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  • Electronics: Resistors in parallel
    resistors_1 From relation for calculating the resistance of parallel combination of resistors: ? Calculate the R, if R1 = 2Ω a R2 = 15Ω
  • Pipe
    1pipes How long is the pipe with an outside diameter of 1.44 m if his coloring consumed 44 kg of color. 1 kg of color coverage is 9 m2.
  • Chord
    chord In a circle with radius r=60 cm is chord 4× longer than its distance from the center. What is the length of the chord?
  • Area of trapezoid
    trapezoid The trapezoid bases are and 7 dm and 11 cm. His height is 4 cm. Calculate the area of trapezoid.
  • Diagonal
    rhombus Can a rhombus have the same length diagonal and side?
  • Cuboid
    cuboid Cuboid with edge a=6 cm and body diagonal u=31 cm has volume V=900 cm3. Calculate the length of the other edges.
  • Euler problem
    euler Someone buys a 180 tolars towels. If it was for the same money of 3 more towels, it would be 3 tolars cheaper each. How many were towels?
  • Railways - golden parachutes
    pavel-kravec_kdh As often happens in Slovakia habit, the state's financial institution which takes from poverty and gorilas give. A hardworking punishing taxes. Let's look at a short work of director Railway Company ZSSK - Mgr . P. K. : 18 months 'work' as director reduct
  • Triangle SAS
    triangle_iron Calculate the area and perimeter of the triangle, if the two sides are 51 cm and 110 cm long and angle them clamped is 130 °.
  • Bicycle wheel
    bicycle A bicycle wheel has a diameter of 60 cm. Approximately how many times does wheel rotate at 2.5 km long trip?
  • Aquarium II
    akvarium_hranol Calculate how much glass we need to build an aquarium with a rectangular shape with base 70 cm × 70 cm and a height of 70 cm, if the waste is 2%. Aquarium haven't top glass.
  • Clock
    clock How long is trajectory of second hand of hours for day, if is 15 mm long?
  • Barrel with liquid
    barrel Barrel with grain weight 297 kg. When it shed 48% of grain, ha weight 174 kg. What is the weight of empty barrel?
  • Garden
    apple How many steps of 76 cm circumvent square garden with area 1.8 ha?
  • Lunch for free
    Gastrolistky Gastro ticket are "free" and therefore they should be retained. This think many employees in Slovakia. Calculate how much money employee yearly earn if he get 201 gastro tickets of 2.8 € and you know that the company issuing gastro tickets get 4.9% fee of
  • 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. Cal
  • Mast
    stoziar Mast has 13 m long shadow on a slope rising from the mast foot in the direction of the shadow angle at angle 13.3°. Determine the height of the mast, if the sun above the horizon is at angle 45°12'.
  • Pentagon
    5gon_3 Calculate the area of regular pentagon, which diagonal is u=17.
  • Sumo competition
    sumo In the competition for the heaviest man was 5 competitors. The first three together weighed 553 kg. What is the minimal weigt of winner, if a contestant weighed with an accuracy of one kilogram.
  • Pension or fraud
    dochodca_icon Imagine that your entire working life working honestly and pay taxes and to Social Insurance (in Slovakia). You have a gross wage 730 Euros, you pay social insurance (you and your employer) monthly € 263 during 44 years and your retirement is 354 Eur

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