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The volume of a cone |
2015-02-05 |
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From Linda:
How do you calculate the volume of a cone that is 25cm high and has an angle of 20 degrees?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A parallelogram inscribed in a circle |
2015-02-04 |
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From narendra:
how can we prove that a circular parallelogram is a rectangle?
Answered by Chris Fisher. |
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Two cars pass each other going in opposite directions |
2015-02-03 |
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From Caroline:
Two cars pass each other going i opposite directions. One car is going 100 km/h and the other is going 80 km/h. How far apart will the two cars be after driving 45 minutes at these rates of speed?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A train from Vancouver to Whistler |
2015-02-02 |
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From Tea:
Serena and Nina are taking a train from Vancouver to Whistler, a 160km trip. If the average speed is decreased by 16km/hr, the trip will be 1/2 hours longer. What is the average speed of the train?
Thanks :)
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Jack and Jill climb two poles |
2015-02-02 |
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From APRIL:
Two vertical poles are 3 meters apart. Jack is climbing one pole while Jill climbs the other. If the distance between Jack and Jill is 5 meters, how much higher is Jill than John?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Comparing fractions |
2015-02-02 |
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From shealla:
Please help me with my assignment please I'm having trouble answering this one..
Write the larger fraction in each pair..
A. 2/3, 4/7 B. 1/3, 2/5 C. 5/8, 3/5
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Ratio of gas to oil |
2015-02-02 |
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From Chris:
I would like to find the gas oil ratio for a 2 cycle engine.
I have the gallons of gas and the ounces of oil used by
the engine, but I want to find what the ratio is. For example
I used 5.675 gallons of gas and 5 ounces oil what is the ratio?
Please explain step by step, and I understand there are 128oz in
a gallon.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Shadow angle |
2015-01-29 |
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From Lorilyn:
A pole,110meters high,cast a shadow of 35meters long,what is the angle
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The volume of Lake Utah |
2015-01-29 |
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From Hannan:
Lake Utah has a surface area of 3,846 square miles and an average depth of 10.5 feet. In cubic miles, how much water does it hold?
How would you approach this question? Where would you start?
Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom. |
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128/(-16)/(-2) |
2015-01-28 |
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From jackie:
128/(-16)/(-2) I was wondering if you can show me how to work this question out
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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What is our cost? |
2015-01-27 |
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From Johanna:
I have a pieces of 3/4" sch40 (round tube) 240" long at $70. What is our cost. We also add 35% to our cost for selling price. How do I figure this out?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The height of an obelisk |
2015-01-27 |
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From Fabian:
Two observers on level ground position themselves 50 meters apart so that an obelisk is due north of position A and due west of position B. The angle of elevation to the top of the obelisk at position A and B is measured to be 29.9 degrees and 37.5 degrees respectively. Use this information to estimate the height of the obelisk.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Is a square a trapezoid? |
2015-01-26 |
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From Katie:
Can a trapezoid sometimes be a square?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Russell is 6 years older than Samantha |
2015-01-26 |
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From Kelli:
Russell is 6 years older than Samantha.
In 4 years the sum of their ages will be 78. How old is Russell now?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A road around a garden |
2015-01-25 |
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From hahha:
a garden 150 m long and 80 m wide has a road 4 m wide all around on the out side find the cost of paving at the rate of 12 per s.q m
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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