Right triangle - math word problems

  1. One side
    angle_incline One side is 36 long with a 15° incline. What is the height at the end of that side?
  2. Annular area
    medzikrucie2 The square with side a = 1 is inscribed and circumscribed by circles. Find the annular area.
  3. Lateral surface area
    kuzel2 The ratio of the area of the base of the rotary cone to its lateral surface area is 3: 5. Calculate the surface and volume of the cone, if its height v = 4 cm.
  4. Cincinnati
    Cincinnati A map is placed on a coordinate grid. Cincinnati located at (5,4) and San Diego is located at (-10, -3). How far apart is Cincinnati from San Diego on the map? Round to the nearest tenth.
  5. Two boats
    ship_1 Two boats are located from a height of 150m above the surface of the lake at depth angles of 57° and 39°. Find the distance of both boats if the sighting device and both ships are in a plane perpendicular to the surface of the lake.
  6. A kite
    kite2 ABCD is a kite. Angle OBC = 20° and angle OCD = 35°. O is the intersection of diagonals. Find angle ABC, angle ADC and angle BAD.
  7. Area of a rectangle
    rectangle Calculate the area of a rectangle with a diagonal of u = 12.5cm and a width of b = 3.5cm. Use the Pythagorean theorem.
  8. The tractor
    tractor The tractor sows an average of 1.5 ha per hour. In how many hours does it sows a rectangular trapezoid field with the bases of 635m and 554m and a longer arm 207m?
  9. The Eiffel Tower
    Eiffel-Tower-Paris The top of the Eiffel Tower is seen from a distance of 600 meters at an angle of 30 degrees. Find the tower height.
  10. The ladder
    rebrik The ladder has a length of 3 m and is leaning against the wall, and its inclination to the wall is 45°. How high does it reach?
  11. The cable car
    lanovka The cable car has a length of 3,5 kilometers and an angle of climb of 30 degrees. What is the altitude difference between Upper and Lower Station?
  12. Company logo
    circle_square_insribed The company logo consists of a blue circle with a radius of 4 cm, which is an inscribed white square. What is the area of the blue part of the logo?
  13. Base of prism
    hranol3b The base of the perpendicular prism is a rectangular triangle whose legs length are at a 3: 4 ratio. The height of the prism is 2cm smaller than the larger base leg. Determine the volume of the prism if its surface is 468 cm2.
  14. Depth angles
    hrad At the top of the mountain stands a castle, which has a tower 30 meters high. We see the crossroad in the valley from the top of the tower and heel at depth angles of 32° 50 'and 30° 10'. How high is the top of the mountain above the crossroad
  15. Chauncey
    right_triangle Chauncey is building a storage bench for his son’s playroom. The storage bench will fit into the corner and against two walls to form a triangle. Chanuncy wants to buy a triangular shaped cover for the bench. If the storage bench is 2 1/2 ft. Along one w
  16. Touch x-axis
    touch_circle Find the equations of circles that pass through points A (-2; 4) and B (0; 2) and touch the x-axis.

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