Example 2: A palm tree swings with the tree in such a manner that the angle covered by its

tree
is 14 degrees. If the topmost portion of the tree covers a distance of 33 meters, find the length
of the tree?

135 m

Example 3:  A circle of maximum possible size is cut from a square sheet. Subsequently,
a square of maximum possible size is cut from the resultant circle. What will be area of
the final square?

a.) 75% of the size of the original square

b.*) 50% of the size of the original square

c.) 75% of the size of the circle

d.) 25% of the size of the original square

Example 5: What is the circumradius of a triangle whose sides are 7, 24 and 25

respectively?

1. 18
2. 12.5
3. 12
4. 14

Let P be an interior point of a right-angled isosceles triangle ABC with hypotenuse AB. If the
perpendicular distance of P from each of AB, BC, and CA is 4 (√2 – l) cm, then the area, in sq cm,
of the triangle ABC is

16

From a triangle ABC with sides of lengths 40 ft, 25 ft and 35 ft, a triangular portion GBC
is cut off where G is the centroid of ABC. The area, in sq ft, of the remaining portion of
triangle ABC is
A) 225√3
B*) 500 / √3
C) 275 / √3
D) 250 / √3

Let ABC be a right-angled isosceles triangle with hypotenuse BC. Let BQC be a semi-
circle, away from A, with diameter BC. Let BPC be an arc of a circle centered at A and
lying between BC and BQC. If AB has length 6 cm then the area, in sq cm, of the region
enclosed by BPC and BQC is

A) 9π – 18
B*) 18
C) 9π
D) 9

Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon with each side of length 1 cm. The area (in sq cm) of a
square with AC as one side is

A) 3√2
B*) 3
C) 4
D) √3

In the following figure, the diameter of the circle is 3 cm. AB and MN are two diameters
such that MN is perpendicular to AB. In addition, CG is perpendicular to AB such that
AE:EB = 1:2, and DF is perpendicular to MN such that NL:LM = 1:2. The length of DH in
cm is

[1] 2√ 2 −1
[2] (2√ 2 −1)/2
[3] (3√ 2 −1)/2
[4] (2√ 2 −1)/3
P, Q, S, and R are points on the circumference of a circle of radius r, such that PQR is
an equilateral triangle and PS is a diameter of the circle. What is the perimeter of the
quadrilateral PQSR?

[1] 2r(1+√ 3 )
[2] 2r(2+√ 3 )
[3] r(1+√ 5 )
[4] 2r+√ 3

In the figure given below (not drawn to scale), A, B and C are three points on a circle
with center O. The chord BA is extended to a point T such that CT becomes a tangent
to the circle at point C.
If ∠ATC=30∘∠ATC=30∘ and ∠ACT=50∘,∠ACT=50∘, then the
angle ∠BOA∠BOA is

[1] 100∘
[2] 150∘
[3] 80∘
[4] Cannot be determined
In the figure below, the rectangle at the corner measures 10 cm × 20 cm. The corner A
of the rectangle is also a point on the circumference of the circle. What is the radius of
the circle in cm?
[1] 10 cm
[2] 40 cm
[3] 50 cm
[4] None of these