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Exponential form 2007-09-12
From Ericha:
How do I express 1,679,616 in exponential form as a power of 6 using a calculator?
Answered by Stepehe La Rocque and Penny Nom.
How many miles per hour was I driving 2007-09-11
From Gary:
How many miles per hour was I driving to go 37 miles in 13 minutes
Answered by Victoria West.
The circumference of a circle 2007-09-11
From annette:
circumference of a 3.75 ft circle I have not done this in years and forgot how.
Answered by Stephen la Rocque and Victoria West.
A cube in a sphere 2007-09-11
From Justin:
What percent of the volume of a cube is occupied by the largest possible sphere centered in that cube?
Answered by Stephen la Rocque.
How much space we are talking about when they say 500 cf? 2007-09-11
From Rhonda:
I was informed while planning a move that the moving company will allow 500 cubic feet of moving space. Anything over that is $5.99 per cf. How do I find out exactly how much space we are talking about when they say 500 cf ?? Thank-you in advance for the advice.
Answered by Stephen la Rocque.
The perimeter of a semi-circle 2007-09-11
From Confused:
What is the formula for the perimeter of a semi-circle? Can you please help me out!!! I need this answer by tomorrow.
Answered by Stephen la Rocque.
What are the next two terms? 2007-09-11
From Sassy:
I can't figure out what the next two integers in this pattern are 3,9,6,12,9 are.
Answered by Stephen la Rocque.
Find the area between (-4,0) (2,0) (2,6) 2007-09-11
From sabrina:
Find the area between (-4,0) (2,0) (2,6)
Answered by Penny Nom.
The factors of 35 2007-09-11
From johh:
wats the factors for 35
Answered by Penny Nom.
x = y^2 and x = -4 y^2 2007-09-11
From Jil:
My question is when dealing with parabolas, x=y^2, so that they are sifted on their side you could say, what will happen to the graph if you change it to x=-4y^2. I understand that the - flips the graph in the other direction but can you simply just plug in numbers and increase the stretch of the y?
Answered by Penny Nom.
What was the water level in the cylinder? 2007-09-11
From glen:
After a 5.63-g sample of Wood's metal has been added to the water in a 10-mL graduated cylinder, the new water level is 8.7mL. What was the water level in the cylinder before the sample was added?
Answered by Stephen la Rocque.
A rectangle inscribed in a circle 2007-09-11
From Sobeida:
A rectangle that is x feet wide is inscribed in a circle of radius 8 feet. What is the area of the rectangle as a function of x. Thanks!
Answered by Stephen la Rocque.
How many vertices are there? 2007-09-10
From Makayla:
I've just started the 4th grade and I am having trouble with a question on my homework. The questions is: Carrie is arranging sticks to make shapes. she has made a closed figure, with 10 sides How many vertices are there? I believe the answer is ten but I'm not sure.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Walter Whiteley.
A sequence of fractions 2007-09-10
From mitch:
find an expression for T(n), the nth term of the sequence
1/5, 3/8, 5/13, 7/20, 9/29

Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Yards by yards to square metres 2007-09-10
From Julie:
I need a formula to translate linear yards so 36" by 54" to square meters. So first I need to square the yard and translate it to square meters.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
 
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