Expression of a variable from the formula - math word problems

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  • Young mathematician
    age_1 One young mathematician was bored again. He found that the average age of people in the room where the seminar is equal to its count. Then his 29-year-old brother entered this room. Even then, the average age of all present was the same as the count of pe
  • Right triangle eq2
    rt_2 Hypotenuse of a right triangle is 9 cm longer than one leg and 8 cm longer than the second leg. Determine the circumference and area of a triangle.
  • MO-Z5-3-66 tiles
    stvorce The picture shows a square tiles with side 10 dm which is composed of four identical small rectangles and squares. Circumference of small square is five times smaller than the circumference of the entire tile. Determine the dimensions of the rectangle.
  • Cube diagonals
    krychlicka_1 Determine the volume and surface area of the cube if you know the length of the body diagonal u = 216 cm.
  • Height of the cuboid
    diagonal_rectangular_prism Cuboid with a rectangular base, measuring 3 cm and 4 cm diagonal has a body 13 centimeters long. What is the height of the cuboid?
  • A cell tower
    tower A cell tower is located at coordinates (-5, -7) and has a circular range of 12 units. If Mr. XYZ is located at coordinates (4,5), will he be able to get a signal?
  • Faces diagonals
    cuboid_1 If the diagonals of a cuboid are x, y, and z (wall diagonals or three faces) respectively than find the volume of a cuboid. Solve for x=1.3, y=1, z=1.2
  • Evening shift
    workers_43 While working the evening shift, Officer K took 8 hours to complete a task at his work station and Officer M took 10 hours to complete the same task at his work station. How many hours would it take Officer K and Officer M to complete the same task workin
  • Cone side
    kuzel3 Calculate the volume and area of the cone whose height is 10 cm and the axial section of the cone has an angle of 30 degrees between height and the cone side.
  • Two patches
    krizik Peter taped the wound with two rectangular patches (one over the other to form the letter X). The area sealed with both patches at the same time had a content of 40cm2 and a circumference of 30cm. One of the patches was 8cm wide. What was the width of t
  • Two chords
    tetivy Calculate the length of chord AB and perpendicular chord BC to circle if AB is 4 cm from the center of the circle and BC 8 cm from the center of the circle.
  • Angle of deviation
    kuzel2_1 The surface of the rotating cone is 30 cm2 (with circle base), its surface area is 20 cm2. Calculate the deviation of the side of this cone from the plane of the base.
  • Children playground
    lich_5 The playground has the shape of a trapezoid, the parallel sides have a length of 36 m and 21 m, the remaining two sides are 14 m long and 16 m long. Determine the size of the inner trapezoid angles.
  • Bottle
    cylinder_11 A company wants to produce a bottle whose capacity is 1.25 liters. Find the dimensions of a cylinder that will be required to produce this 1.25litres if the hight of the cylinder must be 5 times the radius.
  • Mortage hypo loan
    hypo The Jonáš family decided to buy an older apartment, which cost EUR 30,000. They found EUR 17,000 and took the loan with the bank for the remaining amount. What interest did they receive if they repay this amount for 15 years at EUR 120 per month?
  • Circular railway
    described_circle2 The railway is to interconnect in a circular arc the points A, B, and C, whose distances are | AB | = 30 km, AC = 95 km, BC | = 70 km. How long will the track from A to C?
  • Equation of circle 2
    circle_axes Find the equation of a circle which touches the axis of y at a distance 4 from the origin and cuts off an intercept of length 6 on the axis x.
  • Octagonal pyramid
    octagonl_pyramid2 Find the volume of a regular octagonal pyramid with height v = 100 and the angle of the side edge with the plane of the base is α = 60°.
  • Lampshade
    kuzel_2 The cone-shaped lampshade has a diameter of 30 cm and a height of 10 cm. How many cm2 of material will we need when we 10% is waste?
  • Horses playground
    kone_dzokej The fence for the horses has the shape of a rectangular trapezoid with an area of 400 m2, the base lengths should be 31 m and 19 m. How many meters of boards will they need to fence it if the boards are stacked in 5 rows?

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