Problem 51
How many plants spaced every 6 inches are needed to surround a circular garden with a 30 -foot radius?
Problem 52
If the measure of one of the acute angles and the hypotenuse of a right triangle are known, describe how to find the measure of the remaining parts of the triangle.
Problem 52
What are corresponding angles in similar triangles?
Problem 52
A stained glass window is to be placed in a house. The window consists of a rectangle, 6 feet high by 3 feet wide, with a semicircle at the top. Approximately how many feet of stripping, to the nearest tenth of a foot, will be needed to frame the window?
Problem 52
Determine whether each statement makes sense or does not make sense, and explain your reasoning. When completely full, a cylindrical soup can with a diameter of 3 inches and a height of 4 inches holds more soup than a cylindrical can with a diameter of 4 inches and a height of 3 inches.
Problem 53
Describe how to identify the corresponding sides in similar triangles.
Problem 54
In your own words, state the Pythagorean Theorem.
Problem 54
Explain why rectangles and rhombuses are also parallelograms.
Problem 55
Explain why every square is a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, a quadrilateral, and a polygon.
Problem 55
Using the formula for the area of a rectangle, explain how the formula for the area of a parallelogram \((A=b h)\) is obtained.