Right triangle - math word problems

  1. Thunderstorm
    blesk The height of the pole before the storm is 10 m. After a storm when they come to check it they see that on the ground from the pole blows part of the column. Distance from the pole is 3 meters. At how high was the pole broken? (In fact, a rectangular tria
  2. Hexagon ABCDEF
    hexagon_2 In the regular hexagon ABCDEF, the diagonal AE has a length 8cm. Calculate the circumference and the hexagon area.
  3. Regular quadrangular pyramid
    ihlan The height of the regular quadrangular pyramid is 6 cm, the length of the base is 4 cm. What is the angle between the ABV and BCV planes?
  4. A cylinder
    string A cylinder 108 cm high has a circumference of 24 cm. A string makes exactly 6 complete turns around the cylinder while its two ends touch the cylinder's top and bottom. (forming a spiral around the cylinder). How long is the string in cm?
  5. A boy
    angles_6 A boy of height 1.7m is standing 30m away from flag staff on the same level ground . He observes that the angle of deviation of the top of flag staff is 30 degree. Calculate the height of flag staff.
  6. Diamond diagonals
    kosostvorec Calculate the diamonds' diagonals lengths if the diamond area is 156 cm square and the side length is 13 cm.
  7. Shadow of tree
    stromcek_3 Miro stands under a tree and watching its shadow and shadow of the tree. Miro is 180 cm tall and its shade is 1.5 m long. The shadow of the tree is three times as long as Miro's shadow. How tall is the tree in meters?
  8. Right angled triangle 3
    right_triangle_3 Side b = 1.5, hypotenuse angle A = 70 degrees, Angle B = 20 degrees. Find its unknown sides length.
  9. Surface area 6
    prism3s Find the surface area of a prism whose bases are right triangles with sides of length 3, 4, and 5 inches and a height of 8 inches. Include a sketch
  10. Cube cut
    rezy The cube ABCDA'B'C'D ' has an edge of 12cm. Calculate the area of diagonal cut B DD'B '.
  11. Body diagonal - cube
    cube_shield Calculate the surface and cube volume with body diagonal 15 cm long.
  12. Roof cover
    jehlan_4b_obdelnik Above the pavilion with a square ground plan with a side length of a = 12 m is a pyramid-shaped roof with a height v = 4.5 m. Calculate how much m2 of sheet metal is needed to cover this roof if 5.5% of the sheet we must add for joints and waste.
  13. A bridge
    arc123 A bridge over a river is in the shape of the arc of a circle with each base of the bridge at the river's edge. At the center of the river, the bridge is 10 feet above the water. At 27 feet from the edge of the river, the bridge is 9 feet above the water.
  14. Calculate
    equilateral_triangle2 Calculate the length of a side of the equilateral triangle with an area of 50cm2.
  15. Equilateral triangle
    equilateral_triangle2_1 Calculate the area of an equilateral triangle with circumference 72cm.
  16. Diagonal to area
    rectangle_5 Calculate the area of a rectangle in which the length of the diagonal is 10 cm.
  17. Three points 2
    vectors_sum0 The three points A(3, 8), B(6, 2) and C(10, 2). The point D is such that the line DA is perpendicular to AB and DC is parallel to AB. Calculate the coordinates of D.
  18. Complementary angles 2
    complementary_angles Two complementary angles are (x+4) and (2x - 7) find the value of x
  19. Equilateral triangle
    vpisany_stvorec A square is inscribed into an equilateral triangle with a side of 10 cm. Calculate the length of the square side.
  20. Coordinate axes
    tr_triangle_axes Determine the area of the triangle given by line -7x+7y+63=0 and coordinate axes x and y.

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