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How to find the base length of a isosceles triangle if only the sides are given? 2012-04-25
From aqilah:
how to find the base length of a isosceles triangle if only the sides are given?
Answered by Chris Fisher.
A mythical soccer ball 2011-10-27
From Joel:
We've been working on this problem diligently and can't seem to come up with the answer book's answer. We think it may be wrong, yet want to check it with an expert. Here goes. The school's new soccer balls are covered with 64 regular hexagonal panels. Each hexagon measures 2 inches between opposite corners and 1.5 inches between opposite sides. What is the total surface area of the soccer ball?
Answered by Robert Dawson and Lorraine Dame.
A four digit number 2011-09-16
From gina:
i am having a hard time figuring this out.. i believe the answer is 3105 but the 0 is throwing me off... i am a 4 digit number between 3100 and 3200, none of my digits are even, the sum of my digits is 9, the largest digit is in the ones place, what number am i ??
Answered by Penny Nom.
2x = 2+2x 2011-01-15
From james:
2x=2+2x can you help me find what x epauls?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A cube with twice the volume 2010-04-11
From Woojin:
From a given cube create another cube with twice the volume. the cube: 5cm each.
Answered by Tyler Wood.
An impossible isosceles triangle 2010-01-31
From Hailey:
An isosceles triangle has one angle that measures 50 degrees and another that measures 70 degrees. Why can't this triangle be drawn?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Triangles on a base of 2.4 meters 2009-12-26
From Allan:
Please,How do I calculate the height of a triangle when I only know the width of the base line,It is 2.4 mtrs.
Thankyou very much.

Answered by Penny Nom.
The integral of a to power x squared 2009-04-28
From JIM:
WHEN I ATTENDED U.OF T. (TORONTO ) MANY YEARS AGO WE WERE TOLD THE FOLLOWING INTEGRAL COULD NOT BE SOLVED : a to power x squared . is this still true ?

CURIOUS , JIM

Answered by Robert Dawson.
An impossible trig problem 2009-03-14
From Alisha:
If csc theta = 3 and sec theta = square root of 3, what are the values of tan theta and cos^2 theta?
Answered by Harley Weston.
9(d+5)=3(d-3)+6d 2008-06-19
From davontay:
9(d+5)=3(d-3)+6d
Answered by Harley Weston.
How many people are in the race? 2006-04-07
From Marty:
You're in a race with 1/5 of the racers ahead of you and 5/6 of them behind you. How many people are in the race?
Answered by Penny Nom.
sin(kx) = x 2005-10-20
From David:
What is an integer value for k so that sin(kx) = x has exactly 2005 solutions? How does one arrive at the answer?
Answered by Harley Weston.
An isosceles triangle...with 2005-04-23
From Shannon:
If given an isosceles triangle...with
Is there any possible way to do this, without knowing a side, if so, please explain in detail.

Answered by Chris Fisher.
A schedule for 6 teams 2004-09-10
From Greg:
I have a schedule I need to make of 6 teams. They must play each other once however no team can be the away team twice in a row. There must be 3 home games and 3 away games for each team.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Integrating e^sin(x) 2004-08-04
From A student:
I need to know that how to solve the integral " e^sin x",
Answered by Harley Weston.
The area of a lot 2004-03-09
From Dave:

If our lot is 192.71 x 138.79 x 158.74 x 103.08

Question is what percentage of an acre is our lot?


Answered by Penny Nom.
Tapes and CD's 2000-10-22
From Arnold:
Nicole has 25 CDs and tapes altogether. When she tries to pair them up, she has 4 CDs left over. How many tapes does Nicole have?
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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