Unit conversion - high school - math problems

  1. Fighter
    vyskovy uhol A military fighter flies at an altitude of 10 km. From the ground position, it was aimed at an altitude angle of 23° and 12 seconds later at an altitude angle of 27°. Calculate the speed of the fighter in km/h.
  2. Water mixing
    watermixing We have 520 ml of hot water and 640 ml of water at 48°C. What is the temperature of approximately hot water when the resulting mixture has a temperature of 65°C?
  3. Closed circuit
    voltemeter In a closed circuit, there is a voltage source with U1 = 12 V and with an internal resistance R1 = 0.2 Ω. The external resistance is R2 = 19.8 Ω. Determine the electric current and terminal voltage.
  4. Energy consumption
    elektromer The device is connected to 230V and draws 3.5A current. Power consumption is 1932kJ. How many minutes has this device been in operation?
  5. Permille of alcohol
    heart I have 2 per mille of alcohol in my blood. How many milliliters is it when I have 5 liters of blood?
  6. Wall thickness
    sphere_Nickel The hollow metal ball has an outside diameter of 40 cm. Determine the wall thickness if the weight is 25 kg and the metal density is 8.45 g/cm3.
  7. What percentage
    astronaut What percentage of the Earth’s surface is seen by an astronaut from a height of h = 350 km. Take the Earth as a sphere with the radius R = 6370 km
  8. Self-oscillation period
    lambda The water in the vessel carried by the boy has a self-oscillation period of 0.8 s. What is the size of the boy's movement speed when the length of the boy's step is 60 cm? Give the result in m/s.
  9. Power line pole
    pole From point A, the power line pole is seen at an angle of 18 degrees. From point B to which we get when going from point A 30m away from the column at an angle of 10 degrees. Find the height of the power pole.
  10. The spacecraft
    Sputnik_670 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
  11. The bridge
    bridge2 A vehicle weighing 5,800 kg passes 41 km/h on an arched bridge with a radius of curvature of 62 m. What force is pushing the car onto the bridge as it passes through the center? What is the maximum speed it can cross over the center of the bridge so that
  12. Angled cyclist turn
    cyclistTurn The cyclist passes through a curve with a radius of 20 m at 25 km/h. How much angle does it have to bend from the vertical inward to the turn?
  13. Rotaty motion
    rotaryMotion What is the minimum speed and frequency that we need to rotate with water can in a vertical plane along a circle with a radius of 70 cm to prevent water from spilling?
  14. Newtonmeters
    kluc-skrutky The driver loosened the nut on the car wheel with a wrench that held 20 cm from the axis of the bolt. He acted on the key with a force of 320N. At what moment did he act on the bolt?
  15. Pool
    bazen How many hl of water is in a cuboid pool (a = 25m, b = 8m) if the area of the wetted walls is 279.2 m2?
  16. Circular railway
    described_circle2 The railway is to interconnect 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?
  17. Heptagonal pyramid
    truncated_hexagonal_pyramid A hardwood for a column is in the form of a frustum of a regular heptagonal pyramid. The lower base edge is 18 cm and the upper base of 14 cm. The altitude is 30 cm. Determine the weight in kg if the density of the wood is 10 grams/cm3.
  18. The hemisphere
    naklon_koule The hemisphere container is filled with water. What is the radius of the container when 10 liters of water pour from it when tilted 30 degrees?
  19. Angles of elevation
    height_building From points A and B on level ground, the angles of elevation of the top of a building are 25° and 37° respectively. If |AB| = 57m, calculate, to the nearest meter, the distances of the top of the building from A and B if they are both on the same side of
  20. Accelerated motion - mechanics
    dodavka The delivery truck with a total weight of 3.6 t accelerates from 76km/h to 130km/h in the 0.286 km long way. How much was the force needed to achieve this acceleration?

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