Expression of a variable from the formula - math word problems

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  • Two diggers
    digging Two diggers should dig a ditch. If each of them worked just one-third of the time that the other digger needs, they'd dig up a 13/18 ditch together. Find the ratio of the performance of this two diggers.
  • Similarity of squares
    squares2_1 The ratio of the similarity of the squares ABCD and KLMN is 2.5. Square KLMN area is greater than area of a square ABCD with side a: ?
  • A photograph
    photo A photograph will stick to a white square letter with a x cm length. The photo is 3/4 x cm long and 20 cm wide than the width of the paper. The surface of the remaining paper surrounding the photograph is 990 cm2. Find the size of paper and photo.
  • Girls
    skola_10 The boys and girls in the class formed without the rest of the fives, 2 girls and 3 boys. There are 6 girls missing to create mixed pairs (1 boy and 1 girl). How many girls are in the classroom?
  • Two workers
    workers_20 Two workers should fulfill certain task together for 5 days. If the first worker increased their performance twice and second twice fell, it took them just four days. For how many days would handle the entire task first worker himself?
  • Prism X
    Cuboid_simple The prism with the edges of the lengths x cm, 2x cm and 3x cm has volume 20250 cm3. What is the area of surface of the prism?
  • Rotaty motion
    rotaryMotion What is the minimum speed and frequency that we need to rotate with water can in a vertical plane along a circle with a radius of 70 cm to prevent water from spilling?
  • Two masters
    ucitelia_komplet The two masters will make as many parts as five apprentices at the same time. An eight-hour shift begins at 6 o'clock. When can a master finish the job to produce just as much as an apprentice for the whole shift?
  • Twelve
    stromy_9 Twelve students work on a week forestry brigade. One hundred spruces will receive x CZK, one hundred pine y CZK. How many receive each one students did in one day if they planted a total of 25,000 spruces per week and 30,000 pine trees? Express by express
  • Quadrilateral pyramid
    jehlan_4b_obdelnik Calculate the surface of a quadrilateral pyramid, which has a rectangular base with dimensions a = 8 cm, b = 6 cm and height H = 10 cm.
  • The prison ball
    prisonBall Calculate the density of the material that the prison ball is made from if you know its diameter is 15cm and its weight is approximately 2.3kg. With the help of mathematical-physicochemical tables estimate what material the ball is made from.
  • Minimum surface
    cuboid_20 Find the length, breadth, and height of the cuboid shaped box with a minimum surface area, into which 50 cuboid shaped blocks, each with length, breadth and height equal to 4 cm, 3 cm and 2 cm respectively can be packed.
  • Cuboid walls
    cuboid_9 Calculate the volume of the cuboid if its different walls have area of 195cm², 135cm² and 117cm².
  • Pumps
    water_pump Pump that draws water at velocity 3.5 liters per second water from a construction trench take 35 minutes. a) Find out how many minutes the water would run out of the trench pump that draws 7.4 liters of water per second. b) What is the pumping velocity w
  • Two annuluses
    medzikruzie_2 The area of the annular circle formed by two circles with a common center is 100 cm2. The radius of the outer circle is equal to twice the radius of the inner circle. Determine the outside circle radius in centimeters.
  • Tree shadow
    tree2_1 Tree perpendicular to the horizontal surface has a shadow 8.32 meters long. At the same time meter rod perpendicular to the horizontal surface has shadow 64 cm long. How tall is tree?
  • Cone from cube
    cones The largest possible cone was turned from a 20 cm high wooden cube. Calculate its weight if you know that the density of wood was 850 kg/m3
  • Rectangle field
    land The field has a shape of a rectangle having a length of 119 m and a width of 19 m. , How many meters have to shorten its length and increase its width to maintain its area and circumference increased by 24 m?
  • Ditch
    lichob_2_1 Ditch profile is an isosceles trapezoid with bases of length 80m and 60m. The slope of the side wall of the ditch is 80°. Calculate the ditch depth.
  • MO SK/CZ Z9–I–3
    ball_floating_water John had the ball that rolled into the pool and it swam in the water. Its highest point was 2 cm above the surface. Diameter of circle that marked the water level on the surface of the ball was 8 cm. Determine the diameter of John ball.

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