Triangle - math word problems

  1. Isosceles trapezoid
    licho_1 Calculate the area of an isosceles trapezoid whose bases are in the ratio of 4:3; leg b = 13 cm and height = 12 cm.
  2. Trapezoid - diagonal
    licho Trapezoid has a length of diagonal AC corssed with diagonal BD in the ratio 2:1. The triangle created by points A, cross point of diagonals S and point D has area 164 cm2. What is the area of the trapezoid?
  3. ISO triangle
    rr Calculate the area of an isosceles triangle KLM if the length of its sides are in the ratio k:l:m = 4:4:3 and has perimeter 377 mm.
  4. Obtuse angle
    10979326_654459541349455_1236723697_n The line OH is the height of the triangle DOM, line MN is the bisector of angle DMO. obtuse angle between the lines MN and OH is four times larger than the angle DMN. What size is the angle DMO? (see attached image)
  5. Parallelogram ABCD
    paralleogram_1 The area of parallelogram ABCD is 440 cm2. Points M and N are the midpoints of the sides AB and BC. What is the area of a quadrilateral MBND?
  6. Cathethus and the inscribed circle
    RightTriangleInradius In a right triangle is given one cathethus long 14 cm and the radius of the inscribed circle of 5 cm. Calculate the area of this right triangle.
  7. Building
    building The building I focused at an angle 30°. When I moved 5 m building I focused at an angle 45°. What is the height of the building?
  8. Tree
    strom How tall is the tree that observed in the visual angle of 52°? If I stand 5 m from the tree and eyes are two meters above the ground.
  9. ISO Triangle V2
    triangle_3 Perimeter of RR triangle (isosceles) is 474 m and the base is 48 m longer than the arms. Calculate the area of this triangle.
  10. Acute angles
    angles_meter Sizes of acute angles in the right-angled triangle are in the ratio 1: 3. What is size of the larger of them?
  11. Climb
    aircraft_ascend For horizontal distance 4.2 km road rise by 6.3 m. Calculate the road pitch in ‰ (permille, parts per thousand).
  12. Pentagonal pyramid
    pyramid-pentagon Calculate the volume of a regular 5-side (pentaprism) pyramid ABCDEV; if |AB| = 7.7 cm and a plane ABV, ABC has angle 37 degrees.
  13. Hexagon 5
    hexagon_1 The distance of parallel sides of regular hexagonal is 61 cm. Calculate the length of the radius of the circle described to this hexagon.
  14. Triangular prism
    TriangularPrism Plane passing through the edge AB and the center of segmet CC' of regular triangular prism ABCA'B'C', has angle with base 22 degrees, |AB| = 6 cm. Calculate the volume of the prism.
  15. Sails
    ship_nina We known heights 220, 165 and 132 of sail. It has triangular shape. What is the surface of the sail?
  16. KLMN
    trapezium In the trapezoid KLMN is given this informations: 1. segments KL and MN are parallel 2. segments KL and KM has same length 3. segments KN, NM and ML has same length. Determine the size of the angle KMN.
  17. Park
    park_voda In the newly built park will be permanently placed a rotating sprayer irrigation of lawns. Determine the largest radius of the circle which can irrigate by sprayer P so not to spray park visitors on line AB. Distance AB = 55 m, AP = 36 m and BP = 28 m.
  18. Ladder
    studna 8.3 meters long ladder is leaning against the wall of the well, and its lower end is 1.2 meters from this wall. How high from the bottom of a well is the top edge of the ladder?
  19. Triangle
    triangle_ABC_1 The triangle has known all three sides: a=5.5 m, b=5.3 m, c= 7.8 m. Calculate area of ​this triangle.
  20. Diamond
    diamond_1 Rhombus has side 17 cm and and one of diagonal 22 cm long. Calculate its area.

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