MATHEMATICS ASSIGNMENT IX

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ASSIGNMENT ON TRIANGLES
PART A
Directions for 1 15: State true/false
1.

Two lines are always congruent.

2.

Two line segments are congruent if they have the same length.

3.

Two circles are congruent if they have the same radius.

4.

Two angles are congruent if the sum of their measures is equal to 180o.

5.

If the three angles of one triangle are equal to the angles of another triangle, then the triangles are
similar.

6.

If two triangles are congruent, then any angle of the first triangle will be equal to any angle of the
second triangle.

7.

The diagonal of a quadrilateral divides it into two congruent triangles.

8.

The diagonal of a trapezium divides it into two congruent triangles.

9.

Two right triangles are always congruent.

10.

All the three angles in an isosceles triangle are equal.

11.

If two medians of a triangle are equal then the triangle must be isosceles.

12.

If the perpendicular bisector of the side BC of ABC passes through the vertex A, then AB = AC.

13.

Two altitudes corresponding to the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle are not always equal.

14.

The sum of two sides of a triangle can never be equal to the third side.

15.

Any point on the perpendicular bisector of a line segment will be equidistant from the end points of the
line segment.

16.

In the figure AD = BC and DAB = CBA. Prove that AC = BD.

D
A

17.

AB is a line segment and is its perpendicular

bisector. If P is any point on , prove that PA = PB.
A

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18.

In the figure and m are parallel lines. These are intersected by another set of parallel lines p and q.
Show that ABD CDB.

B
19.

In the figure, AD is the bisector of BAC and P is a point on AD such that CPD = BPD.
Prove that CP = BP.

B
20.

In a parallelogram ABCD, the two diagonals AC and BD are equal. Find the measure of ABC.

22.

In the figure AB = CD and AD = BC. Prove that ADC CBA.

D

B
E

C
23.

In the figure OP is the bisector of AOB. Show that every point on OP is equidistant from the arms of
the angle.

2
B

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24. If angles A, B and C of a triangle ABC are equal to each other, prove that ABC is equilateral.

25.

In the figure, PQR is a triangle and QM and RN are altitudes. If QM = RN, show that PQR = PRQ.

Q
26.

If the angle bisector of an angle of a triangle also bisects the opposite side, prove that the triangle is
isosceles.

27.

Two sides AB, BC and median AM of ABC are respectively equal to the sides PQ, QR and median PS
of another triangle PQR. Show that ABC PQR and ABM PQS.

28.

Show that in a right triangle, the hypotenuse is the largest side.

30.

In the figure, AC > AB and AD is the bisector of BAC. Show that ADC > ADB.
A

B
31.

The diagonals AC and BD of quadrilateral ABCD intersect each other at O. Show

that AB + BC + CD + DA > AC + BD.
C
D
O
A

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32. If D is a point in the interior of ABC, show that DB + DC < AB + AC.

D
C

B
33.

In the figure, AB = AC. Show that AB < AD.

A

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35.

In the figure, D is a point on the side BC of triangle ABC. E is a point such that ED = BD. Show that
AB + AC > BE.

36.

E
Show that the sum of the three altitudes of a triangle is less than the perimeter of the triangle.

37.

In the figure, AB = AC. D is any point on AC. Show that BD > CD.
A

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38. In the figure AB >AC. The bisectors of B and C meet at O. Show that OC < OB.
A

39.

B
In the figure, show that AB + BC + CD + DA > 2BD

D
C

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PART B
Directions for 1 10: State true/false
1.

Two figures are congruent, if they have the same shape.

2.

Two circles of the same circumference are congruent.

3.

Two squares of equal sides are congruent.

4.

Two rectangles of equal lengths are congruent.

5.

Two trapeziums with their corresponding nonparallel sides equal are congruent.

6.

Two right triangles with equal hypotenuses are congruent.

7.

Two isosceles triangles with equal bases are congruent.

8.

Two squares with equal areas are congruent.

9.

Two rectangles with equal areas are congruent.

10.

Two circles with proportional radii are congruent.

11.

If ABC EGF, which of the following statements is not always correct?

(A) BAC = GEF

13.

(C) AC = EF

(D) AB + BC = GE + EF

C
Which of the following is not a congruency criterion?
(A) SSS

14.

(B) ACB = EFG

(B) SSA

(C) ASA

(D) SAS

ABCD is a quadrilateral in which AD = BC and DAB = CBA. Prove that BD = AC.

A

B
C

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15. In the figure AC = AE, AB = AD and BAD = EAC. Show that BC = DE.
E
A

C
D
Q

16.

In the figure AP and BQ are perpendicular to AB. If AP =

BQ, Show that O is the mid point of AB and PQ.
A

P
18.

19.

In the figure, the line segment joining the midpoints of the sides AB and CD is perpendicular to both
the sides. Prove that AD = BC.
A
M
B

D
N
C
In the figure, AB || CD and P is the mid point of BD. Prove that CPD APB.
D

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20. In the figure, altitude AD bisects BC. Show that ABC is an isosceles triangle.
A

21.

C
D
In the figure, altitudes BD and CE are equal. Prove that ABC is isosceles.
A

B
23.

ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. BE and CF are altitudes from B and C, respectively. Show
that BE = CF.

B
24.

ABC and DBC are two isosceles triangles with AB = AC and BD = DC, respectively, on the same base
BC. Show that ABD = ACD.
A

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25.

In the figure, ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. Side BA is produced to D such that AD = AB.
Show that BCD is a right angle.

27.

Show that the angles of an equilateral triangle are 60o each.

28.

In the figure, ABC and DBC are two triangles on the same base BC, such that AB = AC and DB = DC,
prove that ABD = ACD.
A

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29. In the figure, AE is the bisector of the external angle CAD such that AE || BC. Show that ABC is an

isosceles triangle.

31.

In the figures, the two sides and one median, namely AB, BC and AM of ABC are respectively equal
to the two sides and the median PQ, QR and PN of the other triangle PQR. Show that
(i)

ABM PQN A

B
32.

ABC PQR

(ii)

In the figure, ABCD is a quadrilateral in which AB = AD and BC = DC. Prove that BE = ED.
A

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33. In the figure, AD CD and BC CD. If AQ = BP and DP = CQ, prove that DAQ = CBP.
A
B

D
34.

ABCD is a square. X and Y are points on the sides AD and BC, respectively, such that AY = BX. Prove
that BY = AX and BAY = ABX.
D

A
36.

In the figure, S is a point on the side QR of PQR. Prove that PQ + QR + RP > 2PS
P

37.
38.

R
S
Prove that the sum of the three sides of a triangle is greater than the sum of its three medians.
In the figure, T is a point on side QR of PQR and S is a point such that RT = ST.
Q
Prove that PQ + PR > QS.
S
T

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39. In the figure, AC > AB and D is a point on the AC such that AB = CD. Prove that CD < BC.
A

B
40.

In the figure, PQ > PR, QS and RS are the bisectors of Q and R, respectively. Show that SQ > SR
P

S
Q
42.

In the figure, AD is the bisector of A. Show that AB > BD.

A

43.

C
D
ABC is a triangle. Locate a point in the interior of ABC which is equidistant from all the vertices of
the triangle ABC.

44.

In ABC, B = 40o, C = 60o and the bisector of BAC intersects BC at X Arrange the segments AX,
BX and CX in the descending order of their lengths
A

40

60o

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45.

If D is the midpoint of the hypotenuse AC of a right angled ABC. Prove that BD = 2 AC.

46.

In the figure, prove that OA + OB + OC + OD > AC + BD

D

O
C
B

47.

In a right angled triangle, one acute angle is double the other. Prove that the hypotenuse is double the
smallest side.

49.

In a triangle ABC, AC > AB, the bisector of A meets BC at D. Prove that ADB is acute.

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ANSWER KEY

TRIANGLES
PART A
1.

True

2.

True

3.

True

4.

False

5.

False

6.

False

7.

False

8.

False

9.

False

10.

False

11.

False

12.

True

13.

False

14.

True

15.

True

20.

900

PART B
1.

False

2.

True

3.

True

4.

False

5.

False

6.

False

7.

False

8.

True

9.

False

10.

False

11.

(D)

12.

(B)

13.

(B)

44. .

AX = BX > CX

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