Geometry - math word problems

  1. Sides od triangle
    podobnost Sides of the triangle ABC has length 4 cm, 5 cm and 7 cm. Construct triangle A'B'C' that are similar to triangle ABC which has a circumference of 12 cm.
  2. Line
    skew_lines It is true that the lines that do not intersect are parallel?
  3. Quadrilateral 2
    quadrilateral Show that the quadrilateral with vertices P1(0,1), P2(4,2) P3(3,6) P4(-5,4) has two right triangles.
  4. Vector - basic operations
    vectors_1 There are given points A [-9; -2] B [2; 16] C [16; -2] and D [12; 18] a. Determine the coordinates of the vectors u=AB v=CD s=DB b. Calculate the sum of the vectors u + v c. Calculate difference of vectors u-v d. Determine the coordinates of the vector w.
  5. Bearing
    compass A plane flew 50 km on a bearing 63°20' and the flew on a bearing 153°20' for 140km. Find the distance between the starting point and the ending point.
  6. Line
    line Can we construct a line segment, if we know: center
  7. Scalar dot product
    dot_product Calculate u.v if |u| = 5, |v| = 2 and when angle between the vectors u, v is: a) 60° b) 45° c) 120°
  8. Chors centers
    p475_circle_tangent The circle with a diameter 17 cm, upper chord /CD/ = 10.2 cm and bottom chord /EF/ = 7.5 cm. The midpoints of the chords H, G is that /EH/ = 1/2 /EF/ and /CG/ = 1/2 /CD/. Determine the distance between the G and H, if CD II EF (parallel).
  9. Medians and sides
    3angle Determine the size of a triangle KLM and the size of the medians in the triangle. K=(-5; -6), L=(7; -2), M=(5; 6).
  10. Medians and sides
    taznice3 Triangle ABC in the plane Oxy; are the coordinates of the points: A = 2.7 B = -4.3 C-6-1 Try calculate lengths of all medians and all sides.
  11. V-belt
    remenice-a-remen1 Calculate a length of the V-belt when the diameter of the pulleys is: D1 = 600 mm D2 = 120 mm d = 480 mm
  12. Lines
    lines_4 How many lines can be draw with 8 points, if three points lie on one line and the other any three points do not lie on the same line?
  13. Mirror
    mirror How far must Paul place a mirror to see the top of the tower 12 m high? The height of Paul's eyes above the horizontal plane is 160 cm and Paul is from the tower distant 20 m.
  14. Rhombus EFGH
    kosostvorec_10 Construct the rhombus EFGH where e = 6.7cm, height to side h: vh = 5cm
  15. Sides ratio
    triangle3_1 Calculate the circumference of a triangle with area 84 cm2 if a:b:c = 10:17:21
  16. Points on circle
    coordinates_circle In the Cartesian coordinate system with the origin O is a sketched circle k /O; r=2 cm/. Write all the points that lie on a circle k and whose coordinates are integers. Write all the points that lie on the circle I / O; r=5 cm / and whose coordinates are i
  17. Ballistic curve
    sikmyvrh The ballistic grenade was fired at a 45° angle. The first half ascended, the second fall. How far and how far it reached if his average speed was 1200km/h, and 12s took from the shot to impact.
  18. Circle from string
    motuz Martin has a long 628 mm string . He makes circle from it. Calculate the radius of the circle.
  19. Straight lines
    kruh.JPG Draw two lines c, d so that c || d. On line c mark points A, B, from point A start perpendicular to line c, from point B perpendicular to line c.
  20. 2d shape
    semicircles_rect Calculate the content of a shape in which an arbitrary point is not more than 3 cm from the segment AB. The length of the segment AB is 5 cm.

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