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In the triangle ABC sides AB and CB have equal lengths and the measure of angle ABC is equal to 36 degrees. What is the measure of angle BOC where O is the center of the circle? . 2. Circles C1 and C2 have equal radii and are tangent to that same line L. Circle C3 is tangent to C1 and C2. x is the distance between the between the centers of C1 and C2. Find the distance h, from the center of C3 to line L, in terms of x and the radii of the three circles. . 3. All three circles are tangent to the same line and to each other. Circles C2 and C3 have equal radii. Find the radius of C2 if the radius of C1 is equal to 10 cm. . 4. CD is parallel to AB and the measure of angle t is equal to 90 degrees. Find the area of the circle in terms of x. . 5. The shaded region below is the common area to four semicircles whose diamters are the sides of the square with side length 4x. Find the area of the shaded region in terms of x. . 6. The two circles below are concentric (have same center). The length of the chord tangent to the smaller circle is equal to 20 mm. What is the area of the ring (shaded area) between the two circles? . 7. Find a, b and c so that the quadrilateral is a parallelogram with area equal to 80 square units. . 8. A right triangle is shown below. Find the lengths x, y and z. . 9. A rectangle is shown below. Find the length x. . 10. The two circles below have equal radii of 4 units each and the distance between their centers is 6 units. Find the area of the shaded region. SOLUTION 1. A. measure of angle BAC = (180 - 36)/2 = 72 degres : isosceles triangle B. measure of angle BOC = 2 * measure of angle BAC = 144 degrees : inscribed angle and central angle intercepting the same arc. 2. A. B. C. D. 3. A. Let r, R2 and R3 be the radii of circles C1, C2 and C3 respectively with R2 = R3 = R 2 2 2 B. (r + R) = R + (R - r) : Pythagora's theorem applied to triangle MC1C3 C. R = 4r = 40 cm : expand and solve for R. 4. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. 5. A. The square below has side length 2x, half of the given square. Part of this is shaded and the other part is not shaded. Let us find the area of the non shaded part (white). The shaded part is a quarter of a disk (circle). 2 2 B. area of non shaded area = (2x) - (1/4) Pi (2x) C. If we go back to the given shape in problem 5, the area of the non shaded part is 8 times the non shaded area in the present shape which was calculated above. 2 2 D. area of shaded part in shape of problem 5 = total area of square - total non shaded area = (4x) - 8*[ (2x) - (1/4) Pi 2 (2x) ] 2 E. = 16x (Pi/2 - 1) The measure of angle BtA is equal to 90 degrees : vertical angles AB is the diameter of the circle : converse of Thales theorem triangles BtA and CtD are similar : CD parallel to AB 3/5 = AB/x : corresponding sides proportional. AB = 3x/5 : solve for AB radius = AB/2 = 3x/10 2 2 area = Pi(3x/10) = 0.09 Pi x Let R1, R2 and R3 be the radii of circles C1, C2 and C3 respectively with R1 = R2 = R h = C3O + R 2 2 2 C3O + (x/2) = (R + R3) : Pythagora's theorem applied to triangle C3OC1. 2 2 h = R + C3O = R + sqrt[ (R + R3) - (x/2) ]

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A. R = r + 10 : Pythagora's theorem 2 2 B. Pi(R - r ) = 100 Pi : area of ring 7. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. 8. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. 9. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. 10. A. Because of symmetry, the shaded region may be considered as made up of two equal (in area) regions. The area of the left half of the shaded region is given by the area of the sector BOC minus the area of the triangle BOC. B. length of OM = 3 (by symmetry) since distance between centers is 6, and radius r = 4. C. Let t be the measure of angle BOM. D. cos(t) = OM/OB = 3/4 , t = arccos(3/4) : using right triangle BOM. 2 E. area of sector BOC = (1/2)(2t)r 2 F. area of triangle BOC = (1/2)sin(2t)r 2 2 G. area of shaded region = 2 [ (1/2)(2t)r - (1/2)sin(2t)r ] 2 H. = [2t - sin(2t)] r = 7.25 square units (rounded to 3 decimal places) 1. A TV tower is 20.5 m high. Wire braces attached to the tower are 8 m away from the base. Find the length of each wire brace. Illustrate. 2. . Rectangle ABCD has dimensions of 7 units by 5 units. Find the length of each of its diagonals. 3. A ladder, which measures 14 m is positioned against the wall of a house. If the top of the ladder is 6 m above the base of the wall. how far is the bottom of the ladder placed from the base of the wall? 4. A carpenter wants to build a diagonal brace for a gate that is 2 m wide and 3 m high. Find the length of the brace to the nearest tenth of a meter. 5. The size of the screen of a television set is usually given in terms of its diagonals. Find the length of a screen 15 cm wide and 20 cm long. Split the given rectangle into 4 other rectangles as shown. 2 2 2 a + c = 4 : Pythagora's theorem applied to top left right triangle. 2 2 2 b + c = x : Pythagora's theorem applied to bottom left right triangle. 2 2 2 b + d = 5 : Pythagora's theorem applied to bottom right right triangle. 2 2 2 a + d = 6 : Pythagora's theorem applied to bottom right right triangle. 2 2 2 2 a - b = 4 - x : subtract equations B and C. 2 2 2 2 a - b = 6 - 5 : subtract equations D and E. 2 2 2 2 4 - x = 6 - 5 : combine equations F and G. x = sqrt(5) : solve above equation for x. The area of a parallelogram may be calculated using the cross product of vectors AB and AD as follows. area = |AB x AD| where AB and AD are 3-dimensional vectors. vector AB = <4 , b + 2 , 0> : set third component to zero since the given shape is 2-dimensional. vector AD = <6 , 4 , 0> |<4 , b + 2 , 0> x <6 , 4 , 0>| = 80 : modulus of cross product is equal to area |4 - 6b| = 80 b = 14 and b = -38/3 : we select the solution b = 14 since point B(2,b) is in quadrant I. Since ABCD is a parallelogram, vector AB = vector DC Vector AB = <4 , 16 , 0> vector DC = c - 4 = 4 and d - 2 = 16 : If two vectors are equal their corresponding components area equal. c = 8 and d = 18 : solve the above equations. y + z = 12 : Pythagora's theorem 2 2 2 x + z = 9 : Pythagora's theorem 2 2 2 (y + x) = 12 + 9 : Pythagora's theorem x + y = 15 : Solve equation C by extracting the square root 2 2 y - x = 63 : subtracting equations A and B (y - x)(y + x) = 63 : factoring the left term of equation E. y - x = 21/5 x = 27/5 , y = 48/5 and z = 36/5 : solve the system made up of equations D and G.
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1) a^2 + b^2 = c^2 20.5^2 + 8^2 = c^2 420.25 + 64 = c^2 484.25 = c^2 22.001 = c; Your answer is in meters. 2) Step 1. Use the Pythagorean Theorem: The sum of the square of the legs (7 and 5) is equal to the sum of the square of the hypotenuse d(or diagonal in this case). Step 2. Then, 5^2 + 7^2 = c^2 Step 3. Taking the square root to both sides of the equation yields, c = 8.60 Step 4. Each diagonal has a length of c = 8.60 units. 3) Let x = distance from wall then x^2 + 6^2 = 14^2 x^2 + 36 = 196 x^2 = 160 x = 12.65 m 4) Step 1. Use the Pythagorean Theorem: The sum of the square of the legs (2 and 3) is equal to the sum of the square of the hypotenuse d(or diagonal in this case). Step 2. Then, 2^2 + 3^2 = c^2 Step 3. Taking the square root to both sides of the equation yields, c = 3.61m Step 4. Each diagonal brace has a length of c = 3.61m. 5) Let d = the length of the diagonal of the screen in cm by phytagorean formula d^2 = 15^2 + 20^2 d^2 = 225 + 400 d = (625)^1/2 d = 25 The length of the diagonal of the screen is 25 cm. A wall of perimeter 38 m surrounds a rectangular yard of length 12 m. What is the width of the yard? SOLUTION: P=2L+2W 38=2*12+2W 38=24+2W 2W=38-24 2W=14 W=14/2 W=7 M. ANS. FOR THE WIDTH Tommy is standing 250 feet from the base of a building. The angle of elevation from his location to the top of the building is 50 degree. Based on the trigonometric function below, what is the height of the building, to the nearest foot? SOLUTION: x/250= tan50=1.1917535925942099587053080718604 x/250=1.1917535925942099587053080718604 x = 297.9383981485524896763270179651 x=298 What is the volume of a right circular cylinder with a height of 9 inches and whose base has a diameter of 6 inches? SOLUTION: r = 3in, h = 9in V=

The American society of heating, refrigeration and air conditioning requires 4 complete air changes per hour in public buildings. If a classroom is 30 ft by 35 ft with a 10 ft ceiling, how many cubic feet of air must be moved every hour in this room? SOLUTION: Volume = length * width * height Volume = 30 * 35 * 10 = 10500 cubic ft Four complete air changes per hour 10500 * 4 = 42000 cubic feet per hour A CARPENTER HAS SEVERAL BOARDS OF EQUAL LENGTH. HE CUTS 3/5 OF EACH BOARD. AFTER CUTTING THE BOARDS, THE CARPENTER NOTICES THAT HE HAS ENOUGH PIECES LEFT OVER TO MAKE UP THE SAME LENGTH AS 4 OF THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. HOW MANY BOARDS DID THE CARPENTER START WITH? SOLUTION: 2x/5=4 2x=20 x=10 Given that triangle ABC is similar to triangle FED,where AB = 77,EF = 21, BC = 11x + 11, and DE = 30.Find x. SOLUTION: this means that AB / EF = BC / DE AB= 77 EF = 21 BC = 11x + 11 DE = 30 ratio becomes: 77 / 21 = (11x + 11) / 30 (77 * 30) / 21 = 11x + 11 110 = 11x + 11 99 = 11x 9=x A small square is constructed. then a new square is made by increasing each side by 2 meters.the perimeter of the square is 3 meters shorter the five times the length of one side of the original square. find the dimensions of the original square SOLUTION: w=side length p= perimeter, P = perimeter of new square. . . If a pyramid has a square base that measures 6 m on each side and a height of 5 m, then its volume is? SOLUTION: Volume of Square Pyramid = (1/3)*(Height)*(Base Length)^2 Volume of Square Pyramid = (1/3)*(5)*(6)^2 Volume of Square Pyramid = (1/3)*(5)*(36) Volume of Square Pyramid = (1/3)*180 Volume of Square Pyramid = 60 cubic meters ABCD is a rectangle. If AB=7x-6 and CD=5x=30,find the value for x SOLUTION: AB = CD 7x - 6 = 5x + 30 Now we solve for x 7x - 6 = 5x + 30 7x = 5x + 30 + 6 7x - 5x = 30 + 6 2x = 36 x = 36/2 x = 18

Find the area, to the nearest tenth, of grass that Adrianne's dog may run in if the leash is 9 feet long. SOLUTION: A=3.14*9^2 A=254.3 sqft What is the approximate area of a circle with a circumfrence of 15 in.? SOLUTION:

The product of two consecutive even integers is 840. Find these numbers SOLUTION: x(x+2) = 840 x^2 + 2x - 840 = 0 (x+30)(x-28)= 0 (x+30)= 0, x = -30 the two consecutive even integers: -30, -28 0r (x-28)= 0, x = 28 the two consecutive even integers: 28, 30 A dairy farmer wishes to obtain 200 gallons of milk that is 3.8% butterfat by mixing lowfat milk,which is 2% butterfat, with half and half milk containing 11% butterfat. How many gallons of each milk should he use? Solution: a+b=200, 11a+.02b=.038*200 a=40., b=160. The top of square table has an area of 24 square feet. What is the length of one edge of the tabletop, rounded to the nearest foot? SOLUTION: A(square) = s^2 24 = s^2 s= = 4.9 feet

A box has the volume of 240 cubic inches. List possible dimensions of the box? ANSWER: 10, 6 and 4

A cone-shaped building is commonly used to store sand. what would be the volume of a cone-shaped building with diameter 50 m and a high 20m to the nearest hundredth?

SOLUION: r = 25m , h = 20m V= A square that measures 15 meters on one side? SOLUTION: Square with s = 15m Area : s^2 = 15^2 = 225m^2 Perimeter: 4s = 4*15 = 60m Diagonal: m

Is 8 yards greater than, less than, or equal to 288 inches? SOLUTION: 1 yd=36 inches

The larger of two numbers is 16 more than the smaller. when added together their sum is 6 less than 3 times the smaller. what are the numbers? SOLUTION: (16 + a) + b = 3b -6 Numbers a and b, and .

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The ratio of the interior angles of a Euclidean triangle is 3:4:5. Find the measure of each angle. SOLUTION: The angles are 3x, 4x & 5x 3x + 4x + 5x = 180 Suppose a water tank in the shape of a right circular cylinder is thirty feet long and eight feet in diameter. How much sheet metal was used in its construction? 2 ( (pi)r ) + 2(pi)rh (the two ends, plus the cylinder) 2 = 2( (pi) (4 ) ) + 2(pi) (4)(30) = 2( (pi) 16 ) + 240(pi) = 32(pi) + 240(pi) = 272(pi)
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A piece of 16-gauge copper wire 42 cm long is bent into the shape of a rectangle whose width is twice its length. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. SOLUTION: 2L + 2W = 42 W = 2L 2L + 2(2L) = 42 (by substitution for W from the above equation) 2L + 4L = 42 6L = 42 L=7 A circular swimming pool with a diameter of 28 feet has a deck of uniform width built around it. If the area of the deck is 60(pi) square feet, find its width. SOLUTION: (pi)r = (pi)(14) = 196(pi) 196(pi) + 60(pi) = 256(pi) 256(pi) = (pi)r 2 256 = r 16 = r
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If one side of a square is doubled in length and the adjacent side is decreased by two centimeters, the area of the resulting rectangle is 96 square centimeters larger than that of the original square. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. SOLUTION: square's side length: x one side is doubled: 2x next side is decreased by two: x 2 2 square's area: x 2 rectangle's area: (2x)(x 2) = 2x 4x 2 2 new area is 96 more than old area: 2x 4x = x + 96 2x 4x = x + 96 2 x 4x 96 = 0 (x 12)(x + 8) = 0 x = 12 or x = 8 if the peremeter of a rectangle and a square are equal and the ratio of 2 adjecent sides of the rectangle is 1:2, then find the ratio of their areas. SOLUTION: Perimeter is P= . . and area is .
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If a wire is bent into the shape of a square ,then the area enclosed by the square is 81 cm. sq when the wire is bent into a semicircular shape the area enclosed by the semi circle will be? SOLUTION: For radius r:

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A railling of 288 meter is required for fencing a semicircular park.find the area of the park? Solution: 288 = pi*r + 2*r 288 = (2+pi) * r r = 56.01 A = pi*r^2 = pi * 56.01^2 = 9856m^2 A small square is constructed. Then a new square is made by increasing each side by 2 meters. The perimeter of the new square is 3 meters shorter than five times the length of one side of the original square. Find the dimensions of the original square. Solution: 4*(s+2)=5s+3 4s+8=5s+3 5=s The width of one cube is three times the width of another cube. How do the volumes of the cubes compare? SOLUTION: Let x represent the length of each of the sides of the smaller cube and the smaller x^3 in Volume Larger has 27 times the volume Perimeter = 480 length = 63 If a rectangle has an area of 64 square units and a length of 16 units, what is its width? If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places. SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is

Is a star shaped considered as perpendicular line or intersecting but not perpendicular line? ANSWER: Lines that don't meet at 90 degrees are not perpendicular. A star shaped figure edges would not meet at 90 degrees so they are not perpendicular.

One side of a square is increased by 7 and the other side of the square is decrease by 10 . The area of the new figure is 110 2. Find the length of a side of the original square SOLUTION: Let x = the side of the original square New area equation (x+7)*(x-10) = 110 FOIL x^2 - 10x + 7x - 70 = 110 x^2 - 3x - 70 - 110 = 0 x^2 - 3x - 180 = 0 Factors to (x-15)((x+12) = 0 x = 15 ft is the side of square If Deborah has 48 feet of copper wire then how many 2/3 lengths can she cut from it? How many inches is 2/3 feet?

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I have 24ft of fencing and need to get an area of 64ft squared. How can I do this? SOLUTION: For a perimeter of 24 ft, the side of the square, would be,

sq. ft. Square has a perimeter of 784 feet. What is the length of a side of the square. SOLUTION: 4x=784 x=784/4 x=196 ft. The area of a square is increased by 30%. If the new area is 32.5 meters find the perimeter of the orginal square. SOLUTION: 32.5/1.3=25 sq rt 25=5 P=4s P=4*5 P=20 m The perimeter of a rectangle playing field is 504 yards. its length is 6 yards shorter than twice its width. what is the area? SOLUTION: let the width is x then length= 2x-6 The perimeter of a rectangle playing field is 504 yards. so 2(x+2x-6)=504 or 3x-6=504/2=252 or 3x=252+6=258 or x=258/3=86=width length=2*86-6=166 the area= 86*166= 14276 Suppose a greeting card is 5 inches long at its base. About how tall should the card be in order for it to be a Golden Rectangle? SOLUTION: H/5 = 1.618 Answer: H = 8.09 inches