Algebra word problems

survival · 2011-04-29 18:56:29

been up since about 10 am. Traffic stalled going in and out of town. It is always much worse in the evening.
Yesterday, this huge tarp came loose on the drawbridge, rush hour traffic was not moving for about two hours. I went around a different way, but it was still slow, bumper to bumper, etc.

bobbym · 2011-04-29 18:58:14

The longer leg is 24 m.

survival · 2011-04-29 19:28:39

Thank you. I am still awake.
At a point on the ground 15 ft. from the base of a tree, the distance to the top of the tree is 1 ft. more than 2 times the height of the tree. Find the height of the tree.
The height of the tree is ___ft.
(Simplify your answer. Round to the nearest foot as needed.)

bobbym · 2011-04-29 19:42:24

8ft is the height of the tree.

survival · 2011-04-29 20:45:41

Interesting avatar. Yoda is the teacher.

bobbym · 2011-04-29 20:52:30

Yoda is the man. Yoda is the boss. Yoda is the head honcho. Numero Uno. The toughest, smartest frog that ever lived.

survival · 2011-04-30 05:24:21

Good morning. My eyes are not open, I can feel the keys though. Went to sleep with pc on, woke up with all the web windows still open.

Just need sleep, i think.

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bobbym · 2011-04-30 09:56:41

Morning. Does that mean you need more sleep? Or you are finished with sleeping.

survival · 2011-04-30 12:10:59

No time to sleep, until break anyway.

Hey, could you help me with a geometry problem. I will describe the angle.
The angle looks like a large X. In the side centers is the equation on both sides.
Think ---X-- and the dashes have the numbers placed just like that. Vertical angles.
Find the measure of the marked angles:
(4x + 37) degrees (left side of the x)
(8x + 5) degrees on the opposite side.
The measure of the angles is ____degrees.

Thank you and I hope your day was a good one.

bobbym · 2011-04-30 13:37:26

Hi survival;

Have been having connection problems due to the severity of the storm last night.

Is this what your image looks like?

If that is it then we have:

survival · 2011-04-30 13:41:02

Hello, yes it looks like that X. The numbers are horizontal in the center across the x.
Sorry about your connection problems. I know what you mean.

bobbym · 2011-04-30 13:52:52

Is the 11.5 correct or do you need to round it?

survival · 2011-04-30 14:18:11

Thank you. It's not correct. Answer is 69*. I realize it's hard to solve something you don't see. I am still working on it: I reset.

bobbym · 2011-04-30 16:38:11

Did you click on my drawing to enlarge it?

survival · 2011-04-30 17:51:50

It's beautiful! How did you do that?
It is late and I am still typing.

bobbym · 2011-04-30 18:06:47

Yes, but is it right?

survival · 2011-04-30 21:33:23

I don't remember. That was a long time ago. LOL Yes, sleep would be good. Have a great Sunday. I hear the birds chirping. They sound happy.

bobbym · 2011-04-30 22:24:53

It is nighttime here those are not birds, they are bats.

survival · 2011-05-01 08:11:28

Hello, so if there are bats, there are caves. Do you have pictures of the bats? I would be dragging out the camera and observing them, no doubt.

bobbym · 2011-05-01 09:52:03

Hmmm, so you have night vision cameras? I have seen them hiding in a overhanging rock formation.

survival · 2011-05-01 10:03:10

What sort of rock formation? Digging is one of my hobbies, when I have time about once a year. I belong to a Geology club and it's neat. I guess they will need to elect a new officer when i leave this summer.

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bobbym · 2011-05-01 10:31:25

Hi survival;

This a typical formation. Lots of clay and maybe some red granite.

Maybe some limestone, gypsum and granite?

x = -3

survival · 2011-05-01 12:48:26

Oh wow, thanks for posting the pics. I saw red clay in the first one. This last pic? Have you ever climbed it or trailed there? Found anything interesting there? I would love to see Egypt someday and an actual cave wall. I am a sponge for learning that stuff. Took both Geo. courses and an anthropology one thus far. Nature is the best!

I love to search for fossils. In Dec., it was about 24* when I went to see my Mother. I climbed in and out of creekbeds and never felt the cold at all. I guess it's the euphoria. My son sits in the car while I wander around in the creek. It's one of those deep beds that is dry in places, yet the water still flows. It is a high for me, since a kid there. Same place. I am going when school is out. Weather will be hot this time.

It is neat when you think about it. The earth has gone through many changes since the beginning. Ice age, dinosaurs, extinction. It was under water, and someday after humans are gone, it will be again.

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bobbym · 2011-05-01 13:17:02

Hi;

Took both Geo. courses and an anthropology one thus far.

How come you did not pursue it as your life's work?

This last pic? Have you ever climbed it or trailed there?

There are jeep trails for going up these mountains. I have been stranded in them several times so it is not as much fun as it looks. Taking a muscle car up a dirt road was not very smart, even if it was a powerful street machine.

Found anything interesting there?

I live in Nevada, 87% of the land belongs to the Navy, Air Force and who knows what else. If you find anything interesting here, you just might never be heard of again.

I climbed in and out of creekbeds and never felt the cold at all.

Did that up in Lake Tahoe. Stood on the biggest rock I have ever seen jutting out into the lake.

It was under water, and someday after humans are gone, it will be again.

I think you have the order wrong. Portions of this nation and others are going to be underwater, then comes the extinction.

survival · 2011-05-01 15:30:39

Took both Geo. courses and an anthropology one thus far.

How come you did not pursue it as your life's work?

Not finished with college yet. Anthropology was the hardest class I've ever had and I was grateful for a B. Enjoyed Historical and Physical Geology much more and we did more field trips and so on. I just pulled up a pic of a big rock that some kid brought in this week. My former professor identified it as a dinosaur egg. When I was in class one day, a man brought in something he'd found while on one of the islands. It was the tooth of a horse from who knows when. I took pics with my cell, dunno where it is though.
Spaniards used to dump horses off ships if the ship was too heavy, so horses ended up all sorts of places. Guess they could swim well. Anyway, glad i got to hold the tooth, it was humongous, so the horse had to be a giant. Amazing.
It was under water, and someday after humans are gone, it will be again.
I think you have the order wrong. Portions of this nation and others are going to be underwater, then comes the extinction.

Either way, the earth will be as it was.
Have to go to sleep now, it is a new week. I think you are about three hours behind my time zone. Have a good Monday!

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