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7.2 oz per sq. yard equals ? __ grams per sq. meter |
2006-12-20 |
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Carol pose la question : 7.2 oz per sq. yard equals ? __ grams per sq. meter Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Splitting A Circle Evenly |
2006-12-20 |
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Joe pose la question : I'm trying to make a game board and instead of having it square, I would like to give it a curve (the game is Parcheesi). The attached diagram is pretty much completed (done in AutoCAD). What I would like to know is how to manually find the points that intersect the red line. In other words, evenly split the semi-circle into 8 pieces. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A regular polygon inscribed in a circle |
2006-12-19 |
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Katy pose la question : If a regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 6.72 centimeters, find the length of one side of the pentagon. How would I got about explaining this? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Miles, square feet and acres |
2006-12-18 |
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Emily pose la question : How do you convert miles to square feet? I have to convert 2.86 miles to square feet and then convert 72.5 acres to square feet and add them together. I looked on your website and what does the word hence mean? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How many squares are there on a checkerboard |
2006-12-17 |
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Tania pose la question : how many squares are there altogether on the checkerboard (including the 64 small squares)? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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sup {sin n, n est un entier } |
2006-12-17 |
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Madi pose la question : sup {sin n, n est un entier } Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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Find the total distance the swing traveled before it stopped. |
2006-12-17 |
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Leah pose la question : Rebecca's little sister liked for her to push her in the swing at the park. The other day Rebecca pulled the swing back and let it go. She would have kept pushing, but she suddenly saw a friend at the other end of the park. The swing traveled a total distance of 10 feet before heading back the other way. Each swing afterwards was only 80% as long as the previous one. Find the total distance the swing traveled before it stopped. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The slope-intercept form |
2006-12-17 |
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Anthony pose la question : I'm really confused with this, tried to figure it out on my own but i can't seem to grasp it here's the problem: Two points are given a. Write an equation in slope-intercept form for the line containing the two points. b. Graph the line from Part a and check that both points are on the line. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The product of of two rotations |
2006-12-17 |
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Katie pose la question : Is the product of of two rotations over a different center point always a translation? Walter Whiteley lui répond. |
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Can you characterize ALL polygons by the number of diagonals it has? |
2006-12-17 |
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Katie pose la question : Can you characterize ALL polygons by the number of diagonals it has? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How many gallons of water will it hold? |
2006-12-17 |
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Lois pose la question : I have a tank that is 48"long 26" wide and 21 " deep. How many gallons of water will it hold? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Th pitch of a roof |
2006-12-15 |
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Rob pose la question : I am trying to determine how much to add for roof pitch. I guess the best way would be to use a right triangle as an example.
The base of the triangle is always 12 inches. The leg pointing straight up is a variable. I will say 6" in this example. By changing the variable how can i determine how much longer the hypotenuse than the base expressed in percent or decimal. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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1, 3, 6, 10... |
2006-12-15 |
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Lisa pose la question : What is the nth term for the sequence, '1, 3, 6, 10...' and could you say how you got the anwser. Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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cos 2a+cos4a+cos6a=? |
2006-12-15 |
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Saban pose la question : cos 2a+cos4a+cos6a=? Steve La Rocque, Chris Fisher and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Four 9s |
2006-12-15 |
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A student pose la question : Can you make 67 with four 9's without using the ceilling method? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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