RD Sharma solutions for Class 8 Maths chapter 17 - Understanding Shapes-III (Special Types of Quadrilaterals) [Latest edition]

Chapter 17: Understanding Shapes-III (Special Types of Quadrilaterals)

Exercise 17.1Exercise 17.2Exercise 17.3
Exercise 17.1 [Pages 9 - 12]

RD Sharma solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 17 Understanding Shapes-III (Special Types of Quadrilaterals) Exercise 17.1 [Pages 9 - 12]

Exercise 17.1 | Q 1 | Page 9

Given below is a parallelogram ABCD. Complete each statement along with the definition or property used.
(ii) ∠DCB =
(iii) OC =
(iv) ∠DAB + ∠CDA =

Exercise 17.1 | Q 2.1 | Page 9

The following figure is parallelogram. Find the degree values of the unknowns xyz.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 2.2 | Page 9

The following figure is parallelogram. Find the degree values of the unknown xyz

Exercise 17.1 | Q 2.3 | Page 9

The following figure is parallelogram. Find the degree values of the unknown xyz

Exercise 17.1 | Q 2.4 | Page 9

The following figure is parallelogram. Find the degree values of the unknown xyz

Exercise 17.1 | Q 2.5 | Page 9

The following figure is parallelogram. Find the degree values of the unknown xyz

Exercise 17.1 | Q 2.6 | Page 9

The following figure is parallelogram. Find the degree value of the unknown xyz

Exercise 17.1 | Q 3.1 | Page 10

Exercise 17.1 | Q 3.2 | Page 10

Exercise 17.1 | Q 3.3 | Page 10

Exercise 17.1 | Q 4 | Page 10

In the adjacent figure HOPE is a parallelogram. Find the angle measures x,y and z. State the geometrical truths you use to find them.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 5.1 | Page 10

In the following figure GUNS and RUNS are  parallelogram. Find x and y

Exercise 17.1 | Q 5.2 | Page 10

In the following figure GUNS and RUNS are  parallelogram. Find x and y

Exercise 17.1 | Q 6 | Page 10

In the following figure RISK and CLUE are parallelograms. Find the measure of x.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 7 | Page 10

Two opposite angles of a parallelogram are (3x − 2)° and (50 − x)°. Find the measure of each angle of the parallelogram.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 8 | Page 10

If an angle of a parallelogram is two-third of its adjacent angle, find the angles of the parallelogram.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 9 | Page 10

The measure of one angle of a parallelogram is 70°. What are the measures of the remaining angles?

Exercise 17.1 | Q 10 | Page 10

Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are as 1 : 2. Find the measures of all the angles of the parallelogram.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 11 | Page 10

In a parallelogram ABCD, ∠D = 135°, determine the measure of ∠A and ∠B.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 12 | Page 11

ABCD is a parallelogram in which ∠A = 70°. Compute ∠BC and D.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 13 | Page 11

The sum of two opposite angles of a parallelogram is 130°. Find all the angles of the parallelogram.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 14 | Page 11

All the angles of a quadrilateral are equal to each other. Find the measure of each. Is the quadrilateral a parallelogram? What special type of parallelogram is it?

Exercise 17.1 | Q 15 | Page 11

Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 4 cm and 3 cm respectively. Find its perimeter.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 16 | Page 11

The perimeter of a parallelogram is 150 cm. One of its sides is greater than the other by 25 cm. Find the length of the sides of the parallelogram.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 17 | Page 11

The shorter side of a parallelogram is 4.8 cm and the longer side is half as much again as the shorter side. Find the perimeter of the parallelogram.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 18 | Page 11

Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (3x − 4)° and (3x + 10)°. Find the angles of the parallelogram.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 19 | Page 11

In a parallelogram ABCD, the diagonals bisect each other at O. If ∠ABC = 30°, ∠BDC = 10° and ∠CAB = 70°. Find:
DAB, ∠ADC, ∠BCD, ∠AOD, ∠DOC, ∠BOC, ∠AOB, ∠ACD, ∠CAB, ∠ADB, ∠ACB, ∠DBC and ∠DBA.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 20 | Page 11

Find the angles marked with a question mark shown in Fig. 17.27

Exercise 17.1 | Q 21 | Page 11

The angle between the altitudes of a parallelogram, through the same vertex of an obtuse angle of the parallelogram is 60°. Find the angles of the parallelogram.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 22 | Page 11

In the following figure, ABCD and AEFG are parallelograms. If ∠C = 55°, what is the measure of ∠F?

Exercise 17.1 | Q 23 | Page 11

In the following figure, BDEF and DCEF are each a parallelogram. Is it true that BD = DC? Why or why not?

Exercise 17.1 | Q 24 | Page 12

In Fig. 17.29, suppose it is known that DE = DF. Then, is ΔABC isosceles? Why or why not?

Exercise 17.1 | Q 25 | Page 12

Diagonals of parallelogram ABCD intersect at O as shown in the following fegure. XY contains O, and XY are points on opposite sides of the parallelogram. Give reasons for each of the following:
(i) OB = OD
(ii) ∠OBY = ∠ODX
(iii) ∠BOY = ∠DOX
(iv) ∆BOY ≅ ∆DOX
Now, state if XY is bisected at O.

Exercise 17.1 | Q 26 | Page 12

In the following  Figure  ABCD is a  arallelogram, CE bisects ∠C and AF bisects ∠A. In each of the following, if the statement is true, give a reason for the same:

(i) ∠A = ∠C
(ii) $\angle FAB = \frac{1}{2}\angle A$

(iii) $\angle DCE = \frac{1}{2}\angle C$

(iv) $\angle CEB = \angle FAB$

(v) CE || AF

Exercise 17.1 | Q 27 | Page 12

Diagonals of a parallelogram ABCD intersect at OAL and CM are drawn perpendiculars to BD such that L and M lie on BD. Is AL = CM? Why or why not?

Exercise 17.1 | Q 28 | Page 12

Points E and F lie on diagonal AC of a parallelogram ABCD such that AE = CF. What type of quadrilateral is BFDE?

Exercise 17.1 | Q 29 | Page 12

In a parallelogram ABCDAB = 10 cm, AD = 6 cm. The bisector of ∠A meets DC in EAEand BC produced meet at F. Find te length CF

Exercise 17.2 [Pages 16 - 17]

RD Sharma solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 17 Understanding Shapes-III (Special Types of Quadrilaterals) Exercise 17.2 [Pages 16 - 17]

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.01 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

It has two pairs of parallel sides.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.02 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

It has two pairs of equal sides.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.03 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

It has only two pairs of equal sides.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.04 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

Two of its angles are at right angles

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.05 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

Its diagonals bisect each other at right angles.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.06 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

Its diagonals are equal and perpendicular.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.07 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

It has all its sides of equal lengths.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.08 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

It is a parallelogram.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.09 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.1 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

It can be a square.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 1.11 | Page 16

Which of the following statement is true for a rhombus?

It is a square.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 2.1 | Page 17

Fill in the blank, in the following, so as to make the statement true:

A rhombus is a parallelogram in which ......

Exercise 17.2 | Q 2.2 | Page 17

Fill in the blank, inthe following, so as to make the statement true:

A square is a rhombus in which .....

Exercise 17.2 | Q 2.3 | Page 17

Fill in the blank, inthe following, so as to make the statement true:

A rhombus has all its sides of ...... length.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 2.4 | Page 17

Fill in the blank, in the following, so as to make the statement true:

The diagonals of a rhombus ...... each other at ...... angles.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 2.5 | Page 17

Fill in the blank, in each of the following, so as to make the statement true:

If the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other at right angles, then it is a ......

Exercise 17.2 | Q 3 | Page 17

The diagonals of a parallelogram are not perpendicular. Is it a rhombus? Why or why not?

Exercise 17.2 | Q 4 | Page 17

Exercise 17.2 | Q 5 | Page 17

ABCD is a rhombus. If ∠ACB = 40°, find ∠ADB.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 6 | Page 17

If the diagonals of a rhombus are 12 cm and 16cm, find the length of each side.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 7 | Page 17

Construct a rhombus whose diagonals are of length 10 cm and 6 cm.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 8 | Page 17

Draw a rhombus, having each side of length 3.5 cm and one of the angles as 40°.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 9 | Page 17

One side of a rhombus is of length 4 cm and the length of an altitude is 3.2 cm. Draw the rhombus.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 10 | Page 17

Draw a rhombus ABCD, if AB = 6 cm and AC = 5 cm.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 11 | Page 17

ABCD is a rhombus and its diagonals intersect at O.
(i) Is ∆BOC ≅ ∆DOC? State the congruence condition used?
(ii) Also state, if ∠BCO = ∠DCO.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 12 | Page 17

Show that each diagonal of a rhombus bisects the angle through which it passes.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 13 | Page 17

ABCD is a rhombus whose diagonals intersect at O. If  AB = 10 cm, diagonal BD = 16 cm, find the length of diagonal AC.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 14 | Page 17

The diagonals of a quadrilateral are of lengths 6 cm and 8 cm. If the diagonals bisect each other at right angles, what is the length of each side of the quadrilateral?

Exercise 17.3, Exercise 17.2 [Pages 22 - 23]

RD Sharma solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 17 Understanding Shapes-III (Special Types of Quadrilaterals) Exercise 17.3, Exercise 17.2 [Pages 22 - 23]

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.01 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

It has two pairs of equal sides.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.02 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

It has all its sides of equal length.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.03 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

Its diagonals are equal.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.04 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

Its diagonals bisect each other.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.05 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

Its diagonals are perpendicular.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.06 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

Its diagonals are perpendicular and bisect each other.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.07 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

Its diagonals are equal and bisect each other.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.08 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

Its diagonals are equal and perpendicular, and bisect each other.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.09 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is  true for a rectangle?

All rectangles are squares.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.1 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

All rhombuses are parallelograms.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.11 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a rectangle?

All squares are rhombuses and also rectangles.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 1.12 | Page 22

Which of the following statementis true for a rectangle?

All squares are not parallelograms.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 2.1 | Page 22

Which of the following statement is true for a square?

It is a rectangle.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 2.2 | Page 22

Which of the following statement are true for a square?

It has all its sides of equal length.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 2.3 | Page 22

Which of the following statement  true for a square?

Its diagonals bisect each other at right angle.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 2.4 | Page 22

Which of the following statement  true for a square?

Its diagonals are equal to its sides.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 3.1 | Page 23

Fill in the blank in the following, so as to make the statement true:

A rectangle is a parallelogram in which .....

Exercise 17.3 | Q 3.2 | Page 23

Fill in the blank in  the following, so as to make the statement true:

A square is a rhombus in which .....

Exercise 17.3 | Q 3.3 | Page 23

Fill in the blank of the following, so as to make the statement true:

A square is a rectangle in which .....

Exercise 17.3 | Q 4 | Page 23

A window frame has one diagonal longer than the other. Is the window frame a rectangle? Why or why not?

Exercise 17.3 | Q 5 | Page 23

In a rectangle ABCD, prove that ∆ACB ≅ ∆CAD.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 6 | Page 23

The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 2 : 3, and its perimeter is 20 cm. Draw the rectangle.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 7 | Page 23

The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 4 : 5. Find its sides if the perimeter is 90 cm.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 8 | Page 23

Find the length of the diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are 12 cm and 5 cm.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 9 | Page 23

Draw a rectangle whose one side measures 8 cm and the length of each of whose diagonals is 10 cm.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 10 | Page 23

Draw a square whose each side measures 4.8 cm.

Exercise 17.2 | Q 11.1 | Page 23

Identify all the quadrilaterals that have:

Four sides of equal length

Exercise 17.3 | Q 11.2 | Page 23

Identify all the quadrilaterals that have:

Four right angles

Exercise 17.3 | Q 12.1 | Page 23

Explain how a square is a quadrilateral?

Exercise 17.3 | Q 12.2 | Page 23

Explain how a square is  a parallelogram?

Exercise 17.3 | Q 12.3 | Page 23

Explain how a square is a rhombus?

Exercise 17.3 | Q 12.4 | Page 23

Explain how a square is a rectangle?

Exercise 17.3 | Q 13.1 | Page 23

Name the quadrilaterals whose diagonals bisect each other

Exercise 17.3 | Q 13.2 | Page 23

Name the quadrilaterals whose diagonal are perpendicular bisector of each other

Exercise 17.3 | Q 13.3 | Page 23

Name the quadrilaterals whose diagonals are equal.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 14 | Page 23

ABC is a right-angled trianle and O is the mid-point of the side opposite to the right angle. Explain why O is equidistant from AB and C.

Exercise 17.3 | Q 15 | Page 23

A mason has made a concrete slab. He needs it to be rectangular. In what different ways can he make sure that it is rectangular?

Chapter 17: Understanding Shapes-III (Special Types of Quadrilaterals)

Exercise 17.1Exercise 17.2Exercise 17.3

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Concepts covered in Class 8 Maths chapter 17 Understanding Shapes-III (Special Types of Quadrilaterals) are Properties of Trapezium, Angle Sum Property of a Quadrilateral, Properties of Kite, Classification of Polygons - Regular Polygon, Irregular Polygon, Convex Polygon, Concave Polygon, Simple Polygon and Complex Polygon, Properties of a Parallelogram, Concept of Curves, Different Types of Curves - Closed Curve, Open Curve, Simple Curve., Concept of Polygons - Side, Vertex, Adjacent Sides, Adjacent Vertices and Diagonal, Interior Angles of a Polygon, Exterior Angles of a Polygon and Its Property, Concept of Quadrilaterals - Sides, Adjacent Sides, Opposite Sides, Angle, Adjacent Angles and Opposite Angles, Property: The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular bisectors of one another., Properties of Rhombus, Property: The Opposite Sides of a Parallelogram Are of Equal Length., Property: The Opposite Angles of a Parallelogram Are of Equal Measure., Property: The adjacent angles in a parallelogram are supplementary., Property: The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other. (at the point of their intersection), Property: The Diagonals of a Rectangle Are of Equal Length., Properties of Rectangle, Properties of a Square, Property: The diagonals of a square are perpendicular bisectors of each other..

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