Right triangle - math word problems

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  • Median
    1taznice_rt In the right triangle are sides a=41 dm b=42 dm. Calculate the length of the medians tc to the hypotenuse.
  • Short cut
    direct_route Imagine that you are going to the friend. That path has a length 120 meters. Then turn doprava and go another 630 meters and you are at a friend's. The question is how much the journey will be shorter if you go direct across the field?
  • River
    river From the observatory 11 m high and 24 m from the river bank, river width appears in the visual angle φ = 13°. Calculate width of the river.
  • n-gon II
    x-gon_1 What is the side length of the regular 5-gon circumscribed circle of radius 11 cm?
  • Cut and cone
    kuzel Calculate the volume of the rotation cone which lateral surface is circle arc with radius 15 cm and central angle 63 degrees.
  • Rectangle
    rectangle_ABCD In rectangle ABCD with sides |AB|=19, |AD|=16 is from point A guided perpendicular to the diagonal BD, which intersects at point P. Determine the ratio ?.
  • ISO trapezium
    trapezium_2 Calculate area of isosceles trapezoid with base 95 long, leg 27 long and with the angle between the base and leg 70 degrees.
  • 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.
  • Octagon
    8gon We have a square with side 84 cm. We cut the corners to make his octagon. What will be the side of the octagon?
  • Trapezoid MO
    right_trapezium The rectangular trapezoid ABCD with right angle at point B, |AC| = 12, |CD| = 8, diagonals are perpendicular to each other. Calculate the perimeter and area of ​​the trapezoid.
  • Rotary cone
    cone_3 The volume of the rotation of the cone is 472 cm3 and angle between the side of the cone and base angle is 70°. Calculate lateral surface area of this cone.
  • Base
    triangle_2 Compute base of an isosceles triangle, with the arm a=20 cm and a height above the base h=10 cm.
  • Movement
    peleton From the crossing of two perpendicular roads started two cyclists (each at different road). One runs at average speed 28 km/h, the second at average speed 24 km/h. Determine the distance between them after 45 minutes cycling.
  • Square diagonal
    square_diagonal Calculate the length of diagonal of the square with side a = 23 cm.
  • Cone A2V
    popcorn Surface of cone in the plane is a circular arc with central angle of 126° and area 415 cm2. Calculate the volume of a cone.
  • Square2
    square_2 Side of the square is a = 6.2 cm, how long is its diagonal?
  • Map - climb
    Lanovka_na_skalnate_pleso On the map of High Tatras in scale 1:11000 are cable car stations in the Tatranska Lomnica and in the Skalnate Pleso with distance 354.6 mm. Altitude of this stations are 949 m and 1760 m. What is average angle of climb of this cable car track?
  • Building
    Taipei_101 How high is the building that throws horizontal shadow 95.4 m long at angle 50°?
  • Canopy
    cone-roof Mr Peter has metal roof cone shape with a height of 127 cm and radius 130 cm over well. He needs paint the roof with anticorrosion. How many kg of color must he buy if the manufacturer specifies the consumption of 1 kg to 3.3 m2?
  • Infinity
    circles-and-squares In a square with side 18 is inscribed circle, in circle is inscribed next square, again circle and so on to infinity. Calculate the sum of area of all these squares.

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