Ratio + expression of a variable from the formula - math problems

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Number of problems found: 107

  • Ratio of volumes
    cylinder If the heights of two cylindrical drums are in the ratio 7:8 and their base radii are in the ratio 4:3. What is the ratio of their volumes?
  • The dough
    cesto The dough contains water, flour, and sugar. Water and flour in a ratio of 2: 3, flour, and sugar in a ratio of 2: 1. Determine the ratio of all three components of the dough.
  • The angles ratio
    123_triangle The angles in the ABC triangle are in the ratio 1: 2: 3. find the sizes of the angles and determine what kind of a triangle it is.
  • The aspect ratio
    triangles The aspect ratio of the rectangular triangle is 13: 12: 5. Calculate the internal angles of the triangle.
  • 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?
  • Cuboid - ratio
    cuboid_3colors Find the volume of a block whose dimensions are in the ratio 2: 3: 4 and the surface is 117 dm2.
  • Ratio iso triangle
    iso_triangle_2 The ratio of the sides of an isosceles triangle is 7:6:7 Find the base angle to the nearest answer correct to 3 significant figure.
  • Table
    stol The circumference of the rectangle table is 420 cm. Length to width ratio is 5:2 . Calculate table dimensions and dimensions reduced in the ratio 3:5
  • Age of family
    age The age of father and son is in the ratio 10: 3. The age of the father and daughter is in ratio 5: 2. How old are a father and a son if the daughter is 20?
  • Cuboid and ratio
    cuboid_2 Find the dimensions of a cuboid having a volume of 810 cm3 if the lengths of its edges coming from the same vertex are in ratio 2: 3: 5
  • Ratio of sides
    trojuholnik_5 The triangle has a circumference of 21 cm and the length of its sides is in a ratio of 6: 5: 3. Find the length of the longest side of the triangle in cm.
  • Interior angles
    triangles_1 Calculate the interior angles of a triangle that are in the ratio 2: 3: 4.
  • Right triangle - ratio
    rt_triangle The lengths of the legs of the right triangle ABC are in ratio b = 2: 3. The hypotenuse is 10 cm long. Calculate the lengths of the legs of that triangle.
  • Cuboid and ratio
    kvader Cuboid has dimensions in ratio 1:2:6 and the surface area of the cuboid is 1000 dm2. Calculate the volume of the cuboid.
  • Unknown number 5
    hyperbola_2 Daniel think an integer. When he change this number at a ratio of 2:5 he got number 2.8. Determine what number think Daniel.
  • In a
    triangles_1 In a triangle, the aspect ratio a: c is 3: 2 and a: b is 5: 4. The perimeter of the triangle is 74cm. Calculate the lengths of the individual sides.
  • Trapezoid - central median
    lichobeznik-stredni_pricka The central median divides the trapezoid into two smaller trapezoids. Determines the ratio of their contents.
  • Sides ratio
    triangle3_1 Calculate the circumference of a triangle with area 84 cm2 if a:b:c = 10:17:21
  • Triangle perimeter
    triangle_vysky_3 Calculate the triangle perimeter whose sides are in ratio 3: 5: 7 and the longest side is 17.5 cm long.
  • Rectangle
    rectangles_8 Perimeter of rectangle is 48 cm. Calculate its dimensions if they are in the ratio 5:3 (width:height)

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