Ratio + expression of a variable from formula - math problems

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  1. Rectangular cuboid
    cuboid_1 The rectangular cuboid has a surface area 5334 cm2, its dimensions are in the ratio 2:4:5. Find the volume of this rectangular cuboid.
  2. Right triangle
    righttriangle Legs of right are in ratio a:b = 2:8. Hypotenuse has a length of 87 cm. Calculate the perimeter and area of the triangle.
  3. ISO triangle
    rr Calculate the area of an isosceles triangle KLM if the length of its sides are in the ratio k:l:m = 4:4:3 and has perimeter 377 mm.
  4. Cone and the ratio
    kuzel Rotational cone has a height 23 cm and the ratio of the base surface to lateral surface is 7: 9. Calculate a surface of the base and the lateral surface.
  5. 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 wo
  6. Rectangle
    obdelnik_1 The length of the rectangle are in the ratio 5:12 and the circumference is 238 cm. Calculate the length of the diagonal and area of rectangle.
  7. Trapezoid
    hexphitri Area of trapezoid is 135 cm2. Sides a, c and height h are in a ratio 6:4:3. How long are a,c and h? Make calculation...
  8. RT and ratio
    triangles A right triangle whose legs are in a ratio 6:12 has hypotenuse 68 m long. How long are its legs?
  9. Isosceles triangle
    pomer_triangle The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 112 cm. The length of the arm to the length of the base is at ratio 5:6. Find the triangle area.
  10. 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: ?
  11. 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?
  12. Painting rooms
    palma_1 If Dano paint three hours daily given work he complete in 7.5 days. How many hours a day would have to work to finish the job 1.5 days earlier?
  13. Rhombus and diagonals
    kosostvorec_2 The a rhombus area is 150 cm2 and the ratio of the diagonals is 3:4. Calculate the length of its height.
  14. Divide money 2
    penize_42 Ben and Dan had the same amount of money at the start. When Ben gave 300 to Dan, the ratio of Ben 's money to Dan's money became 2:3. How much money did each have at first?
  15. Isosceles trapezoid
    lichobeznik_5 Calculate the content of an isosceles trapezoid whose bases are at ratio 5:3, the arm is 6cm long and it is 4cm high.
  16. Brigade
    smrek_1 On a weekly forest brigade operates 12 students. After plant one hundred spruces get x CZK, anfter one hundred pines y CZK. How many CZK got one student for one day if planted spruces 25000 and 30000 pines week?
  17. Prism bases
    hranoly Volume perpendicular quadrilateral prism is 360 cm3. The edges of the base and height of the prism are in the ratio 5:4:2 Determine the area of the base and walls of the prism.
  18. Rectangle
    rectangles_8 Perimeter of rectangle is 48 cm. Calculate its dimensions if they are in the ratio 5:3 (width:height)
  19. Rectangle 3-4-5
    diagonal_rectangle_1 The sides of the rectangle are in a ratio of 3:4. The length of the rectangle diagonal is 20 cm. Calculate the content of the rectangle.
  20. Cuboid - edges
    kvader_abc The cuboid has dimensions in ratio 4: 3: 5, the shortest edge is 12 cm long. Find: (A) the lengths of the remaining edges, (B) the surface of the cuboid, (C) the volume of the cuboid

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