Triangle - math word problems

  1. Sides of triangle
    rr_triangle2 Triangle circumference with two identical sides is 117cm. The third side measures 44cm. How many cms do you measure one of the same sides?
  2. Conical area
    cones_2 A right angled triangle has sides a=12 and b=19 in right angle. The hypotenuse is c. If the triangle rotates on the c side as axis, find the volume and surface area of conical area created by this rotation.
  3. Tangent
    tetiva33 What distance is the tangent t of the circle (S, 4 cm) and the chord of this circle, which is 6 cm long and parallel to the tangent t?
  4. Cylinder horizontally
    CylindricalSegment_1000 The cylinder with a diameter of 3 m and a height/length of 15 m is laid horizontally. Water is poured into it, reaching a height of 60 cm below the axis of the cylinder. How many hectoliters of water is in the cylinder?
  5. Parallelogram perimeter
    345 The ABC triangle with sides a = 5cm, b = 3cm, c = 40mm has the center of the sides of the K,L,M. How many cm have the KBLM parallelogram perimeter?
  6. Inscribed circle
    vpisana The circle inscribed in a triangle has a radius 3 cm. Express the area of the triangle using a, b, c.
  7. 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?
  8. MO Z9–I–2 - 2017
    trapezium_3 In the VODY trapezoid, VO is a longer base and the diagonal intersection K divides the VD line in a 3:2 ratio. The area of the KOV triangle is 13.5 cm2. Find the area of the entire trapezoid.
  9. Trapezium internal angles
    lichob_2_2 A trapezium where AB is parallel to CD, has angle A : angle D = 4 :5, angle B = 3x-15 and angle C = 4x+20. Find angle A, B, C and D.
  10. Ladder slope
    rebrik33 What is the slope of a ladder 6.2 m long and 5.12 m in height.
  11. Is right triangle
    triangle_1111_4 Decide if the triangle XYZ is rectangular: x = 4 m, y = 6 m, z = 4 m
  12. Right angled triangle 2
    vertex_triangle_right LMN is a right angled triangle with vertices at L(1,3), M(3,5) and N(6,n). Given angle LMN is 90° find n
  13. 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.
  14. ABCD
    trig_1 AC= 40cm , angle DAB=38 , angle DCB=58 , angle DBC=90 , DB is perpendicular on AC , find BD and AD
  15. Largest angle of the triangle
    triangle_1111_2 What is the largest angle of the triangle if the second angle is 10° greater than twice the first and the third is 30° smaller than the second?
  16. Triangular prism
    prism3_1 Calculate the volume and surface area of a triangular prism if it is given: a = 6.8 dm. ..Va = 4 dm. (base edge length and base triangle height length) ... ... .v = 23 dm (body height)
  17. Perimeter of triangle
    rt_triangle_1 In triangle ABC angle A is 60° angle B is 90° side size c is 15 cm. Calculate the triangle circumference.
  18. Isosceles triangle
    pomer_triangle The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 112 cm. The length of the arm to the length of the base is at ratio 5:6. Find the triangle area.
  19. Outer angles
    triangle_1111_3 The outer angle of the triangle ABC at the A vertex is 71°40 ' outer angle at the vertx B is 136°50'. What size has the inner triangle angle at the vertex C?
  20. Triangle KLM
    klm_triangle In the rectangular triangle KLM, where is hypotenuse m (sketch it!) find the length of the leg k and the height of triangle h if hypotenuse's segments are known mk = 5cm and ml = 15cm

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