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The slope of the line y=-2x+5 2013-12-29
From victoria:
what is the slope of the line with the equation y=-2x+5
Answered by Penny Nom.
Distance from a point to a line 2013-12-28
From Sue:
I need to find the distances from the west line on 1st Take Point and 2nd Take Point.
Thanks,
Sue

Answered by Penny Nom.
ug/l and ppb 2013-12-27
From Wally:
convert 40.5 ug/l to ppb?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A linear equation 2013-12-26
From khushboo:
A farmer sowed wheat and paddy in two fields of total area 5000 sq.m. Write a linear equation and draw a graph to represent the same?
Answered by Penny Nom.
An infinite geometric series 2013-12-24
From Muhammad:
The sum of an infinite geometric series is 15 and the sum of their squares is 45. Find the series
Answered by Penny Nom.
The area of a quadrilateral 2013-12-21
From khushboo:
Find the area of quadrilateral pqrs in which angle QPS=90°,PQ=12cm, PS=9cm, QR=8cm and SR=17cm. (Hint: PQRS has two parts)
Answered by Penny Nom.
A 4 digit number 2013-12-20
From swathi:
How many 4 digit numbers can be formed using the digit 3 only once but the digit 3 must be used in all numbers?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A pattern for a truncated cone 2013-12-20
From Josh:
I need to know how to layout a truncated cone with a base diameter of 18" a top Diameter 15.25 and a height of 20". Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Answered by Penny Nom with a spreadsheet by Don.
Find the next 3 terms of the sequence 2013-12-19
From Lanelyn:
Find the next 3 terms of the sequence 2,3,9,23,48,87,__,__,__
Answered by Robert Dawson.
Analytic Geometry 2013-12-18
From fRitz:
if (x,4) is equidistant from (5,-2) and (3,4), find x.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Schedule for a 4 team basketball league 2013-12-08
From Sommer:
I need a schedule for my kids basketball league. There are 4 teams. We will play every Saturday for 4 weeks with 4 games per Saturday. Week 5 will be the playoffs where 1st will play 4th and 2nd will play 3rd. Week 6 will be winners of week 5. Please help!!
Answered by Victoria West.
A circle insubscribed in an isosceles trapezoid 2013-12-08
From Bob:
A circle is insubscribed in an isosceles trapezoid, with parallel lengths of 8cm and 18cm. What is the lengths of sloping edges and why?
Answered by Robert Dawson.
Can 100r^2-81z^2 be factored? 2013-12-08
From Rosa:
Can 100r^2-81z^2 be factored?
Answered by Penny Nom.
7 digit phone numbers 2013-12-08
From Sean:
Hi I was wondering how you would calculate how may 7 digit phone numbers there are with only odd digits?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A word problem 2013-12-08
From Malissa:
I am attempting to help my son with his math word problem, please help thank you .

Kylie and Ethan kept scrapbooks of their grandfather's stories from world war II. Kylie has 6 more than half the number of pages Ethan has. If Kylie has 21 pages in her scrapbook, how many pages are in Ethan's scrapbook?

Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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