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Golf pairings 2010-12-17
From AL:
I have a golf tourney where we have fourteen players and are playing five times/rounds of golf. I am trying to pair up two threesomes and two foursomes so we don't play with the same person twice or the least amount of times.
Answered by Victoria West.
[sec^2x]*[sec^2x] 2010-12-16
From Hari:
[sec^2x]*[sec^2x]=...?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Draw a figure with 16 triangles using only 6 line segements 2010-12-16
From Jill:
How can you draw a figure with 16 triangles using only 6 line segements?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
The height of an iceberg 2010-12-16
From Sharon:
if an iceberg can be seen 10% or 70 meters above the water, what is the measurement in meters of the iceberg below the surface of the water?
Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom.
How do I prove that the quadrilateral is a Rhombus? 2010-12-16
From Matthew:
Quadrilateral KLMN has vertices K(2,3), L(7,3), M(4,7) and N(-1,7). How do I prove that the quadrilateral is a Rhombus??
Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom.
The perimeter of a quarter circle 2010-12-15
From kim:
how do you figure the perimeter of a quarter circle that has a radius of 7 inches? I would like to have the explanation of how you figure it out. Thank you
Answered by Penny Nom.
A geometric progression 2010-12-15
From Abeth:
find the value of x so that 2(x-1), x+3, x will be a geometric progression.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The value after 30 years 2010-12-15
From Abeth:
At the end of every year, the owners of a building which costs 2, 500, 000 pesos deducts 15% from its carrying value as estimated at the beginning of the year. find the estimated value at the end of 30 years.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Area and volume of a parallelepiped 2010-12-14
From ryan:
Got a question, I'm really confused what the question mean and how the diagram would look like... someone please help... Here's the question.

The base of a parallelepiped is a rectangle 4m by 6m. If its lateral edge is 8m and is inclined at an angle 45 degrees to a 6m edge of the base, find the total area and volume of its parallelepiped.

My dilemma is what does it mean by the lateral edge of 8m is inclined at 45 degrees to a 6m edge of the base? Can someone post a diagram to help me solve the promble. Thanks in advance.

Answered by Chris Fisher.
Ordering fractions 2010-12-14
From serita:
1/2,2/4,4/8 how do you do least to greatest
Answered by Penny Nom.
An inequality 2010-12-13
From jimmy:
1.7b-1.1 <2.3
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Angular speed 2010-12-12
From Jason:
7 in. pulley traveling @ 175ft/sec. What is the rpm?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
A railway cut 2010-12-12
From jade:
the pennsylvania railroad found it necessary,owing to land slides upon the roadbed,to reduce the angle of inclination of one bank of certain railway cut near pittsburgh,pa.,from an original angle of 45 degrees to a new angle of 30 degrees. the bank as it originally stood was 200 ft.long and had a slant length of 60 ft.. find the amount of the earth removed, if the top level of the bank remained unchanged.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Angle of elevation 2010-12-10
From PANKAJ:
angle of elevation of the sun perpendicular72 and base 88 find angle
Answered by Penny Nom.
(5+3)/2-3= 2010-12-10
From chantal:
(5+3)/2-3=
Answered by Claude Tardif.
 
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