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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TutorAnswer.com</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com</link><description>Recent Questions in Category - Geometry &amp; Trigonometry</description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 13 Jun 10 02:22:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><generator>Question Answer Script Feed Generator 1.0</generator><image><url>http://www.tutoranswer.com/images/answer.png</url><title>TutorAnswer.com</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com</link></image><item><title>Why is sin^2(x) + cos^2(x) = 1</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/Why_is_sin%255E2%2528x%2529_%252B_cos%255E2%2528x%2529_%253D_1_305</link><description>&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/jcatta21'&gt;jcatta21&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 517 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:05 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/Why_is_sin%255E2%2528x%2529_%252B_cos%255E2%2528x%2529_%253D_1_305</guid></item><item><title>Why is sin^2(x) + cos^2(x) = 1?</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/Why_is_sin%255E2%2528x%2529_%252B_cos%255E2%2528x%2529_%253D_1%253F_304</link><description>&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/jcatta21'&gt;jcatta21&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 517 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/Why_is_sin%255E2%2528x%2529_%252B_cos%255E2%2528x%2529_%253D_1%253F_304</guid></item><item><title>GEOMETRY: PARALLELOGRAM ON A GRAPH</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY%253A_PARALLELOGRAM_ON_A_GRAPH_303</link><description>I DON'T HAVE A CLUE- GEOMETRY &#xD;
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Which of the following might be coordinates of the vertices of parallelogram ABCD?&#xD;
A(0,0), B (a,0), C(a+b,c), D(b,c)&#xD;
A(0,0), B(a,0), C(a,b), D (-a,b)&#xD;
A(0,0), B(2a ...&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/bobby'&gt;bobby&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 129 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:24:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY%253A_PARALLELOGRAM_ON_A_GRAPH_303</guid></item><item><title>GEOMETRY</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY_302</link><description>WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE EQUATION FOR A LINE PARALLEL TO THE Y-AXIS AND PASSING THROUGH (3,2)?&#xD;
X = 3&#xD;
Y=2&#xD;
Y=3/2&#xD;
X=2/3&#xD;
   I am tempted to go with y=2 since that is a vertical line that would b ...&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/bobby'&gt;bobby&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 129 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:22:45 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY_302</guid></item><item><title>GEOMETRY</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY_300</link><description>   Which represents a possible intersection of a line and rectabgle? &#xD;
Possible answers: 0 points, 3 points, 4 points, 1 point. &#xD;
I would think that intersection means one point but not certain.&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/bobby'&gt;bobby&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 129 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:42:57 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY_300</guid></item><item><title>GEOMETRY TRIG</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY_TRIG_298</link><description>Plane\'s altitude is 3,000 ft. For the pilot, the angle of depression of the base of contol tower is 15 degrees. What is the distance from pilot to base of tower? Choice answers are 3106, 11591, 111 ...&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/bobby'&gt;bobby&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 129 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:02:30 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY_TRIG_298</guid></item><item><title>GEOMETRY PRISM</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY_PRISM_297</link><description>   The VOLUME of a larger prism is 168 cubic cm. If the prisms are SIMILAR with LINEAR ratio of 3:2, what is the VOLUME of the smaller prism. Answer choices are 50, 56, 252, 126.&#xD;
   Since the ratio o ...&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/bobby'&gt;bobby&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 129 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:27:45 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY_PRISM_297</guid></item><item><title>REGULAR PENTAGONAL PYRAMID</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/REGULAR_PENTAGONAL_PYRAMID_296</link><description>   I see many explanations on the inter net re the formula for the LATERAL AREA of a regular pentagonal pyramid with a slant height of 6 with the length of each side of the base being  3 but don\'t  ...&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/bobby'&gt;bobby&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 129 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:22:49 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/REGULAR_PENTAGONAL_PYRAMID_296</guid></item><item><title>GEOMETRY/TRIG QUESTION</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY%252FTRIG_QUESTION_294</link><description>   Forest ranger spots fire from top of tower. Tower is 150 m tall and ANGLE OF DEPRESSION to fire is 10 degrees. About how far is the fire from the foot of the tower. (MULTIPLE CHOICE: 148, 753, 863, ...&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/bobby'&gt;bobby&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 129 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:53:26 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/GEOMETRY%252FTRIG_QUESTION_294</guid></item><item><title>XYZW is a parallelogram with diagonals XZ and YW that intersect at point A.</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/XYZW_is_a_parallelogram_with_diagonals_XZ_and_YW_that_intersect_at_point_A._290</link><description>XYZW is a parallelogram with diagonals XZ and YW that intersect at point A. &#xD;
If YA = 2t, WA=3t-4, and XZ =5t, ffind XA. I am working under the assumption that the diagonals are equal but when I set t ...&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/bobby'&gt;bobby&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 129 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 08:24:19 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/XYZW_is_a_parallelogram_with_diagonals_XZ_and_YW_that_intersect_at_point_A._290</guid></item><item><title>IF A TRIANGLE HAS SIDES OF MEASURE 2x, 8-x, and 3x-4 find possible values of x.</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/IF_A_TRIANGLE_HAS_SIDES_OF_MEASURE_2x%252C_8-x%252C_and_3x-4_find_possible_values_of_x._289</link><description>IF A TRIANGLE HAS SIDES OF MEASURE 2x, 8-x, and 3x-4 find possible values of x.&#xD;
ANSWER CHOICES:&#xD;
x&gt;2&#xD;
3&lt;X&lt;7&#xD;
2&lt;X&lt;6&#xD;
X&gt;6&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/bobby'&gt;bobby&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 129 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 07:40:24 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/IF_A_TRIANGLE_HAS_SIDES_OF_MEASURE_2x%252C_8-x%252C_and_3x-4_find_possible_values_of_x._289</guid></item><item><title>WHAT PROPERTY OF INEQUALITY JUSTIFIES THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT?</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/WHAT_PROPERTY_OF_INEQUALITY_JUSTIFIES_THE_FOLLOWING_STATEMENT%253F_288</link><description>WHAT PROPERTY OF INEQUALITY JUSTIFIES THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT?&#xD;
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(-4,2), (4, -2), (-12,6)&#xD;
(2,4), (1,1), (0, -6)&#xD;
(0,5), (0, -1), 0, -5)&#xD;
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I understand that any points that form a straight line cannot form a triangle. Beyond that, I am clu ...&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/Bob'&gt;Bob&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 110 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 16:38:08 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/Determine_which_points_are_the_vertices_of_a_triangle._282</guid></item><item><title>Two sides of a triangle have lengths of 15 and 19.Which side can be the 3rd length?</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/Two_sides_of_a_triangle_have_lengths_of_15_and_19.Which_side_can_be_the_3rd_length%253F_281</link><description>Two sides of a triangle have lengths of 15 and 19.Which side can be the 3rd length?&#xD;
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6, 4, 40, 36&#xD;
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What is the rule for determining this?&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/Bob'&gt;Bob&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 110 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 16:33:59 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/Two_sides_of_a_triangle_have_lengths_of_15_and_19.Which_side_can_be_the_3rd_length%253F_281</guid></item><item><title>What set of numbers below can be the lengths of the sides of a triangle?</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/What_set_of_numbers_below_can_be_the_lengths_of_the_sides_of_a_triangle%253F_280</link><description>13,10,16&#xD;
1,2,3&#xD;
5.2,   11,     4.9&#xD;
208, 9, 219&#xD;
   There must be a rule for determining but I don\\\\\\\'t recall it.&lt;div style='padding: 3px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asked By : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.tutoranswer.com/profile/Bob'&gt;Bob&lt;/a&gt; ( Total points : 110 )&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 16:32:12 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/What_set_of_numbers_below_can_be_the_lengths_of_the_sides_of_a_triangle%253F_280</guid></item><item><title>conic sections puzzler</title><link>http://www.tutoranswer.com/question/conic_sections_puzzler_264</link><description>I am stumped on a conic sections problem. &#xD;
I am fouling up the algebra somehow, so I\\\'m not getting the same radius as the book I am working from. Here is the original problem:&#xD;
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