Prove that the lengths of the tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.
Concept: Number of Tangents from a Point on a Circle
Prove that the tangent at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point of contact.
Concept: Tangent to a Circle
Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
Concept: Number of Tangents from a Point on a Circle
Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary angles at the centre of the circle.
Concept: Number of Tangents from a Point on a Circle
A bucket open at the top is in the form of a frustum of a cone with a capacity of 12308.8 cm3. The radii of the top and bottom circular ends are 20 cm and 12 cm, respectively. Find the height of the bucket and the area of metal sheet used in making the bucket. (use π = 3.14)
Concept: Heights and Distances
Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel.
Concept: Number of Tangents from a Point on a Circle
In Figure , two concentric circles with centre O, have radii 21cm and 42 cm. If ∠ AOB = 60°, find the area of the shaded region. [use π=22/7]
Concept: Circumference of a Circle
In Figure , two concentric circles with centre O, have radii 21cm and 42 cm. If ∠ AOB = 60°, find the area of the shaded region. [use π=22/7]
Concept: Circumference of a Circle
In an AP of 50 terms, the sum of first 10 terms is 210 and the sum of its last 15 terms is 2565. Find the A.P.
Concept: Arithmetic Progression
Solve the following quadratic equation for x: `4x^2 + 4bx – (a^2 – b^2) = 0`
Concept: Solutions of Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square
A motorboat whose speed is 18 km/hr in still water takes 1 hr more to go 24 km upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
Concept: Polynomials
A motorboat whose speed is 18 km/hr in still water takes 1 hr more to go 24 km upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
Concept: Polynomials
Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T. Prove that ∠PTQ = 2∠OPQ.
Concept: Concept of Circle - Centre, Radius, Diameter, Arc, Sector, Chord, Segment, Semicircle, Circumference, Interior and Exterior, Concentric Circles
Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T. Prove that ∠PTQ = 2∠OPQ.
Concept: Concept of Circle - Centre, Radius, Diameter, Arc, Sector, Chord, Segment, Semicircle, Circumference, Interior and Exterior, Concentric Circles
Construct a triangle ABC with sides BC = 7 cm, ∠B = 45° and ∠A = 105°. Then construct a triangle whose sides are `3/4` times the corresponding sides of ∆ABC.
Concept: Application of Pythagoras Theorem in Acute Angle and Obtuse Angle
As observed from the top of a 100 m high lighthouse from the sea-level, the angles of depression of two ships are 30° and 45°. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the same side of the lighthouse, find the distance between the two ships. [Use `sqrt3` = 1.732]
Concept: Heights and Distances
In the given figure, OACB is a quadrant of a circle with centre O and radius 3.5 cm. If OD = 2 cm, find the area of the shaded region.
Concept: Areas of Sector and Segment of a Circle
Water is flowing at the rate of 2.52 km/h through a cylindrical pipe into a cylindrical tank, the radius of whose base is 40 cm. If the increase in the level of water in the tank, in half an hour is 3.15 m, find the internal diameter of the pipe.
Concept: Concept of Surface Area, Volume, and Capacity
Water is flowing at the rate of 2.52 km/h through a cylindrical pipe into a cylindrical tank, the radius of whose base is 40 cm. If the increase in the level of water in the tank, in half an hour is 3.15 m, find the internal diameter of the pipe.
Concept: Concept of Surface Area, Volume, and Capacity
What is the HCF of the smallest prime number and the smallest composite number?
Concept: Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
