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Troops - soldiers
Food stocks will last 20 soldiers of the 4-day training. How many days they could extend training if four soldiers become sick?
Bomber
The aircraft flies at an altitude of 4100 m above the ground at speed 777 km/h. At what horizontal distance from the point B should be release any body from the aircraft body to fall into point B? (g = 9.81 m/s²)
Ball
Ball was fired at an angle of 35° at initial velocity 437 m/s. Determine the length of the litter. (g = 9.81 m/s²).
Cars
Cars started at 7:00 AM. From point A car run at 40 km per hour, from B car run 70 km per hour. Between A and B is 250 km long road. When and where will meet (measured from point A)?
Medal
Calculate the approximate weight of the gold Olympics medal, if its diameter is 8 cm and a thickness 6 mm. The density of gold find out in the tables or on the Internet.
Motion 2
At 10 o'clock started from place A car speed at 90 km/h. 20 minutes after started from the place B at speed 60 km/h another car. Distance places A and B is 120 kilometers. What time and where they meet?
Decibel
A circuit has an input power of 58 mW. Its output power is 6 mW. What is the loss in decibels?
Cuprum
From 1600 mm long sheet of copper plate 2 mm thickness we have separated over the whole length the belt weighing 6000 g. Calculate belt width if 1 dm³ copper weighs 8.9 kg.
Digging companies
Company A would dig a pit for 12 days, company B for 15 days, company C for 20 days and the company D for 24 days. Work began together companies C and D, but after three days joined them other two companies. How long took to dig a pit?
Freight and passenger car
The truck starts at 8 pm at 30 km/h. Passenger car starts at 8 pm at 40 km/h. Passenger arrives in the destination city 1 hour and 45 min earlier. What is the distance between the city of departure and destination city?
Circle tangent
It is given to a circle with the center S and radius 3.5 cm. Distance from the center to line p is 6 cm. Construct a circle tangent n which is perpendicular to the line p.
Inflow - outflow
The tank will fill by inflow for 143 minutes and empties by outflow for 150 minutes. How long take to fill tank if it is also opened the inflow and outflow?
Floating floor
In the new building is considered a floating floor worker in each room. 30 minutes lay 9 m² of the floor. How long 3 workers laid the floor in 4 rooms with a total area of 90 m²?
Wind drift
The plane flies at 860 km/h, passing distance 3000 kilometers with the wind and once again against the wind for 6 h 59 min. What is the wind speed?
Aircrafts
Above the town hall tower flew the plane with constant speed 592 km/h and 15 minutes later the second plane at speed of 675 km/h. How long and how far from the town hall will be aircrafts caught up?
Elevator
In homes with more floor elevators are used. For passenger transport, the most commonly used traction elevator counterweight. The top of the shaft engine room with the engine. The car is suspended on a rope, which is guided up over two pulleys to the count
Nine balls
Imagine that you have exactly the same appearance nine balls of which one has a greater mass than the other. You have isosceles weights. Post a procedure as you would using a weights to discover heavier balls. How many measurements at least you have to do?
Cars motion
From point A car start at the speed of 90 km/h. Against it departs from the point B at the same time another car at 60 km/h. For how long and where they met if the distance between A and B is 180 km?
Two trains
Two trains go at each other. First at speed 40 km/h and the second at speed 60 km/h. At what distance will be 30 minutes before they will meet?
The dam
The water reservoir is filled with first tributary for 25 hours second tributary for 35 hours. Some time were both inlets open, then a second tributary closed and the tank was filled in four hours. What time water flowed from both tributaries? (Expressed i

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