The Law of Sines - math word problems

  1. 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.
  2. Observer
    ohrada The observer sees straight fence 100 m long in 30° view angle. From one end of the fence is 153 m. How far is it from the another end of the fence?
  3. Laws
    pyt_triangle From which law follows directly the validity of Pythagoras' theorem in the right triangle? ?
  4. Angles and sides of the triangle
    trig Triangle ABC has a circumference of 26 cm. Lengths of the sides are as follows: a = 11.2 cm; b = 6.5 cm. Arrange the interior angles in order of its size. ?
  5. Area and two angles
    trig_1 Calculate the size of all sides and internal angles of a triangle ABC, if it is given by area S = 501.9; and two internal angles α = 15°28' and β = 45°.
  6. Rhomboid
    triangle-ssa The dimensions of the rhomboid sides are a= 5cm, b = 6 cm and the size of the angle at the vertex A is 60°. What is the length of side AC?
  7. Diamond diagonals
    kosostvorec_9 Calculate the diamond's diagonal lengths if its content is 156 cm2 and the side length is 13 cm.
  8. Two triangles SSA
    ssa Two triangles can be formed with the given information. Use the Law of Sines to solve the triangles. A = 59°, a = 13, b = 14
  9. Water channel
    trapezium_prism_2 The cross section of the water channel is a trapezoid. The width of the bottom is 19.7 m, the water surface width is 28.5 m, the side walls have a slope of 67°30' and 61°15'. Calculate how much water flows through the channel in 5 minutes if the water flow
  10. Inner angles
    triangle_1111 The inner angles of the triangle are 30°, 45° and 105° and its longest side is 10 cm. Calculate the length of the shortest side, write the result in cm up to two decimal places.
  11. ABCD
    trig_1 AC= 40cm , angle DAB=38 , angle DCB=58 , angle DBC=90 , DB is perpendicular on AC , find BD and AD
  12. Largest angle of the triangle
    obtuse_triangle Calculate the largest angle of the triangle whose sides have the sizes: 2a, 3/2a, 3a
  13. Children playground
    lich_5 The playground has the shape of a trapezoid, the parallel sides have a length of 36 m and 21 m, the remaining two sides are 14 m long and 16 m long. Determine the size of the inner trapezoid angles.
  14. The mast
    geodet_1 The top of the pole we see at an angle of 45°. If we approach the pole by 10 m, we see the top of the pole at an angle of 60°. What is the height of the pole?
  15. 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.
  16. SSA and geometry
    ssu_veta The distance between the points P and Q was 356 m measured in the terrain. The PQ line can be seen from the viewer at a viewing angle of 107° 22 '. The observer's distance from P is 271 m. Determine the viewing angle of P and observer.

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