CLASS : X Maths Triangle (Assignment) Prepare For PT_1

1. A and B are the mid points of the sides PQ and RQ respectively of a PQR right angled at Q.
Prove that
i) 4PB2 = 4PQ2 + RQ2
ii)4AR2 = PQ2 + 4RQ2.
2. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = BC. If 2AB2 = AC2, prove that ABC is a right triangle.
3. ABC is an obtuse angled triangle, obtuse angled at B. If AD CB, prove that
2 2 2
AC = AB + BC + 2BC . BD
4. ABC is a right triangle, right angled at B. Let D and E be any points on AB and BC respectively.
Prove that AE2 + CD2 = AC2 + DE2.
5. ABC is an acute angled triangle, acute angled at B and AD BC. Prove that
AC2 = AB2 + BC2 - 2BC. BD.
6. In the given figure, 1= 2 and 3= 4, show that PT QR = PR ST.

7. In the figure, ABD = CDB = PQB = 90o. If AB = x units, CD = y units and

PQ = z units, prove that .

8. State and prove the Basic Proportionality Theorem.

9. Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of the squares of
their corresponding sides.
10. The areas of two similar triangles are 81 cm2 and 144 cm2. If the largest side of the smaller
triangle is 27cm, find the largest side of the larger triangle.
11. In an equilateral triangle ABC, the side BC is trisected at D. Prove that 9AD 2 = 7AB2.
12. In triangle ABC, right angled at B, points D and E trisect BC. Prove that 8AE 2 = 3AC2 + 5AD2
13. In aABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively, such that DE||BC and AD :
DB = 4 : 3. If AE = 6 cm, find the length of AC.
14. In ABC, if AD BC and AD2 = BD DC, prove that BAC = 90o.
15. ABCD is a parallelogram. AB is divided at P and CD at Q so that AP:PB = 3 : 2 and CQ : QD = 4

: 1. If PQ meets AC at R, then prove that

16. In right angled ABC, = 90o. If D is the mid-point of BC, prove that AB2 = 4AD2 - 3AC2.
17. AD is a median of ABC. The bisectors of ADB and ADC meet AB and AC in E and F
respectively. Prove that EF||BC.
18. In the figure, AD is the bisector of A. If BD = 4 cm, DC = 3 cm and AB = 6 cm, determine
AC.

19. In triangle ABC, if DE is parallel to BC and DE : BC = 3 : 5, then calculate the ratio of the areas
of triangle ADE to that of trapezium BCED.
20. ABC is a triangle in which AB = AC and D is any point on BC. Prove that
AB2 - AD2 = BD . CD