times 40627

Answered by Penny Nom.
The volume of a cylinder 2020-02-12
From Mack:
I need to find how close the actual volume was of a cylinder (with both ends closed) to being optimized. Can you please send step by step response?

Height = 11cm
Circumference = 24.4cm

Thanks,
Mack

Answered by Penny Nom.
Sipping juice from a Tetra Pak 2020-02-11
From Anjhelic:
Karen is sipping juice from a 1 in. by 3 in. by 6 in tetra pack at the rate of 0.5in³/sec. How fast is the height of juice in the pack decreasing?
Answered by Harley Weston.
The area of a triangle from two angles and a side 2020-02-10
From Chinmoy:
How to measure the area of a triangle with two angles and length of the included side known?
Answered by Harley Weston.
A parabolic arch 2020-02-06
From icyy:
how high is the parabolic arch of span 20 feet and height of 16 feet, at a distance 5 feet from the center?
what equation will I be going to use? thank you

Answered by Penny Nom.
The side length of a hexagon 2020-02-05
From Rob:
I have a hexagon that is 8 feet wide how long would the sides be?
Answered by Penny Nom.
What was the original price? 2020-02-01
From Gracie:
If you buy something for $6.30 and it’s 30%off what was the original price?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A system of inequalities 2020-02-01
From Isaac:
Austin has x nickels and y dimes, having a maximum of 15 coins worth a minimum of $1 combined. No more than 4 of the coins are nickels and no less than 11 of the coins are dimes. Solve this system of inequalities graphically and determine one possible solution.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Translation by a vector 2020-01-30
From Jude:
M(3,-2) is the image of the point M under a translation by the vector (-5,2). Find the coordinates of M
Answered by Penny Nom.
A question about fractions 2020-01-26
From Awotile:
A fraction whose denominator is more than the numerator is double when the numerator is increased by 6 and the denominator is increased by 5 find the original fraction?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A point on a line 2020-01-25
From Samved:
The line 3x/5 - 2y/3 + 1 = 0 contains the point (m, 2m-1). Calculate the value of 'm'.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The volume of a coffee cup 2020-01-25
From Amirah:
What is the volume of a polystyrene cup with a height of 8cm, diameter of 5cm at the top and 4cm at the bottom when it is filled with water?
Answered by Penny Nom.
gcd(a^2 + b^2, a + b) 2020-01-19
From Roger:
I am stuck with this problem: find the gcd(a^2+b^2, a+b), where a & b are relatively prime integers not both zero.
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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