Expression of a variable from the formula - math word problems

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  • Two friends
    clock-night-schr_13 Peter can do all his work himself in 6 hours. Martin can do the same work himself in 8 hours. Peter worked first and then replaced by Martin. Whole work was done in 6.5 hours. Calculate how long Peter worked before replaced by Martin.
  • Rectangle 45
    rectangles2_4 The perimeter of a rectangle is 60cm. If the length of the rectangle is 20cm. a)find the width b)find the area.
  • Diamond diagonals
    kosodlznik_2 Find the diamond diagonal's lengths if the area is 156 cm2 and side is 13 cm long.
  • Sugar production
    cukrrka_1 From 1 ton of beet, 150 kg of sugar is produced. To clean 1 ton of sugar 450 kg of lime is consumed. Calculate how many kgs of lime is consumed when processing 1 ton of sugar beet?
  • Area to volume
    two_cubes_2 If the surface area of a cube is 486, find its volume.
  • Marriage sttus
    family_26 In our city, there are 3/5 of the women married to 2/3 of the men. Find what part of the population is free.
  • Calculate 2
    t_sss Calculate the largest angle of the triangle whose side are 5.2cm, 3.6cm, and 2.1cm
  • Substitution method
    500px-Sine_cosine_plot.svg Solve goniometric equation: sin4 θ - 1/cos2 θ=cos2 θ - 2
  • Cube
    cube_diagonals_3 The sum of all cube edges is 30cm. Find the surface area of the cube.
  • Diagonals of a rhombus 2
    rhombus3_4 One diagonal of a rhombus is greater than other by 4 cm . If the area of the rhombus is 96 cm2, find the side of the rhombus.
  • Isosceles trapezoid
    lich_2 The old father decided to change the top plate of an isosceles-like trapezoid with the basic dimensions of 120 cm and 60 cm, and the shoulder is 50 centimeters long. How much does it pay for a new plate and a square meter worth 17 euros?
  • Pilot
    aircraft-02_12 How high is the airplane's pilot to see 0.001 of Earth's surface?
  • Hectoliters
    bazen_14 How deep is the pool if there are 2025 hectoliters of water and the bottom dimensions are a = 15 meters b = 7,5 meters and the water level is up to 9/10 (nine-tenths) of height.
  • Three pumps
    pumps_5 We are filling the pool. The first pump would be filled in 12 hours, the second pump in 15 hours. If all three pumps were running at the same time, it would fill the pool for 4 hours. How long would the pool fill only with the third pump?
  • Diagonals of the rhombus
    kosostvorec_3 How long are the diagonals e, f in the diamond, if its side is 5 cm long and its area is 20 cm2?
  • Isosceles trapezium
    rr_lichobeznik_2 Calculate the area of an isosceles trapezium ABCD if a = 10cm, b = 5cm, c = 4cm.
  • Cylinder height
    cylinder_9 Calculate the height of the cylinder and its surface is 2500 dm2 and the bases have a diameter 5dm.
  • Boats
    ship_7 Three-quarters of boats are white, 1/7 are blue and 9 are red. How many boats do we have?
  • Hexagon in circle
    hexagon_3 Calculate the radius of a circle whose length is 10 cm greater than the circumference of a regular hexagon inscribed in this circle.
  • Symmetry by plane
    roviny Determine the coordinates of a image of point A (3, -4, -6) at a symmetry that is determined by the plane x-y-4z-13 = 0

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