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XII – Perimeter & Area

• ∆ : Scalene ∆ :semi perimeter (s) = a + b + c where a, b, c are the sides of a triangle.

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Area = √ s (s – a)( s – b)( s – c)

Isosceles Triangle = b √4a2 – b2 Perimeter = 2a + b (a
equal side of the ∆, b
base)

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Equilateral Triangle = √3 a2 Perimeter = 3a (a
side of the triangle)
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• Name of Quadrilateral Area Perimeter

Rectangle lxb 2 (l + b ) l
length, b
breadth

Parallelogram ht x base sum of all sides

Rhombus ½ d1 d2 4 x side

Square side2 4 x side

Trapezium ½ (a + b)h sum of all sides a, b are the || sides

I – FIND THE AREA & PERIMETER OF ∆:

i. Each equal side & height of an isosceles ∆ differ by 2 cm and the base is 12 cm.
Find its area & the height corresponding to the equal side.

ii. Calculate the area n perimeter of an equilateral ∆ whose height is 10 √3cm.

iii. The height of an isosceles ∆ is 15/√3, its vertex angle (∟between the two
equal sides) = 600 Find its area & perimeter.

iv. The area of an equilateral ∆ is 36 √3, find its perimeter & height.
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XII – Perimeter & Area

v. Find the area of a ∆ whose sides are 9cm, 40cm & 41 cm. Also find the altitude
corresponding to 40cm as base.

vi. The lengths of sides of a ∆ are in the ratio of 5 : 12 : 13 & its perimeter is 90cm, find
its area and also height corresponding to the smallest side.

vii. The equal sides of an isosceles right angled ∆ is 4 √2 cm each. Find its area & ┴
corresponding to the hypotenuse.

viii. Find the area of an isosceles ∆ whose base is 20 cm & perimeter is 72 cm.

ix. Find the perimeter of an isosceles ∆ whose base is 16cm & area is 120cm2.

x. Find the area of the shaded region. A

A
a. 4cm b.
10√2 cm 20cm D 20cm
B
16cm

C 10cm D B 20 cm C
xi. The area of an equilateral ∆ is numerically equal to 3 times its perimeter.
Find its side. A
61 cm
xii. Find the area n perimeter of the following ∆.

xiii. The altitude drawn to the base of an isosceles ∆ is B 11 cm C

12 cm & its perimeter is 36 cm, find area of ∆ & height corresponding to
greatest side of ∆.

xiv. The sides of a right angled ∆ containing the right angle are 7x & 2x + 2 with
area of 210 cm2 . Find its Perimeter.
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XII – Perimeter & Area

xv. The perimeter of a right angled ∆ is 70 cm & its hypotenuse is 29 cm. Find its area.

xvi. Two sides of a right angled ∆ differ by 17 & its hypotenuse is 25cm. Calculate its
area & perimeter.

xvii. The area of an isosceles right angled ∆ is 50 cm2, find its perimeter.

xviii. Find the area of a ∆ with ratio of sides 10 : 17 : 21& perimeter 96cm.

xix. The angle between an altitude 16 √3 cm long & equal side of an isosceles ∆ is 300,
find its area.

II – FIND THE AREA & PERIMETER OF QUADRILATERAL:

xx. Find area of quadrilateral with a diagonal of 20cm & ┴’s from other vertices is
8cm & 6cm.
A
xxi. Find area of quadrilateral with a diagonal of 15cm &other diagonal is 30cm. 29cm
17cm A 21 cm
xxii. Find the area of the following figures. B B C
42cm 34cm
(2) (1)
C D D
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xxiii. The area of the quadrilateral ABCD is 408cm , AB = 18 cm, D
BC = 30cm, AD = DC. Find DE & AD A

E
III – FIND THE AREA & PERIMETER OF RECTANGLE:
B C
xxiv. The length and breadth of a rectangle are 12 cm & 8 cm respectively. Find
the height of a ∆ whose base is 12 cm & area is two times the area of the
given rectangle.
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XII – Perimeter & Area

xxv. A man runs along the diagonal of a rectangular ground at a speed of 7.2 km/hr for 1 min
40 sec & then covers the length in 1 min 20 sec, find the area of the rectangle in m2. Also
find the time taken by him to cover the entire perimeter.(excluding the diagonals)

xxvi. If the length of a rectangular plot is 17m more than breadth & numeric value of its area
is 106 more than its perimeter . Find its diagonal.

xxvii. The length & breadth of a rectangular plot is 40m & 30 m respectively. A path of uniform
width runs around inside such that its area is 264 m2. Find the width of the path.

xxviii. The rate for 1.25m wide carpet is Rs. 200 / mtr. Find the cost of covering a hall 4.5 m by
6.5m with this carpet.

xxix. The cost of fencing a rectangular plot is Rs.1550 @ Rs.25 / mtr. If its length is 24 m find
the cost of flattening it @ Rs.50 / m2.

xxx. The perimeter of a rectangle is 94m. If its diagonal is 37m, find its area.

xxxi. Area of a rectangle is 300 m2. If its perimeter is 70 m, find its diagonal.

IV – FIND THE AREA & PERIMETER OF PARALLELOGRAM:

xxxii. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 20cm & 30cm. If distance between the longer
sides is 12cm, find the distance between the shorter sides.

xxxiii. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 10cm & 21cm, if its one diagonal is 17cm.
Find the altitude corresponding to the 10 cm side.

xxxiv. One side of a parallelogram is 37cm & the diagonals are 24 cm & 70cm. Find its area.

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XII – Perimeter & Area

V – FIND THE AREA & PERIMETER OF RHOMBUS:

xxxv. The area of a rhombus is 336cm2, if its one diagonal is 14cm, find its perimeter &height.

xxxvi. If the height of a rhombus is 28.8cm, perimeter is 120cm & a diagonal is 18cm.
Find its other diagonal & area.

xxxvii. Perimeter of a rhombus is 164cm& its one diagonal is 18 cm. Find its area.

VI – FIND THE AREA & PERIMETER OF SQUARE:

xxxviii. If half diagonal of a square is 10√2 cm; find its perimeter & area.

xxxix. A car has an option of going along the sides of a square to reach from X to Y or
along diagonal X to Y. How many km will it save if it travels diagonally? XY = 200√2 km

xxxx. PQRS is a square each side 15 cm, X is a point on QR such that area of ∆ PQX : area
of square PQRS is in the ratio 4 : 15. Find PX.

VII – FIND THE AREA & PERIMETER OF TRAPEZIUM:

xxxxi. The distance between 2 parallel sides of a trapezium is 20 cm & length of the line
joining the mid points of its non parallel sides is 36 cm. Find its area.

xxxxii. Find area of the following figures.

B 18 cm A 10 cm
26 cm
N 21cm M 5 cm

C D 16 cm
MN = 21cm, AC = 26cm, AB = 18 cm

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XII – Perimeter & Area

20 cm 16 cm

17 cm 21 cm 25 cm

30cm 40 cm

xxxxiii. A water channel in the form of an isosceles trapezium with area of 3200 cm2,
|| sides being 110 cm & 50 cm. Find its perimeter.

VII – FIND THE AREA & PERIMETER OF MISCELLANEOUS FIGURES:

xxxxiv. A wire when bent to form a square encloses an area of 225cm2. Find the largest
area enclosed by the same wire when it is bent to form a) an equilateral ∆ &
b) a rectangle whose length is 20 cm greater than its breadth.

xxxxv. In isosceles ∆ ABC, AB = AC = 15 cm, AD ┴ BC & BC = 18 cm; P is any point

on AD such that /BPC = 900. Find area of quadrilateral ABOC.

xxxxvi. Find the area of the following figures

30 cm
15 cm 15 cm 10 A 20 cm B
15
11 cm 6cm 11 cm 20 600
20cm 10
a) 12cm b) 20 c)
10 10 20 D E
4m A
1.75m 0.25m P 300 600 Q
2.5m 20 cm B
.
0 5m D
d) 2m e) S R Find Area & perimeter of ABCD.
1m C
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Answers:

i. 48 cm2; 9.6 cm ii. 173.2cm2; 60 cm iii. 43.4cm2; 30 cm iv. 36 cm; 10.39cm

v. 180 cm2; 9 cm vi. 270 cm2; 36 cm vii. 16 cm2; 4 cm viii. 240 cm2

ix. 50 cm x. 30 cm2; 77.21 cm 2 xi. 12√3 = 20.78 xii. 33 cm2, 132cm

xiii. 60cm2, 120/13cm xiv. 84 cm xv. 210cm2 xvi. 84 cm2, 56 cm

xvii. 34.14 xviii. 336 cm2 xix. 256√3 xx. 100 cm2

xxi. 225 cm2 xxii. 546 cm2, 336 cm2 xxiii. 16 cm, 20 cm xxiv. 32 cm

xxv. 19200 m2, 4 min 40 sec xxvi. 25 m xxvii. x = 2 m xxviii. Rs. 4860

xxix. Rs.8400 xxx. 444 m2 xxxi. 25m xxxii. 18cm

xxxiii. 16.8cm xxxiv. 840cm2 xxxv. 100cm, 13.44cm xxxvi. 864cm, 36cm

xxxvii. 720cm2 xxxviii. 80cm, 400cm2 xxxix. 117.16Km xxxx. 17 cm

xxxxi. 720 cm2 xxxxii. 105m2, 52cm2, 210 cm2, 196cm2. xxxxiii. 2.6m

xxxxiv. 400 √3; 300cm2. xxxxv. 27 cm2 xxxxvi. 916 cm2, 875 cm2, 226.8 cm2,

13.06 cm, ( 746.41 cm2, 109.28cm )

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