Unit conversion + triangle - math problems

  1. 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?
  2. 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 t
  3. Rectangle
    rectangle_inscribed_circle The rectangle is 21 cm long and 38 cm wide. Determine the radius of the circle circumscribing rectangle.
  4. Gimli Glider
    gimli_glider Aircraft Boeing 767 lose both engines at 42000 feet. The plane captain maintain optimum gliding conditions. Every minute, lose 1910 feet and maintain constant speed 211 knots. Calculate how long it takes to plane from engine failure to hit the ground. Ca
  5. Widescreen monitor
    lcd Computer business hit by a wave of widescreen monitors and televisions. Calculate the area of ​​the LCD monitor with a diagonal size 20 inches at ratio 4:3 and then 16:9 aspect ratio. Is buying widescreen monitors with same diagonal more advantageous tha
  6. Slope of track
    sklon_1 Calculate the average slope (in permille and even in degrees) of the rail tracks between Prievidza (309 m AMSL) and Nitrianske Pravno (354 m AMSL), if the track is 11 km long.
  7. Circular pool
    arc_open The base of the pool is a circle with a radius r = 10 m, excluding a circular segment that determines the chord length 10 meters. The pool depth is h = 2m. How many hectoliters of water can fit into the pool?
  8. Tetrahedral pyramid
    jehlan_1 Calculate the volume and surface area of a regular tetrahedral pyramid, its height is $b cm and the length of the edges of the base is 6 cm.
  9. Road
    cesta Between cities A and B is route 13 km long of stúpanie average 7‰. Calculate the height difference of cities A and B.
  10. Canopy
    cone-roof Mr Peter has metal roof cone shape with a height of 127 cm and radius 130 cm over well. He needs paint the roof with anticorrosion. How many kg of color must he buy if the manufacturer specifies the consumption of 1 kg to 3.3 m2?
  11. Track arc
    krizenie Two straight tracks is in an angle 74°. They will join with circular arc with radius r=1127 m. How long will be arc connecting these lines (L)? How far is the center point of arc from track crossings (x)?
  12. Train
    sncf The train is running at speeds of 96 km/h. From the beginning of braking to full stop train run for 3.3 minutes. If the train slows the braking equally, calculate the distance of the place from the station where you need to start to brake.
  13. Glass mosaic
    6gon How many dm2 glass is nessesary to produc 97 slides of a regular 6-gon, whose side has length 21 cm? Assume that cutting glass waste is 10%.
  14. Children pool
    hexagon_prism2 The bottom of the children's pool is a regular hexagon with a = 60 cm side. The distance of opposing sides is 104 cm, the height of the pool is 45 cm. A) How many liters of water can fit into the pool? B) The pool is made of a double layer of plastic film.
  15. Map - climb
    Lanovka_na_skalnate_pleso On the map of High Tatras in scale 1:11000 are cable car stations in the Tatranska Lomnica and in the Skalnate Pleso with distance 354.6 mm. Altitude of this stations are 949 m and 1760 m. What is average angle of climb of this cable car track?
  16. Mountain railway
    semmering Height difference between points A, B of railway line is 38.5 meters, their horizontal distance is 3.5 km. Determine average climb in permille up the track.
  17. Moon
    zem_mesic We see Moon in the perspective angle 28'. Moon's radius is 1740 km at the time of the full moon. Calculate the mean distance of the Moon from the Earth.
  18. Juice box
    prism3_1 The juice box has a volume of 200ml with its base is an isosceles triangle with sides a = 4,5cm and a height of 3,4cm. How tall is the box?
  19. Tree shadow
    tree2_1 Tree perpendicular to the horizontal surface has a shadow 8.32 meters long. At the same time meter rod perpendicular to the horizontal surface has shadow 64 cm long. How tall is tree?
  20. Tent
    stan Calculate how many liters of air will fit in the tent that has a shield in the shape of an isosceles right triangle with legs r = 3 m long the height = 1.5 m and a side length d = 5 m.

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