Sine + triangle - math problems

Number of problems found: 120

  • Pentadecagon
    220px-Regular_polygon_15_annotated.svg Calculate the content of a regular 15-sides polygon inscribed in a circle with radius r = 4. Express the result to two decimal places.
  • Parallelogram
    rovnobeznik_1 Find the perimeter of the parallelogram, where base a = 8 cm, height v = 3 cm, and angle alpha = 35° is the magnitude of the angle at vertex A.
  • Telegraph poles
    pole The bases of two adjacent telegraph poles have a height difference of 10.5 m. How long do the wires connect the two poles if the slope is 39° 30´?
  • Steps
    steps_1 Find the height between the two floors if you know that the number of steps between the two floors is 18, the gradient is 30º and the length of the step is 28.6 cm. Report the result in centimeters to the nearest centimeter.
  • The right triangle
    rt_triangle_1 In the right triangle ABC with right angle at C we know the side lengths AC = 9 cm and BC = 7 cm. Calculate the length of the remaining side of the triangle and the size of all angles.
  • Power line pole
    pole From point A, the power line pole is seen at an angle of 18 degrees. From point B to which we get when going from point A 30m away from the column at an angle of 10 degrees. Find the height of the power pole.
  • Sailboat
    Plachetnice The 20 m long sailboat has an 8 m high mast in the middle of the deck. The top of the mast is fixed to the bow and stern with a steel cable. Determine how much cable is needed to secure the mast and what angle the cable will make with the ship's deck.
  • Right triangle
    rebrik_7 Ladder 16 feet reaches up 14 feet on a house wall. The 90-degree angle at the base of the house and wall. What are the other two angles or the length of the leg of the yard?
  • Mast shadow
    horizons Mast has 13 m long shadow on a slope rising from the mast foot in the direction of the shadow angle at angle 15°. Determine the height of the mast, if the sun above the horizon is at angle 33°. Use the law of sines.
  • Diagonals of the rhombus
    kosostvorec_3 How long are the diagonals e, f in the diamond, if its side is 5 cm long and its area is 20 cm2?
  • Isosceles triangle
    rr_triangle2_1 Calculate the size of the interior angles and the length of the base of the isosceles triangle if the length of the arm is 17 cm and the height to the base is 12 cm.
  • Triangle in a square
    stvorec In a square ABCD with side a = 6 cm, point E is the center of side AB and point F is the center of side BC. Calculate the size of all angles of the triangle DEF and the lengths of its sides.
  • Quadrilateral oblique prism
    kosyHranol What is the volume of a quadrilateral oblique prism with base edges of length a = 1m, b = 1.1m, c = 1.2m, d = 0.7m, if a side edge of length h = 3.9m has a deviation from the base of 20° 35 ´ and the edges a, b form an angle of 50.5°.
  • The hemisphere
    naklon_koule The hemisphere container is filled with water. What is the radius of the container when 10 liters of water pour from it when tilted 30 degrees?
  • Road
    12perctent The angle of a straight road is approximately 12 degrees. Determine the percentage of this road.
  • The cable car
    lanovka The cable car is 2610 m long and rises at an angle of 35°. Calculate the height difference between the lower and upper station of the cable car.
  • Forces
    vectors_4 Forces with magnitudes F1 = 42N and F2 = 35N act at a common point and make an angle of 77°12'. How big is their resultant?
  • The mast
    octagon A 40 m high mast is secured in half by eight ropes of 25 m long. The ends of the ropes are equidistant from each other. Calculate this distance.
  • Cablecar
    petrin_draha Funicular on Petrin (Prague) was 408 meters long and overcomes the difference 106 meters in altitude. Calculate the angle of climb.
  • Two chords
    ssa From the point on the circle with a diameter of 8 cm, two identical chords are led, which form an angle of 60°. Calculate the length of these chords.

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