Solutions of Triangle 3.21
Solutions of Triangle 3.21
21
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Solutions of Triangle 3.22
(where I1, I2 and I3 are ex-centres and I is in- 36. Let f, g, h be the lengths of the perpendiculars
centre, then circumradius R is equal to from the circumcentre of the ABC on the sides a,
15 15 b abc
(A) (B) a c
8 4 b and c respectively. If + g + = fgh then
f h
4 15 the value of is
(C) (D)
12 2 (A) 1/4 (B) 1/2
(C) 1 (D) 2
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Solutions of Triangle 3.24
(A) A + B – C = 90º
AREA OF TRIANGLE/FORMULAE FOR R
(B) the triangle is acute angled
12. In a ABC, if a = 2x, b = 2y and C = 120º, then
(C) A, B, C are in A.P.
the area of the triangle is-
(D) the triangle is obtuse angled
(A) xy (B) xy 3
FORMULAE FOR HALF ANGLE (C) 3xy (D) 2xy
6. In a ABC, if A = 30º, b = 2, c = 3 +1, then 13. If the median AD of a triangle ABC divides the
CB sinB
= angle BAC in the ratio 1 : 2, then is equal
2 sinC
(A) 15º (B) 30º to
(C) 45º (D) None of these (A) 2 cos (A/3) (B) (1/2) sec (A/3)
(C) (1/2) sin (A/3) (D) 2 cosec (A/3)s
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Solutions of Triangle 3.25
14. In a triangle ABC, let C = /2, if r is the inradius 21. In a triangle ABC, if s – a, s – b, s – c are in GP,
and R is the circumradius of the triangle ABC, then sin 2 A + sin 2 C
2(r + R) equals then =
sinA + sinC
(A) c + a (B) a + b + c (A) sin B (B) cos B
(C) a + b (D) b + c (C) sin [(A + C)/2] (D) sin [(A – C)/2]
15. In an isosceles triangle with base angle and lateral 22. The sides a, b, c of a triangle ABC are the roots of
side 4, Rr = 3 2 cos A
8co sα
x – 11x + 38x – 40 = 0, then a
=
(A) 8 cos (B) 3
1 - co sα
(A) (B) 1
4
8cosα
(C) (D) 8 cos (1 – cos ) 9
1 + cosα (C) (D) None of these
16
FORMULAE FOR EX - RADII R1, R2, R3
16. If I is the incentre of a triangle whose in raidus 23. In a triangle cot A : cot B : cot C = 30 : 19 : 6,
then a : b : c
and circumradius are r and R respectively; I 1 I 2
(A) 5 : 6 : 7 (B) 6 : 7 : 5
I3 is its ex-centre triangle, then I I1 . I I2 . I I3 is (C) 7 : 6 : 5 (D) None of these
equal to
2 2
(A) R r (B) 16R r
2 2 sinB
(C) Rr (D) 16Rr 24. If cos A = , then ABC is
2sinC
(A) equilateral (B) isosceles
LENGTH OF ANGLE BISECTOR/ MEDIANS (C) right angled (D) None of these
17. AA1, BB1 and CC1 are the medians of triangle ABC
whose centroid is G. If points A, C1, G and B1 are 25. Let A, B and C are the angles of a triangle and tan
concyclic, then A 1 B 2 C
2 2 2 2 2 2 = , tan = . Then tan is equal to-
(A) 2b = a + c (B) 2c = a + b 2 2
2 2 2 3 3 2
(C) 2a = b + c (D) None of these
(A) 1/3 (B) 2/3
(C) 2/9 (D) 7/9
18. If is the median from the vertex A to the side BC
of a ABC, then
2 2 2 2
(A) 4 = b 4ac cos B (B) 4 = a + 4bc cos A
2 2 2 2 2 2
(C) 4 = c + 4ab cos C (D) 4 = b + 2c – 2a
MIXED PROBLEMS
19. If in a ABC, the altitudes from the vertices A, B, C
on opposite sides are in HP, then sinA, sinB, sinC are
in
(A) HP
(B) ArithemeticGeometric Progression
(C) AP
(D) GP
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Solutions of Triangle 3.26
2- 3 3- 2
2. If r1 = 2r2 = 3r3, then (A) (B)
3 2
a 4 a 5
(A) = (B) =
b 5 b 4
2+ 3 3+ 2
(C) (D)
a 3 a 5 3 2
(C) = (D) =
c 5 c 3
6. Which of the following holds good for any triangle
ABC ?
3. In a ABC, following relations hold good. In which
cases(s) the triangle is a right angled triangle ? cosA cosB cosC a 2 + b2 + c2
(A) r2 + r3 = r1 – r
2 2 2
(B) a + b + c = 8 R
2 (A) + + =
a b c 2abc
(C) r1 = s (D) 2 R = r1 – r
sinA sinB sinC 3
(B) + + =
a b c 2R
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Solutions of Triangle 3.27
1. The angle of a ABC are in A.P. and it is being 12. In a scalene triangle ABC the altitudes AD & CF
given that b : c = 3 : are dropped from the vertices A, C to the sides BC
2 , then find A.
& AB. The area of ABC is know the be equal to
2. For any triangle ABC , if B = 3 C , show that 18, the area of triangle BDF is equal to 2 and length
A b -c
of segment DF is equal to 2 2 . Find the radius of
b+c
cos C = & sin = .
4c 2 2c the circle circumscribed.
3. In a triangle ABC, BD is median. If
r1 - r r -r c
3 π 13. Prove that : + 2 = r
(BD)= . (AB) and DBC = . Determine a b 3
4 2
C C
the ABC. 14. Prove that : (r1 + r2) tan = (r3 – r) cot = c
2 2
and ACD are 12.5 and 25 respectively. Find the 16. The triangle ABC is a right angled triangle, right
area of rhombus. angle at A. The ratio of the radius of the circle
circumscribed to the radius of the circle escribed to
2 2 2
5. In a triangle ABC if a + b = 101c then find the
the hypotenuse is, 2 :( 3 + 2 ). Find the acute
cotC
value of . angle B & C. Also find the ratio of the sides of the
cotA + cotB
triangle other than the hypotenuse.
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Solutions of Triangle 3.28
22. DEF is the triangle formed by joining the points of incircle of the ABC.
contact of the incircle with the sides of the triangle
ABC : prove that Comprehsion
a, b, c are the sides of ABC satisfying
A B C
(i) its sides are 2r cos , 2r cos , and 2r cos , c
2 2 2
log 1+ + log a – log b = log 2. Also the quadratic equation
a
π A π B π C
(ii) its angles are – , – , and – a(1 – x2) + 2bx + c(1 + x2) = 0 has two equal roots.
2 2 2 2 2 2
29. a, b, c are in
(A) A.P. (B) G.P.
2Δ 3 1 r
(iii) its area is , i.e. . (C) H.P. (D) None
abcs 2 R
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Solutions of Triangle 3.29
1. For a regular polygon, let r and R be the radii of the 3. A bird is sitting on the top of a vertical pole 20 m
inscribed and the circumscribed circles. A false high and its elevation from a point O on the ground
statement among the following is - [AIEEE-2010] is 45º. It flies off horizontally straight away from
the point O. After one second, the elevation of the
r 1 bird from O is reduced to 30º. Then the speed
(A) There is a regular polygon with =
R 2 (in m/s) of the bird is : [AIEEE - 2014]
(A) 40( 2 – 1) (B) 40( 3 – 2)
r 1
(B) There is a regular polygon with =
R 2 (C) 20 2 (D) 20( 3 – 1)
(p 2 + q 2 )s in θ p 2 + q 2 co sθ
(C) (D)
p cos θ + q sinθ p cos θ + q sinθ
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Solutions of Triangle 3.30
7
1. Let ABC and ABC' be two non-congruent triangles 6. Let PQR be a triangle of area with a = 2, b =
2
with sides AB = 4, AC = AC' = 2 2 and angle B = 5
and c = , where a, b and c are the lengths of the
2
30º. The absolute value of the difference between sides of the triangle opposite to the angles at P, Q
the areas of these triangles is 2 sin P sin 2P
[JEE 2009, 5] and R respectively. Then equals
2 sin P sin 2P
[JEE 2012]
2. In a triangle ABC with fixed base BC, the vertex A 3 45
(A) (B)
moves such that cosB + cosC = 4 sin2A/2. If a, b 4 4
2 2
and c denote the lengths of the sides of the tri- 3 45
(C) (D)
angle opposite to the angles A, B and C, respec- 4 4
tively, then 7. In a triangle PQR, P is the largest angle and
[JEE 2009]
1
(A) b + c = 4a cos P = . Further the incircle of the triangle
3
(B) b + c = 2a touches the sides PQ, QR and RP at N, L and M
(C) locus of point A is an ellipse respectively, such that the lengths of PN, QL and
(D) locus of point A is a pair of straight lines RM are consecutive even integers. Then possible
length(s) of the side(s) of the triangle is (are)
[JEE 2013]
3. If the angles A, B and C of a triangle are in an (A) 16 (B) 18
arithmetic progression and if a, b and c denote the (C) 24 (D) 22
lengths of the sides opposite to A, B and C respec- 8. In a triangle the sum of two sides is x and the prod-
a uct of the same two sides is y.
tively, then the value of the expression sin2C +
c If x2 – c2 = y, where c is the third side of the tri-
c angle, then the ratio of the in-radius to the circum-
sin2A is [JEE 2010]
a radius of the triangle is
[JEE 2014]
(A) 1/2 (B) 3 /2
3y 3y
(C) 1 (D) (A) 2x(x c) (B) 2c(x c)
3
3y 3y
4. Let ABC be a triangle such that ACB and let (C) 4x(x c) (D) 4c(x c)
6
a, b and c denote the lengths of the sides opposite
9. In a triangle XYZ, let x, y, z be the lengths of sides
to A, B and C respectively. The value(s) of x for opposite to the angle X, Y, Z respectively , and 2s =
2 2
which a = x + x + 1, b = x – 1 and c = 2x + 1 is
sx sy sz
(are) [JEE 2010] x + y + z, If and area of
4 3 2
(A) 2 3 (B) 1 3
8
incircle of the triangle XYZ is , then
(C) 2 3 (D) 4 3 3
[JEE 2016]
(A) area of the triangle XYZ in 6 6
5. Consider a triangle ABC and let a, b and c denote (B) the radius of circumcircle of the triangle XYZ
the lengths of the sides opposite to vertices A, B 35
and C respectively. Suppose a = 6, b = 10 and the is 6
6
area of the triangle is 15 3 . If ACB is ob- X Y Z 4
(C) sin sin sin
tuse and if r denotes the radius of the incircle of 2 2 2 35
2
the triangle, then r is equal to [JEE 2010] 2 x y 3
(D) sin 2 5
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Solutions of Triangle 3.31
EXERCISE - I
JEE Main
1 C 2 C 3 C 4 B 5 C 6 B 7 A
8 C 9 A 10 B 11 B 12 B 13 C 14 B
15 D 16 C 17 A 18 C 19 B 20 B 21 B
22 B 23 A 24 B 25 A 26 C 27 B 28 A
29 A 30 C 31 B 32 B 33 A 34 B 35 A
36 A
EXERCISE - II
JEE Advance
EXERCISE - III
Subjective - type Questions
9 5 b
9. 9sq. units 12. units 16. B= ;C= ; =2+ 3 17. A,B,C
2 12 12 c
P
18. 23. 1, 1 and 2 26. isoceles 28 r = 11
2 R
Comprehension - based Questions
EXERCISE - IV
Previous Year’s Question
1. C 2. C 3. D 4. C
JEE Advanced
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