The Law of Cosines - math problems

Number of problems found: 40

  • Calculate triangle
    triangle_vysky In the triangle ABC, calculate the sizes of all heights, angles, perimeters and its area, if given a-40cm, b-57cm, c-59cm
  • Triangle's centroid
    triangles In the triangle ABC the given lengths of its medians tc = 9, ta = 6. Let T be the intersection of the medians (triangle's centroid) and point is S the center of the side BC. The magnitude of the CTS angle is 60°. Calculate the length of the BC side to 2 d
  • Aircraft bearing
    aircraft-02 Two aircraft will depart from the airport at the same time, the first with a course of 30° and the second with a course of 86°. Both fly at 330 km/h. How far apart will they be in 45 minutes of flight?
  • Space vectors 3D
    vectors The vectors u = (1; 3; -4), v = (0; 1; 1) are given. Find the size of these vectors, calculate the angle of the vectors, the distance between the vectors.
  • Mass point
    forces Two equal forces of 30 Newtons act on a mass point. Find the magnitude of the resultant force if these forces form an angle of 42°.
  • Distance of points
    jehlan_4b_obdelnik A regular quadrilateral pyramid ABCDV is given, in which edge AB = a = 4 cm and height v = 8 cm. Let S be the center of the CV. Find the distance of points A and S.
  • 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°.
  • 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.
  • Viewing angle
    zorny The observer sees a straight fence 60 m long at a viewing angle of 30°. It is 102 m away from one end of the enclosure. How far is the observer from the other end of the enclosure?
  • Triangle from median
    triangles Calculate the perimeter, content, and magnitudes of the triangle ABC's remaining angles, given: a = 8.4; β = 105° 35 '; and median ta = 12.5.
  • The angle of view
    pole Determine the angle of view at which the observer sees a rod 16 m long when it is 18 m from one end and 27 m from the other.
  • Two groves
    hajovna Two groves A, B are separated by a forest, both are visible from the hunting grove C, which is connected to both by direct roads. What will be the length of the projected road from A to B, if AC = 5004 m, BC = 2600 m and angle ABC = 53° 45 ’?
  • The spacecraft
    Sputnik The spacecraft spotted a radar device at altitude angle alpha = 34 degrees 37 minutes and had a distance of u = 615km from Earth's observation point. Calculate the distance d of the spacecraft from Earth at the moment of observation. Earth is considered a
  • Circular railway
    described_circle2 The railway connects in a circular arc the points A, B, and C, whose distances are | AB | = 30 km, AC = 95 km, BC | = 70 km. How long will the track from A to C?
  • A rhombus
    rhombus-diagonals2 A rhombus has sides of length 10 cm, and the angle between two adjacent sides is 76 degrees. Find the length of the longer diagonal of the rhombus.
  • Parallelogram
    Parallelogram The sides of the parallelogram are 8 cm and 6 cm long and the angle of the diagonals is 60°. What is its area?
  • Children playground
    lich The playground has a trapezoid shape, and the parallel sides have a length of 36 m and 21 m. The remaining two sides are 14 m long and 16 m long. Find the size of the inner trapezoid angles.
  • Calculate 2
    t_sss Calculate the largest angle of the triangle whose side are 5.2cm, 3.6cm, and 2.1cm
  • The pond
    rybnik We can see the pond at an angle 65°37'. Its end points are 155 m and 177 m away from the observer. What is the width of the pond?
  • Largest angle of the triangle
    obtuse_triangle Calculate the largest angle of the triangle whose sides have the sizes: 2a, 3/2a, 3a

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