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A search area 2016-08-13
From tammy:
if your searching an area and you go 300 km from point A and search 380° what or how much area would you search?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Covering an octagonal region with sand 2016-08-13
From Lynn:
How much sand is needed to fill a 20 ft. wide octagon area 6 inches deep?
Answered by Penny Nom.
The area of a circle 2016-08-12
From sandeep:
if circumference of a circle is πd what is the area?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Five consecutive even integers 2016-08-12
From Marcelle:
The average of 5 even consecutive numbers is 112. What is the largest numbers?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A ship and a light 2016-08-11
From Kirby:
A ship is sailing due west when a light is observed with heading 297°50' from the ship. After the ship has travelled 2250 feet, the light heads 311°55' from the ship. If the course is continued, how close will the ship approach the light?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A 15% discount 2016-08-09
From eunice:
brian brought a printer sale at the store. the discount was 15%, and brian saved 550. what was the printer original price?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Two lots 2016-08-08
From Deniece:
I have 2 lots that are joined together. One lot is 38' X 105' and the other is 45' X 105'. What is the total in acre size. Or, how close are these lots to make one full acre? I want to sell both lots and want to advertise using the total lot size. Thank you.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Carlos, Mark, Jeremy, and Alan collect Yugioh cards 2016-08-08
From justin:
Carlos, Mark, Jeremy, and Alan all collect Yugioh cards. Mark has twice as many cards as Jeremy. Carlos has 3 times as many cards as Jeremy, and Alan has collected 12 less than 3 times as many cards as Jeremy. Together the four players have collected 456 cards. How many does each person have?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Spraying an acre 2016-08-07
From Sara:
I have a spray rig that is 80' wide. How many feet must I go to have sprayed an acre?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A cone inscribed in a hemisphere 2016-08-07
From anonymous:
A cone is inscribed in a hemisphere. the slant height of the cone is 20cm. When cut along its slant height, the cone forms a sector of a circle.
find the angle of the sector, to the nearest 1 decimal place.

Answered by Penny Nom.
The diameter of a cylindrical tin 2016-08-04
From Scott:
a cylindrical tin is 15 inches high and holds 5 gallons of paint when it is full. Find the diameter of the tin.
(1 gallon = 0.1605 cubic feet)

Answered by Penny Nom.
The sequence 13 17 23 27 33 37 2016-07-29
From Shriya:
The first term of a sequence is 13.
The following terms are found by alternately adding 4 and 6 to the previous term. The first six terms are 13 17 23 27 33 37.
Find the 80th term.

Answered by Penny Nom.
The modulus of a complex number 2016-07-29
From Cheyenne:
There's a question on my Summer Assignment I cant figure out. Here it is:

Find the absolute Value of the complex number. -5i

Please help?

Answered by Penny Nom.
The circumcentre of a triangle 2016-07-28
From Raj:
If the vertices of triangle ABC are A(-4,-1) B(1,2) C(4,-3) then find coordinates of circumcentre of triangle
Answered by Penny Nom.
The dimensions of a rectangle 2016-07-25
From Krunox:
A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. Its perimeter (the sum of the lengths of its sides) is 60 cm. Find its length and width.
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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