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Area and perimeter |
2004-03-12 |
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From Sandy: The rectange has an area of M square units and a perimeter of 2M units. What is the value of x?
The length of the rectange is 3, while the width of the rectange is x-1. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Sum of the angles in a pentagon |
2004-03-11 |
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From Ashish: What is the sum of all the measures of the angles of a Pentagon Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Distance, time and rate |
2004-03-09 |
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From Peter: A car travels from one city to another at the speed of 32mph, if it had gone 4mph faster it could have made the trip in one half hour less. How far apart are the cities?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The area of a lot |
2004-03-09 |
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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. |
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The factor theorem |
2004-03-08 |
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From LisaMarie:
Hi, I have a career link question from gr.12 advanced functions
and intro. calculus. The equations is:
R(t) = 5(t4 - 4t3 +
19/4 t2 - 3/2 t)
The question is to apply the factor theorem
and quadratic formula to determine the times it crosses the t axis. The
only method i know of for using the factor theorem is when the last number
does not have a variable beside it so i'm not sure how you would even
use the factor theorem for this? We haven't dealt with any that have 0 as
the last number with no variable so i'm a little confused! please help!
Thank you
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A metric prefix table |
2004-03-07 |
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From April: Can you tell me what the scale is for nano, micro, mega, kilo, etc.... I know that mega is 10 to the sixth power but I can't remember the other ones. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Equivalent sets |
2004-03-06 |
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From A student: If A=(1,2,3,4,...) and B=(5,10,15,20,...), is A equivalent to B. Why or Why not ? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The radius of a circle |
2004-03-06 |
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From A student: what is the radius of a circle with the circumference of 12 inches? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The units digit of 4^478 |
2004-03-06 |
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From Elizabeth: What is the units digit of 4478? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A fifteen sided polygon |
2004-03-05 |
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From Joann: WHAT IS THE NAME OF A FIFTEEN SIDED SHAPE? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A geometry problem |
2004-03-04 |
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From Jennifer: I need help with this problem: Square ABCD has side length 2. A semicircle with diameter AB is constructed inside the square, and the tangent to the semicircle from C intersects side AD at E. What is the exact length of CE?o Answered by Chris Fisher. |
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Cosine of 35 degrees |
2004-03-03 |
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From Jason: How do you find the exact solution to cosine 35 degrees. Answered by Chris Fisher. |
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Proof by induction |
2004-03-02 |
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From Chris: I need some help of how to solve the problem
"use the principle of mathematical induction to prove that the following are true for all positive integers"
cos(n x pi + X) = (-1)^n cosX
any help would be appreciated Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Volume of a fuel tank |
2004-03-01 |
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From Mike: I have a fuel ank for my big truck that has a radius of 24inches and a length of 65 inches. I am trying to compute the volume of fuel in the tank. I tried pie x the radius squared times the length but no usable results.
Can you help me please? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Billions and more! and even more! |
2004-03-01 |
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From Steph: What comes after undecillion? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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