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- A circle having radius 3 cm, then the length of its largest chord is .................... . Answer: C. 6 cm Answer: (C) 6 cm The largest chord of a circle is its diameter, which is twice the radius: 2 × 3 = 6 cm. 1
- If \(\Delta ABC \sim \Delta PQR\) and \(AB : PQ = 2 : 3\), then find the value of \(\dfrac{A(\Delta ABC)}{A(\Delta PQR)}\). Answer: A(Δ ABC)/A(Δ PQR) = 4/9 For similar triangles, the ratio of areas equals the ratio of the squares of corresponding sides: A(Δ ABC)/A... 1
- Two circles of radii 5 cm and 3 cm touch each other externally. Find the distance between their centres. Answer: 8 cm When two circles touch externally, the distance between their centres equals the sum of their radii: d = r₁ + r₂ = 5 + 3 = 8 cm... 1
- Find the side of a square whose diagonal is \(10\sqrt{2}\) cm. Answer: 10 cm In a square of side a , the diagonal is a√(2) . a√(2) = 10√(2) , so a = 10 cm. 1
- Angle made by the line with the positive direction of X-axis is 45º. Find the slope of that line. Answer: Slope = 1 Slope m = tanθ = tan 45^° = 1 . 1
- [Figure: a circle with centre O. Points A, B, C lie on the circle, B at the top and A, C lower down; chords AB and BC are drawn; X is a point on the arc AXC below, and the rays from A and from C through X are produced beyond X, outside the circle.]In… Answer: m∠AOC = 120º Blanks, in order: (i) Inscribed angle theorem; (ii) 120º; (iii) m(arc AXC); (iv) 120º. ∠ABC = 1/2 m(arc AXC) ............. 1
- Find the value of \(\sin^2\theta + \cos^2\theta\).[Figure: right-angled Δ ABC, ∠ABC = 90º, ∠C = θ, with AB the side opposite θ and BC the side adjacent to θ.]Solution :In Δ ABC, ∠ABC = 90º, ∠C = θ.AB2 + BC2 = ____ ............ (Pythagoras theorem)Div… Answer: sin²θ + cos²θ = 1 Blanks, in order: AC²; sinθ ; cosθ ; 1. By the Pythagoras theorem, AB² + BC² = AC². Dividing both sides by AC²: (A... 1
- [Figure: square ABCD with a circle inscribed in it; the four corner regions between the circle and the sides of the square are shaded.]In the figure given above, □ ABCD is a square and a circle is inscribed in it. All sides of a square touch the circ… Answer: Area of the shaded region = 42 cm² Blanks, in order: side; 196; π r² ; 42. Area of square = (side)² = 14² = 196 cm². The circle touc... 1
- [Figure: a circle; two secants from an external point M cut the circle at E, N and at F, S respectively, so that M – E – N and M – F – S.]In the above figure, m(arc NS) = 125º, m(arc EF) = 37º. Find the measure of ∠NMS. Answer: m∠NMS = 44º The angle between two secants drawn from an external point is half the difference of the measures of the intercepted arc... 1
- [Figure: Δ ABC with D on side AC (A – D – C); ray BD bisects ∠ABC; E is on side AB (A – E – B) and seg DE || side BC.]In Δ ABC, ray BD bisects ∠ABC, A – D – C, seg DE || side BC, A – E – B, then for showing \(\dfrac{AB}{BC} = \dfrac{AE}{EB}\), comple… Answer: the blanks are AB; Angle bisector theorem of a triangle; AE; Basic proportionality theorem; BC; AE. In Δ ABC, ray BD bisects ∠B. ∴ A... 1
- [Figure: a circle with centre P; chords AB and CD intersect at E inside the circle; seg AC and seg BD are drawn (dashed).]Given : Chords AB and CD of a circle with centre P intersect at point E.To prove : AE × EB = CE × EDConstruction : Draw seg AC a… Answer: the blanks are vertically opposite angles; ∠CAE; AA test of similarity; AE; BE; corresponding sides of similar triangles. In Δ CAE a... 1
- \(\Delta ABC \sim \Delta LMN\). In \(\Delta ABC\), AB = 5.5 cm, BC = 6 cm, CA = 4.5 cm. Construct \(\Delta ABC\) and \(\Delta LMN\) such that \(\dfrac{BC}{MN} = \dfrac{5}{4}\).[Figure: none; construct both triangles.] Answer: MN = 4.8 cm, LM = 4.4 cm, LN = 3.6 cm. Since Δ ABC ~ Δ LMN, AB/LM = BC/MN = CA/LN = 5/4 . ∴ MN = 4/5 × 6 = 4.8 cm, LM = 4/5 × 5.5 =... 1
- Seg PM is a median of \(\Delta PQR\), PM = 9 and PQ2 + PR2 = 290, then find QR. Answer: QR = 16 By Apollonius theorem, since PM is a median (QM = MR = 1/2 QR), PQ² + PR² = 2PM² + 2QM² . 290 = 2(9)² + 2QM² = 162 + 2QM² ∴... 1
- Prove that, ‘If a line parallel to a side of a triangle intersects the remaining sides in two distinct points, then the line divides the side in the same proportion’. Answer: Proof by the AA test and the ratio of areas of triangles. Given : In Δ ABC, line DE || side BC; D lies on AB and E lies on AC (A – D... 1
- \(\dfrac{1}{\sin^2\theta} - \dfrac{1}{\cos^2\theta} - \dfrac{1}{\tan^2\theta} - \dfrac{1}{\cot^2\theta} - \dfrac{1}{\sec^2\theta} - \dfrac{1}{\operatorname{cosec}^2\theta} = -3\), then find the value of θ. Answer: θ = 45º 1/sin²θ = cosec²θ , 1/cos²θ = sec²θ , 1/tan²θ = cot²θ , 1/cot²θ = tan²θ , 1/sec²θ = cos²θ , 1/cosec²θ = sin²θ . ∴ cosec²θ -... 1
- Angle made by the line with the positive direction of X-axis is 30º. Find slope of the line. Answer: slope = 1/√(3) If a line makes an angle θ with the positive direction of the X-axis, its slope is m = tanθ . m = tan 30^° = 1/√(3) . 1
- In the following figure, chord EN and chord FS intersect each other at point M in the exterior of the circle. If \(m(\text{arc } NS) = 125^\circ\), \(m(\text{arc } EF) = 37^\circ\), then complete the following activity to find \(\angle NMS\).[Figure:… Answer: the blanks are m(arc NS) = 125 , 125, 88 and m∠ NMS = 44^° . Activity completed: m∠ NMS = 1/2[125 - m(arc EF)] = 1/2[125 - 37] = 1/2... 1
- If \(\sin\theta = \dfrac{20}{29}\), then complete the following activity to find \(\cos\theta\).Activity : \(\sin^2\theta + \cos^2\theta = 1\)\(\left(\text{____}\right)^2 + \cos^2\theta = 1\)\(\dfrac{400}{841} + \cos^2\theta = 1\)\(\therefore \cos^2\… Answer: the blanks are 20/29 , 400/841 , 441/841 and cosθ = 21/29 . Activity completed: sin²θ + cos²θ = 1 (20/29)² + cos²θ = 1 400/841 + cos... 1