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Ametal rod needs to be 9 feet and 5.5 inches in length. the sections of the poles being used are each 1 foot and 10.5 inches long. how many 1ft 10.5in sections would be needed to complete the 9ft 5.5in metal rod? and how many inches of material will be left?

In the field of thermodynamics, rankine is the unit used to measure temperature. one can convert temperature from celsius into rankine using the formula , what is the temperature in celsius corresponding to r degrees rankine? a. 9/5(c - 273) b. 9/5(c + 273) c. 5/9( c - 273) d. 5/9( c + 273)

You are standing next to a really big circular lake. you want to measure the diameter of the lake, but you don't want to have to swim across with a measuring tape! you decide to walk around the perimeter of the lake and measure its circumference, and find that it's 400\pi\text{ m}400? m. what is the diameter dd of the lake?