Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Construct the circumcircle and incircle of an equilateral triangle ABC with side 6 cm and centre O. Find the ratio of radii of circumcircle and incircle.
Advertisements
Solution
Construction:-

Steps of Construction:-
- Construct an equilateral triangle Δ ABC with side 6 cm.
- Draw perpendicular bisectors of any two sides. Let O be the point of intersection.
- Draw a circle with centre O and radius OA or OB or OC. This gives us circumcircle equilateral triangle Δ ABC.
- Draw the bisector of ∠C . It passes through centre of the circle O.
- Draw a circle with radius OM. This gives us incircle of the equilateral triangle Δ ABC.

In an equilateral triangle angle bisector and median are same, also circumcentre and incentre are same. For equilateral triangle circumcentre divides the median in 2:1.
So the ratio of radii of circumcircle and incircle is 2:1.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Construct a triangle ABC in which AB = 5 cm, BC = 6 cm and ∠ABC = 60˚. Now construct another triangle whose sides are 5/7 times the corresponding sides of ΔABC.
Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points A(3,- 3) and B(- 2, 7) is divided by x-axis. Also find the coordinates of the point of division.
Construct a triangle with sides 5 cm, 6 cm and 7 cm and then another triangle whose sides are `7/5` of the corresponding sides of the first triangle. Give the justification of the construction.
Construct an isosceles triangle whose base is 8 cm and altitude 4 cm and then another triangle whose side are `1 1/2` times the corresponding sides of the isosceles triangle.
Give the justification of the construction
Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 7 cm, ∠B = 45°, ∠A = 105°. Then, construct a triangle whose sides are `4/3 `times the corresponding side of ΔABC. Give the justification of the construction.
Draw a line segment of length 8 cm and divide it internally in the ratio 4 : 5
Draw a line segment of length 7 cm and divide it internally in the ratio 2 : 3.
Construct a ΔABC in which AB = 5 cm. ∠B = 60° altitude CD = 3cm. Construct a ΔAQR similar to ΔABC such that side ΔAQR is 1.5 times that of the corresponding sides of ΔACB.
Draw a line segment AB of length 7 cm. Using ruler and compasses, find a point P on AB such that `(AP)/(AB) = 3/5 `.
∆PQR ~ ∆LTR. In ∆PQR, PQ = 4.2 cm, QR = 5.4 cm, PR = 4.8 cm. Construct ∆PQR and ∆LTR, such that `"PQ"/"LT" = 3/4`.
∆AMT ~ ∆AHE. In ∆AMT, AM = 6.3 cm, ∠TAM = 50°, AT = 5.6 cm. `"AM"/"AH" = 7/5`. Construct ∆AHE.
Find the co-ordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment AB with A(2, 7) and B(–4, –8).
If A(–14, –10), B(6, –2) is given, find the coordinates of the points which divide segment AB into four equal parts.
Given A(4, –3), B(8, 5). Find the coordinates of the point that divides segment AB in the ratio 3 : 1.
Δ SHR ∼ Δ SVU. In Δ SHR, SH = 4.5 cm, HR = 5.2 cm, SR = 5.8 cm and
SHSV = 53 then draw Δ SVU.
Draw a right triangle in which the sides (other than the hypotenuse) are of lengths 4 cm and 3 cm. Now construct another triangle whose sides are \[\frac{3}{5}\] times the corresponding sides of the given triangle.
Choose the correct alternative:
______ number of tangents can be drawn to a circle from the point on the circle.
∆ABC ~ ∆PBQ. In ∆ABC, AB = 3 cm, ∠B = 90°, BC = 4 cm. Ratio of the corresponding sides of two triangles is 7 : 4. Then construct ∆ABC and ∆PBQ
ΔAMT ~ ΔAHE. In ΔAMT, AM = 6.3 cm, ∠MAT = 120°, AT = 4.9 cm, `"AM"/"HA" = 7/5`, then construct ΔAMT and ΔAHE
To divide a line segment AB in the ratio 5 : 7, first a ray AX is drawn so that ∠BAX is an acute angle and then at equal distances points are marked on the ray AX such that the minimum number of these points is ______.
To construct a triangle similar to a given ΔABC with its sides `3/7` of the corresponding sides of ΔABC, first draw a ray BX such that ∠CBX is an acute angle and X lies on the opposite side of A with respect to BC. Then locate points B1, B2, B3, ... on BX at equal distances and next step is to join ______.
By geometrical construction, it is possible to divide a line segment in the ratio ______.
A triangle ABC is such that BC = 6cm, AB = 4cm and AC = 5cm. For the triangle similar to this triangle with its sides equal to `3/4`th of the corresponding sides of ΔABC, correct figure is?
For ∆ABC in which BC = 7.5cm, ∠B =45° and AB - AC = 4, select the correct figure.
If I ask you to construct ΔPQR ~ ΔABC exactly (when we say exactly, we mean the exact relative positions of the triangles) as given in the figure, (Assuming I give you the dimensions of ΔABC and the Scale Factor for ΔPQR) what additional information would you ask for?

If the perpendicular distance between AP is given, which vertices of the similar triangle would you find first?

If a triangle similar to given ΔABC with sides equal to `3/4` of the sides of ΔABC is to be constructed, then the number of points to be marked on ray BX is ______.

Construction of similar polygons is similar to that of construction of similar triangles. If you are asked to construct a parallelogram similar to a given parallelogram with a given scale factor, which of the given steps will help you construct a similar parallelogram?
The point W divides the line XY in the ratio m : n. Then, the ratio of lengths of the line segments XY : WX is ______.
What is the ratio `(AC)/(BC)` for the line segment AB following the construction method below?
Step 1: A ray is extended from A and 30 arcs of equal lengths are cut, cutting the ray at A1, A2,…A30
Step 2: A line is drawn from A30 to B and a line parallel to A30B is drawn, passing through the point A17 and meet AB at C.
What is the ratio `(AC)/(BC)` for the following construction: A line segment AB is drawn. A single ray is extended from A and 12 arcs of equal lengths are cut, cutting the ray at A1, A2… A12.A line is drawn from A12 to B and a line parallel to A12B is drawn, passing through the point A6 and cutting AB at C.
The basic principle used in dividing a line segment is ______.
Draw a triangle ABC in which AB = 4 cm, BC = 6 cm and AC = 9 cm. Construct a triangle similar to ∆ABC with scale factor `3/2`. Justify the construction. Are the two triangles congruent? Note that all the three angles and two sides of the two triangles are equal.
Draw a line segment AB of length 10 cm and divide it internally in the ratio of 2:5 Justify the division of line segment AB.
