Unit conversion + expression of a variable from the formula - 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. Telegraph poles
    pole The bases of two adjacent telegraph poles have a height difference of 10.5 m. How long do the wires connect the two poles if the slope is 39° 30´?
  3. Observation tower
    ship_1 From the observation tower at a height of 105 m above sea level, the ship is aimed at a depth angle of 1° 49´. How far is the ship from the base of the tower?
  4. 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.
  5. Water tank
    nadrz 300hl of water was filled into the tank 12 m long and 6 m wide. How high does it reach?
  6. A map
    land_1 A map with a scale of 1: 5,000 shows a rectangular field with an area of 18 ha. The length of the field is three times its width. The area of the field on the map is 72 cm square. What is the actual length and width of the field?
  7. Cone from cube
    cones The largest possible cone was turned from a 20 cm high wooden cube. Calculate its weight if you know that the density of wood was 850 kg/m3
  8. Two rectangular boxes
    cuboid_2 Two rectangular boxes with dimensions of 5 cm, 8 cm, 10 cm, and 5 cm, 12 cm, 1 dm are to be replaced by a single cube box of the same cubic volume. Calculate its surface.
  9. Squares ratio
    squares2 The first square has a side length of a = 6 cm. The second square has a circumference of 6 dm. Calculate the proportions of the perimeters and the proportions of the contents of these squares? (Write the ratio in the basic form). (Perimeter = 4 * a, conte
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. The quadrilateral pyramid
    jehlan_4b_obdelnik The quadrilateral pyramid has a rectangular base of 24 cm x 3.2dm and a body height of 0.4m. Calculate its volume and surface area.
  14. 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
  15. 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?
  16. 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?
  17. The prison ball
    prisonBall Calculate the density of the material that the prison ball is made from if you know its diameter is 15cm and its weight is approximately 2.3kg. With the help of mathematical-physicochemical tables estimate what material the ball is made from.
  18. 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?
  19. The wellbore
    water The wellbore has a tributary of 2 m3 per hour. When there is no tapping, there are a stable 28 liters of water in the well. The pump suction basket is at the bottom of the well. At 14.00, the water was pumped out at a rate of 0.5 liters of water every se
  20. Two cylinders
    sudy Two cylinders are there one with oil and one with an empty oil cylinder has no fixed value assume infinitely. We are pumping out the oil into an empty cylinder having radius =1 cm height=3 cm rate of pumping oil is 9 cubic centimeters per sec and we are p

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