Square root + Pythagorean theorem - math problems

Number of problems found: 126

  • Ladder
    rebrik How long is a ladder that touches on a wall 4 meters high and its lower part is 3 meters away from the wall?
  • Trip with compass
    compass2 During the trip, Peter went 5 km straight north from the cottage, then 12 km west and finally returned straight to the cottage. How many kilometers did Peter cover during the whole trip?
  • Height of pyramid
    ihlan The pyramid ABCDV has edge lengths: AB = 4, AV = 7. What is its height?
  • Two parallel chords
    chords In a circle 70 cm in diameter, two parallel chords are drawn so that the center of the circle lies between the chords. Calculate the distance of these chords if one of them is 42 cm long and the second 56 cm.
  • Concentric circles and chord
    tetiva2 In a circle with a diameter d = 10 cm, a chord with a length of 6 cm is constructed. What radius have the concentric circle while touch this chord?
  • A kite
    sarkan Children have a kite on an 80m long rope, which floats above a place 25m from the place where children stand. How high is the dragon floating above the terrain?
  • Suppose
    linear_eq Suppose you know that the length of a line segment is 15, x2=6, y2=14 and x1= -3. Find the possible value of y1. Is there more than one possible answer? Why or why not?
  • Triangular pyramid
    triangularPyramid A regular tetrahedron is a triangular pyramid whose base and walls are identical equilateral triangles. Calculate the height of this body if the edge length is a = 8 cm
  • Secret treasure
    max_cylinder_pyramid Scouts have a tent in the shape of a regular quadrilateral pyramid with a side of the base 4 m and a height of 3 m. Determine the radius r (and height h) of the container so that they can hide the largest possible treasure.
  • The sides 2
    trapezium_7 The sides of a trapezoid are in the ratio 2:5:8:5. The trapezoid’s area is 245. Find the height and the perimeter of the trapezoid.
  • Find parameters
    circle_axes_1 Find parameters of the circle in the plane - coordinates of center and radius: ?
  • 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.
  • Triangular pyramid
    TriangularPyramid What is the volume of a regular triangular pyramid with a side 3 cm long?
  • Cube diagonals
    cube_diagonals_4 Calculate the length of the side and the diagonals of the cube with a volume of 27 cm3.
  • Ladder
    rebrik33_4 Adam placed the ladder of the house, the upper end reaching to the window at the height of 3.6m, and the lower end standing on level ground and was distant from a wall of 1.5m. What is the length of the ladder?
  • Quarter circle
    quarter_circle_1 What is the radius of a circle inscribed in the quarter circle with a radius of 100 cm?
  • Two people
    crossing Two straight lines cross at right angles. Two people start simultaneously at the point of intersection. John walking at the rate of 4 kph in one road, Jenelyn walking at the rate of 8 kph on the other road. How long will it take for them to be 20√5 km apa
  • Is right-angled
    rt_sqrt_2 Can a triangle with the sides of sqrt 3, sqrt 5 and sqrt 8 (√3, √5 and √8) be a right triangle?
  • ABCD square
    s1 In the ABCD square, the X point lies on the diagonal AC. The length of the XC is three times the length of the AX segment. Point S is the center of the AB side. The length of the AB side is 1 cm. What is the length of the XS segment?
  • The ladder
    rebrik33_1 The ladder is 10 m long The ladder is 8 m high How many meters is the distant heel from the wall?

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