Triangles: Genius Tutorials
Triangles: Genius Tutorials
TRIANGLES
1. What is the minimum possible area (in sq. units) of triangle if the area of
triangle and are integers, and
2. If the length of the sides of a triangle are in the ratio , find the ratio of the
length of the altitudes to the respective sides. A
a) b) c) d) CBD
3. In a triangle and are points on and respectively such that
and . If angle is then what is angle in degrees?
4. In the given triangle, . Find .
a) b) c) d)
5. If and are three sides of a triangle then the triangle with sides and is
necessarily
a) acute angled b) right angled
c) obtuse angled d) Cannot be determined
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a) 21 b) 26 c) 30 d) 45
7. In the given figure, . Area of triangle
is . Find the ratio of the area of triangle to the area of triangle .
a) 1 : 1 b) 5 : 4 c) 4 : 3 d) 3 : 2
8. In the figure (not drawn to scale) given below, if and ,
how much is the value of ?
a) b) c) d) CBD
9. A ladder 25 meters long is placed against a wall with its foot 7 meters away from the
foot of the wall. How far should the foot be drawn out so that the top of the ladder
may come down by half the distance of the total distance by which the foot is drawn
out? A
a) 6 meters b) 8 meters c) 8.75 meters d) None of these
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a) 4 cm b) 4.5 cm c) 5 cm d) CBD
15. Consider the triangle as shown in the following figure where ,
. and . What is the ratio of the perimeter of
to that of the ?
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16. In the figure given below, is the point on such that . is
parallel to and is parallel to . In and in
and length of is 6 cms. What is the ratio of ?
a) 10 : 3 b) 2 : 1 c) 7 : 3 d) 8 : 3
17. A square is constructed inside a triangle , having sides 10, 17 and 21
units as shown in the figure. Find the approximate perimeter of the square .
a) √ b) c) √ d)
√ √
19. A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 cm and an altitude to the hypotenuse equal
to 6 cm. What is the area of the triangle?
a) 30 b) 60 c) 25 d) No such triangle exists
20. is a triangle with sides units, units and units.
and are angle bisectors intersecting . Find ?
a) 5 : 6 b) 2 : 1 c) 4 : 3 d) 3 : 2
21. and are medians of triangle , with lengths 18 and 21 units respectively. If
and intersect at 90 degrees, find the area of triangle ?
a) 126 b) 252 c) 256 d) 128
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