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What is a coordinate graph?

A coordinate grid consists of two lines called axes, which are perpendicular. The horizontal line is the x-axis and the vertical is the y-axis.The point where the x- and y-axes intersect is called the origin. These axes are labeled like number lines, and when paired these numbers make up points called ordered pairs, which are located on the graph. Ordered pairs follow the format (x,y). For example, the point (5,8) indicates that this point is located five units along the horizontal, or x-axis, and eight units up the vertical, or y-axis.

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What is a conditional statement in geometry?

If the hypothesis is true and the conclusion is false, then the conditional statement is false. When the positions of the hypothesis and the conclusion are interchanged, the result is a converse statement. A converse statement and its conditional do not have the same meaning. The negation of the hypothesis and the conclusion results in an inverse statement.

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What is the meaning of "143"?

The "143" slang term is typically used in SMS text messaging, but also in emails and on social media sites. The singer Musiq Soulchild brought attention to the use of "143" in his song by the same name. The lyrics explain that love is complicated enough and that simplifying it with a numerical phrase is an appropriate way to convey pure emotions.

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What is 666 in Roman numerals?

The symbols cannot be repeated more than three times. This is why 40 cannot be written as XXXX but must be written as XL. This means 10 must be subtracted from 50 as the smaller symbol is to the left of the larger symbol.\nSimilarly, sixty is written as LX. In this case, the smaller symbol is to the right of the larger symbol and so it must be added.\nRoman numerals were developed by the Romans and then replaced by the Arabic system of numbers.

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How do you find the height of a parallelogram?

Identify the known and unknown variablesLook to the equation to identify the known and unknown variables. In this case, the height is the unknown variable. \n\nSubstitute known values into the equationIn this example, the area of the parallelogram is 80 and the base is 10. The equation is now: height equals 80 divided by 10.SimplifySimplify 80 divided by 10 to find the height. The height in this example is equal to 8.

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How do you calculate the square footage of a circle?

Determine the radius of the circleUse a ruler or similar tool to measure the radius of the circle. This is the length of the line from the middle of the circle to any point on its edge.Convert the radius to feetIf the radius of the circle was measured in inches, multiply the number by 0.0833333 using the calculator. If it was measured in centimeters, multiply the number by 0.0328084.Use the formula to calculate the areaMultiply the radius (in feet) by itself. Then multiply this number by pi (approximately 3.141592). There should be a pi (Ï€) button on your calculator to make this easier. This ..

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What is negative scientific notation?

To write this decimal in scientific notation, one moves the decimal point four places to the left and writes 6.4 multiplied by 10 raised to the negative four. To write any decimal number in negative scientific notation, one has to move the decimal point to the left to express negative exponents of 10.For numbers that are greater than one, such as 2,100,000, one has to use a positive exponent, and one moves the decimal point to the right. In scientific notation, this number is 2.1 x 10^6.

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What is an online right triangle calculator?

Most right triangle calculators utilize the Pythagorean theorem, a² + b² = c² where a and b represent the shorter side lengths and c represents the hypotenuse, to calculate an unknown side length. These calculators can also use the trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, and tangent) to solve for side lengths and angle measurements.\nA right triangle is said to be completely solved when all side lengths, angle measurements, the area and the perimeter are known.

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How do I calculate cumulative averages?

Record the credit hours and gradesRecord the credit hours and the grades from your transcript for each course. Typically, an A is worth four points, a B is worth three points, a C is worth two points, a D is worth one point and an F isn't worth any points. In some systems, an F is worth negative points, so make sure to check the values your school uses.Calculate the totalAdd the total number of points from the grades you received. It may be best to calculate the totals separately and add them together. For example, if you received 8 credits worth of an A grade and six credits for a B, you..

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How do you calculate the square footage of floor space?

Break floor space into rectangles if requiredIf the floor space you are trying to measure is not a rectangle, break the space into several individual rectangles. Ensure that every part of the floor space is contained within only one of the rectangles.Determine the length and width of each rectangle's floor spaceFor floor space that is a single rectangle, find the length and width of the floor in feet. You can measure the length and width with a tape measure, ruler, yardstick or other measuring device. For floor space that is broken into individual rectangles, find the length and width of ..

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