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	A rectangular garde		2020-04-10
		From Denise: In a rectangular garden a person says "if I made that bed 2 feet wider and 3 feet longer it Would have been 64 sq,ft bigger. But if it had been 3 feet wider and two feet longer It would have been 68 sq.ft bigger. What is the length and width of the garden bed? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Subdividing a rectangle into squares		2018-05-13
		From jeverzyck: A rectangular board is 108cm wide and 156 cm long Equal squares as large as possible are ruled off this board.Find the size of the square.How many squares are there? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular prism with rounded corners		2018-04-25
		From Jackie: Rectangular prism that is 40 by 20 with rounded corners with a radius of 2.5. What would the surface area be? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The volume of an attic		2017-09-07
		From paul: trying to determine volume of an attic base is rectangular 29 ft by 37 ft peak runs parallel to longest base side and is 7 ft long roof lines run from each end of the peak to the respective corners the peak is 3.5 ft above the base (so seen from above there are 5 visible lines: the peak and 1 line to each of the 4 corners) Answered by Harley.
	A rectangle and a circle		2017-08-12
		From Ramzan: a diagram shows the shape of rectangular framework with length (2x+20)cm and with (y+10)cm . The outline is made of wire . If a circle with diameter 56 cm is to be made from the wire and the area of the rectangle is 420 square centimeter ,find the possible lengths and width of the rectangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	Quadratic Equations		2017-03-28
		From Natalie: Hi Maths Central, I am having trouble with quadratic equations. The question is: Calculate the length 'l' of a rectangular pool by creating and solving a quadratic equation. 1. The rectangular pool is of equal area to a square pool, and a circular pool (5.70m^2). 2. The length of the rectangular pool must be 2m longer than the width 'w'. Thank you so, so much for your help, Maths Central! Answered by Penny Nom.
	A block base for a plywood rectangle		2017-02-18
		From Joe: How many cinder blocks 16x8 would i need to build a solid base for a plywood base 54inches wide and 30 inches deep Thank you Answered by Penny Nom.
	The width of a 300 foot long rectangular acre		2016-09-21
		From Debbie: If 2 sides of a 1 acre plot is 300 feet each what are the other 2 sides? The acre is a rectangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The distance around a warehouse		2016-09-21
		From Chuck: How far do I walk when I walk around a 751,000 sq. ft. warehouse? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The volume of a truncated rectangular pyramidal pond		2016-05-13
		From Paul: How do you calculate a partially filled truncated rectangular pyramid if you always know the bottom rectangle, the maximum height top rectangle perimeter, but have a varying height. Similar to filling up a pond you know the current height and dimensions at the max rectangle how do you calculate it half full i.e. 10x30 outside perimeter with a 2x8 base and a max height of 6ft how do you calculate it at 3ft without re-measuring the top perimeter. Thanks, Paul Answered by Harley Weston.
	A rectangular field		2016-05-07
		From Jan: A rectangular field is 63m long and 21m wide. A fence of 2m in height is needed to fence the field and fencing is also required to divide the field in three square sections. There are three wooden gates measuring at 1.5m to the three sections of the field. What is the total surface area of the fence needed for fencing and diving the field? Answered by Penny Nom.
	15.86 acres		2016-04-21
		From Ronald: If a rectangular piece of land is 1320 ft. on one side, how many feet would be required on the other side to equal 15.86 acres? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular prism		2016-03-02
		From Paula: Trying to help with a math problem. I don't know how to set up the equation for this. A rectangular prism has a volume of 7.875m3rd and a height of 3.5 m. What is the area of the base of the prism? Thanks for your help! Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular enclosure		2016-01-15
		From Amber: A rancher wants to use 300ft of fencing to enclose a rectangular area of 4400 square feet. What dimensions should the rectangle be? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Water flowing through a rectangular drain		2016-01-08
		From Tiffany: the cross section of drain is a rectangle 30 cm wide. If water 3.5 cm deep flows through the drain at a rate of 22 cm/s, how many litres of water will flow through in one minute? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Fencing around a rectangular field		2015-11-11
		From Darlene: Question from Darlene, a parent: A farmer has 10,000 meters of fencing to use to create a rectangular field. He plans on using some of the fencing to divide the rectangular field into two plots of land by constructing a fence inside the rectangle that is parallel to one of the sides. Let X be the width of the rectangular field. Write an equation to express the area of the field as a function of X. Find the value of X that maximizes the area of the field. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Bearings and a rectangular plot		2015-02-14
		From Mubashir: A,B,C,D are the four corners of a rectangular plot marked on level ground. Given that the bearing of B from A is 040 degrees and that the bearing of C from A is 090 degrees. Calculate the bearing of (a)B from C (b)A from C (c) D from C Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two rectangular prisms		2014-04-10
		From hannah: two rectangular prisms have a combined volume of 432 cubic feet Prism A has half the volume prism b has what are the volumes of prism a and prism Answered by Penny Nom.
	The surface area of a rectangular prism		2014-04-08
		From Manraj: Find the surface area of a rectangular prism with dimensions 4, 5, and 7 units. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular shaped property		2014-01-17
		From Donna: If I I have property that is rectangle shaped. I I know the ends are 100 feet how many feet would the sides be to make 5.4 acres Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of an irregular octagon		2013-11-18
		From zafar: if i have a rectangular octagon then how i can find its area 1. The length of rectangle is 42 and the width is 21 and and the base length is 42-12 =30 i mean the length of base =30 Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular hyperbola		2013-09-19
		From Soumya: Is the graph of an inverse variation a RECTANGULAR HYPERBOLA? If it is, then how can be the equation of a rectangular hyperbola be xy=constant , whereas in the books it is written that the graph of a rectangular hyperbola is- x^2-y^2=a^2? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	A rectangular prism		2012-04-05
		From Tori: How do you find the base height if the base width is 10ft. The height is 7ft. And the volume is105ft. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Slicing a rectangular parallelepiped		2011-02-23
		From tom: a) Pass a plane containing a vertex of a rectangular parallelepiped and a diagonal of a face not containing that vertex to cut a pyramid from the parallelepiped. What fraction of the volume of the parallelepiped is the volume of the pyramid thus cut off? b)Pass a plane through a cube of edge 8 in so that the section formed will be a regular hexagon. Through each side of the hexagon pass two planes, one plane containing one of the two vertices of the cube which are farthest away from the plane of the hexagon, the other plane containing the diagonally opposite vertex of the cube. Find the volume of the solid bounded by these planes. c)three of the edges of a rectangular parallelepiped that meet in a point are also the lateral edges of a pyramid. What fraction of the parallelepiped is this pyramid...? you know the my only problem is how to illustrate this one...if only i could ...can you help me....all I need is the drawing and I can do the rest ..it's fine if you'll only answer any of these but I'll be thankful if you will do the three :).... Answered by Penny Nom.
	The length is twice its breadth		2010-12-09
		From jenu: The length of the rectangular field is twice its breadth. A man jogged around it 5 times and covered a distance of 3 km. what is the length of the field? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular solid		2010-12-08
		From ryan: Good day! Have a question on rectangular solids. We were asked to find the dimensions of a rectangular solid, we were only given the volume of the rectangular solid, the total area, and the altitude. I tried using the volume of the rectangular solid and was able to get the area of the base, but I don't know how to get its length and its width. Hope you could help me again. Thanks! Answered by Penny Nom.
	Rectangular arrays		2010-09-29
		From Kim: My 4th grader has started working on rectangular array that shows 2 factors of a number. The problem reads on centimeter grid paper draw as many arrays as you can for each of the #'s 2,3,4, 5,6,7,,11,12,15 and 16. That would be great except I have no idea what they are talking about and I cannot offer any help to my daughter. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An 18ft round pool		2010-07-19
		From christine: will an 18ft round pool fit on a 12x16 ft rectangular cement slab? Answered by Tyler Wood.
	A rectangular prism		2010-04-27
		From Savannah: A rectangular prism is made of exactly 8 cubes. Find the length, width, and height. Answered by Penny Nom.
	What are the dimensions of the box?		2010-04-13
		From Steven: The longest rod that will just fit inside a rectangular box, if placed diagonally top to bottom, is 17 inches. The box is 1 inch shorter and 3 inches longer than it is wide. How much must you cut off the rod so that it will lie flat in the bottom of the container? What are the dimensions of the box? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	The base area of rectangular prism		2010-03-05
		From Desiree: How do you find the base area of rectangular prism that has 4 cm by 4cm by 6cm ? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The center of a rectangular room		2010-02-16
		From Diana: Consider a rectangular room, 15 feet wide, 30 feet long and 12 feet high. What is the exact distance from any of the 8 corners of the room and its geometric center? Can you write a generic formula for such a distance? And if we keep the same proportions on all dimensions, can you write an expression for the same distance as a function of the floor perimeter? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The surface area of a rectangular pyramid		2009-07-13
		From Shivani: What is the surface area of a rectangular pyramid with a length of 6 inches, a width of 7 inches and a SLANT height of 4 inches. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The dimensions of a toy chest		2009-05-07
		From charlotta: My son needs to find the 3 dimensions of a toy chest that has to have a volume of 24 cubic feet can you show how to get the answer Answered by Penny Nom.
	Rectangular prisms		2009-05-01
		From deborah: Could you please tell me some examples of different objects in the real world of rectangular prisms? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Volume of a prism		2009-04-21
		From David: The base of a rectangular prism has an area of 15.3 square inches and a volume of 185.13 cubic inches. Write an equation that can be used to find the height "h" of the prism Answered by Robert Dawson and Stephen La Rocque.
	A rectangular open box		2009-03-21
		From tina: An open box is to be made from a rectangular piece of tin by cutting two inches squares out of the corners and folding up the sides. The volume of the box will be 100 cubic inches. Find the dimensions of the rectangular piece of tin. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A rectangular prism		2009-02-25
		From Christina: I am trying to find the area of the base of a rectangular prism where one cube=_1 cu in. The Answer is given in square inches. I also need the volume of the prism in cu in. For example length=3, w=2, h=5 Answered by Penny Nom.
	The surface area of a cube and rectangular prism		2009-02-16
		From Mhiko: how to derived the total surface area of a cube and rectangular prism using geoboard?? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Solid figures		2009-02-10
		From Rebecca: I need to know the names of solid figures. I have several pictures that I need to answer what type they are. Thanks, Rebecca 3rd grade Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular prism		2009-01-13
		From nika: How many bases does a rectangular prism have? What are they? Answered by Harley Weston.
	A rectangular room		2008-06-30
		From Peter: A rectangular room has a perimeter of 42 feet and an area of 108 square feet. What is the length, in feet, of the shorter side? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Escort cards on a rectangular table		2008-06-13
		From Susan: What size rectangular table will we need to put 230- 2" X 3.5" escort cards on for my daughter's wedding reception with a spacing of .5 inch between them on all sides? Thanks so much for your help Answered by Penny Nom.
	An octagonal prism		2008-04-27
		From Melanie: My son is identifying geometric shapes in the real world? We are stuck on octagonal prism, rectangular prism and square prism. Can you help me out with some examples. Thanks Answered by Penny Nom.
	A solid figure with 3 rectangular faces and 2 triangular faces		2008-04-17
		From Emily: I am in the 3rd grade and my teacher gave us a question. What is a solid figure with 3 rectangular faces and 2 triangular faces? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular prism		2008-03-31
		From Chanlie: i need need to find a rectangular prism with a total surface area of 210 units. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The surface area of the rectangular solid		2007-12-30
		From Sara: For my math homework i found the volume of a rectangular solid whose deminsions were in feet and the numbers were 10 by 20 by 30 10 = hight 20 = short side base 30 = long side base and now i have to find the surface area of the rectangular solid.... i know how to do this but i can't get the right answer it should be 2,200 ft squared but i keep getting 13,00 feet squared Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular prism		2007-11-16
		From nicholas: What is the height the surface area to a rectangular prism with a volume of 350 milliliters? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A rectangular tank		2006-09-19
		From Milton: What size rectangular tank will I need to hold 841.5 gallons of water. The water level is 3'-0" from the bottom of tank. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The volume & surface area of a rectangular pyramid.		2006-02-27
		From Cheryl: My daughter is working on a math project & we are having a hard time finding the volume & surface area of a rectangular pyramid. Can you help us with this? Answered by Penny Nom.
	What is the name of a 3D rectangle?		2004-06-07
		From Jack: if a cube is a 3D square, what is the name of a 3D rectangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular prism		2003-01-09
		From Julie: How many faces on a rectangular prism and how many bases? Can the base also be a face and can a face also be a base? Answered by Diane Hanson.
	Prisms		2001-04-10
		From A fourth grade class: A fourth grade class is curious about the names that have been given to various solid geometric figures based on their shapes: are there names for solids based on a rhombus, a trapezoid, a parallelogram, a decagon, and/or a quadralateral? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Three dimensional rectangle		2000-01-11
		From Dennis Murphy: I would like to find out the name of a Three dimensional rectangle. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Rectangular hyperbola		1999-12-15
		From Aarti Chand: Why do they call a rectangular hyperbola, rectangular and where the normal hyperbola looks like a rectangle and the rectangular hyperbola looks like a sqaure? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Area and Volume		1998-07-28
		From James Pulver: I am going into 12th grade and am practicing for the SAT II. I have come across a problem that I cannot solve. It states that the front, side , and bottom faces of a retangular solid have areas of 24 square centimeters, 8 square centimeters, and 3 square centimeters, respectively. What is the volume of the solid. I need to know how to solve similar problems so is there a formula to go from area to volume? Answered by Jack LeSage.

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