Pythagorean theorem + square (second power, quadratic) - math problems

  1. Two parallel chords
    chords In a circle 70 cm in diameter, two parallel chords are drawn so that the center of the circle lies between the chords. Calculate the distance of these chords if one of them is 42 cm long and the second 56 cm.
  2. A kite
    sarkan Children have a kite on an 80m long rope, which floats above a place 25m from the place where children stand. How high is the dragon floating above the terrain?
  3. Suppose
    linear_eq Suppose you know that the length of a line segment is 15, x2=6, y2=14 and x1= -3. Find the possible value of y1. Is there more than one possible answer? Why or why not?
  4. Triangular pyramid
    triangularPyramid A regular tetrahedron is a triangular pyramid whose base and walls are identical equilateral triangles. Calculate the height of this body if the edge length is a = 8 cm
  5. Secret treasure
    max_cylinder_pyramid Scouts have a tent in the shape of a regular quadrilateral pyramid with a side of the base 4 m and a height of 3 m. Determine the radius r (and height h) of the container so that they can hide the largest possible treasure.
  6. The sides 2
    trapezium_7 The sides of a trapezoid are in the ratio 2:5:8:5. The trapezoid’s area is 245. Find the height and the perimeter of the trapezoid.
  7. Triangular pyramid
    TriangularPyramid What is the volume of a regular triangular pyramid with a side 3 cm long?
  8. Ladder
    rebrik33_4 Adam placed the ladder of the house, the upper end reaching to the window at the height of 3.6m, and the lower end standing on level ground and was distant from a wall of 1.5m. What is the length of the ladder?
  9. AP RT triangle
    right_triangle_4 The length of the sides of a right triangle form an arithmetic progression, longer leg is 24 cm long. What are the perimeter and area?
  10. Quarter circle
    quarter_circle_1 What is the radius of a circle inscribed in the quarter circle with a radius of 100 cm?
  11. Is right-angled
    rt_sqrt_2 Can a triangle with the sides of sqrt 3, sqrt 5 and sqrt 8 (√3, √5 and √8) be a right triangle?
  12. Ellipse
    elipsa Ellipse is expressed by equation 9x2 + 25y2 - 54x - 100y - 44 = 0. Find the length of primary and secondary axes, eccentricity, and coordinates of the center of the ellipse.
  13. Sum of squares
    pytagorean The sum of squares above the sides of the rectangular triangle is 900 cm2. Calculate content of square over the triangle's hypotenuse.
  14. Surface area of the top
    cylinder_4 A cylinder is three times as high as it is wide. The length of the cylinder’s diagonal is 20 cm. Find the surface area of the top of the cylinder.
  15. 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.
  16. Ladder
    rebrik_3 Ladder 10 meters long is staying against the wall so that its bottom edge is 6 meters away from the wall. What height reaches ladder?
  17. Two diagonals
    rhombus-diagonals The rhombus has a side length 12 cm and length of one diagonal 21 cm. What is the length of the second diagonal?
  18. Square
    ppyth5 Calculate the side of a square with a diagonal measurement 10 cm.
  19. Trio 2
    decide Decide whether trio of numbers is the side of a right triangle: 26,24,10.
  20. Hypotenuse
    sqrt Calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with a catheti 71 cm and 49 cm long.

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