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The area of a circle 2008-04-03
From Norm:
how to compute the square footage of a circle
Answered by Penny Nom.
A shape 2008-04-03
From Joshua:
what shape has 4 faces, 4 corners and 9 edges.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The square root of 21 between what two numbers? 2008-04-03
From Danielle:
The square root of 21 between what two numbers?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Perimeter, area and diagonals of a rectangle 2008-04-03
From jenea:
I have to find the perimeter as well as the area of a rectangle when given the diagonals are 12 units long and they intersect at a 60 degree angle. how do i find both the area and perimeter; do i use the 30 60 90 triangle rule?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
A 100 acre square pasture 2008-04-03
From Richard:
I need to know how many lineal feet there is around a 100 acre pasture that is square in shape. I am no longer able to get out and measure it myself, and cannot remember the math to compute it.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Factor 2x^3 + 3x^2 - 32x + 15 2008-04-02
From sarah:
I have a course review I'm working on and I'm not sure how I'm supposed to factor the following 2x^3 + 3x^2 - 32x + 15.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Ounces and grams 2008-04-02
From Rakesh:
7.2 oz per sq. yard equals ? __ grams per sq. meter

How I can measure the weight of a Jeans fabric (in oz)? And what is the rellation between grams and oz?

Answered by Penny Nom.
The number of positive integer factors 2008-04-02
From lisa:
If n is a positive integer such that 5n has 36 positive factors, and 3n has 40 positive factors: How many positive factors can 15n have? How many values are possible for n?
Answered by Penny Nom.
The area of an irregular pentagon 2008-04-02
From shane:
i Need to find out what this adds up to i have a diagram of a pentagon and all the shides are different how do i do this if the sides are 5100,7200,7200,7400,7400
Answered by Harley Weston.
The number of faces and vertices in a pyramid 2008-04-02
From Laurie:
Can you find a connection between the number of faces and vertices in a pyramid and the number of sides of it's base???
Answered by Penny Nom.
1 mile per minute 2008-04-01
From jennifer:
If you are traveling at 1 mile per minute how fast would you need to be going
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Two consecutive odd numbers 2008-04-01
From prinsilla:
of all pairs of consecutive odd integers whose sum is greater than 75. find the pair whose sum is least?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
810 slabs of concrete 2008-04-01
From Wesley:
I'm making a 4" x 4" x 2" (Inches) concrete slab (approximately 750 of them, I'm going to plan for 810 for extra material). I'm trying to find out how many bags of cement I need. Each 60 lbs bag makes approximately .5 cu/ft.
Answered by Harley Weston.
How long will it take to pump the water out of the basement? 2008-04-01
From Shiva:
I need to pump water out of a flooded basement, using two 50 (gpm) pumps. The basement has the dimensions shown and is flooded to a depth of 16 inches. How long will it take to pump the water out of the basement?
Answered by Harley Weston.
The rectangle with smallest perimeter 2008-04-01
From nicole:
when given an area,squares are the rectangles with the smallest perimeter write the length and width of the rectangle with the smallest perimeter
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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