Geometry - Plane Figures Problems and Solutions

Example:   The area of a circle is 6 cm2 greater then the area of the square inscribed into the circle. Then,
the area of the circle is?

Solution:  Given Acircle = Asquare + 6.    Acircle = ?

Example:   Into a quarter of a circle with the radius 1 + 2  inscribed is a circle, find the radius of the
inscribed circle.

Solution:  Given R = 1 + 2.    r = ?

Example:   Which polygon have two times more diagonals then sides?

Solution:  The number of diagonals in a polygon, 

  where n is the number of polygon sides.

Example:   Given is a regular hexagon with the side a into which is inscribed a circle, find the area
between the hexagon and the circle.

Solution:  Given a.    A = ?

Example:   If the ratio of the greater angle between diagonals of a rectangle to the smaller angle
is 2 : 1 and a > b then, the ratio a : b of sides of the rectangle is? 

Solution:  Given   : (180°  ) = 2 : 1  and  a > b.    a : b = ?

Example:   Into a circle inscribed is deltoid (kite). If one of its angles between equal sides
subtends 60° then, the relation of the longer to the shorter diagonal is?

Solution:  Given  = 60°.    e  :  f = ?

 
Example:   Determine the least n (the number of sides of a regular polygon), for which the interior angle of
a regular polygon is greater then 163°.

Solution:  Given  > 163°.    n = ?

The interior angle of a regular

polygon,

Example:   Deltoid with sides length of 1 and 2 is inscribed into a circle. The ratio of greater to the shorter
diagonal is?

Solution:  Given  a = 2  and  b = 1.    e :  f = ?

Example:   One side of a parallelogram is 4 cm, other 6 cm, and the diagonal 42 cm, length of the
other diagonal is?

Solution:  Given  a = 6 cm, b = 4 cm and d1 = 42 cm  .    d2 = ?

 
Example:   Find the area of the rhomb (diamond) with the side of length 20 cm and the diagonal of
length 32 cm.

Solution:  Given a = 20 cm and e = 32 cm.    A  rhombus = ?

Example:   Length of the side of the right decagon is 12. Find the radius of its circumcircle.

Solution:  Given  n = 10 and  a = 12.    r = ?

Example:   In a circle with the radius 2 cm, on its chord 22 cm long taken as a diameter, constructed
is another circle. The area of the part of that circle, which is outside of the greater circle, is?

Solution:  Given r = 2 cm and t = 22 cm.    A = ?

 
Example:   Deltoid with sides length of 1 and 2 is inscribed into a circle. The ratio of greater to the
shorter diagonal is?

Solution:  Given  a = 2  and  b = 1.    e  :  f = ?

Example:   One side of a parallelogram is 4 cm, other 6 cm, and the diagonal 42 cm, length of the
other diagonal is?

Solution:  Given  a = 6 cm, b = 4 cm and d1 = 42 cm  .    d2 = ?

Example:   Find the area of the rhomb (diamond) with the side of length 20 cm and the diagonal of
length 32 cm.

Solution:  Given a = 20 cm and e = 32 cm.    A  rhombus = ?

  

Example:   Length of the side of the right decagon is 12. Find the radius of its circumcircle.

Solution:  Given  n = 10 and  a = 12.    r = ?

Example:   In a circle with the radius 2 cm, on its chord 22 cm long taken as a diameter, constructed
is another circle. The area of the part of that circle, which is outside of the greater circle, is?

Solution:  Given r = 2 cm and t = 22 cm.    A = ?

 
Example:   Distance of centers of circles with radii, 20 cm and 10 cm, is 50 cm. Their common
external tangent touches one circle at a point D1 and other at D2. Find the length of the segment D1D2.

Solution:  Given r1 = 20 cm, r2 = 10 cm  and  S1S2 = 50 cm .    D1D2 = ?

Example:   The chord of a circle is long 12 cm and cuts of the circle segment whose height is 3 cm.
Find the radius of the circle. Height of the segment equals the difference between the radius of the circle
and the distance of the chord from the circle’s center.

Solution:  Given  t = 12 and h = 3.    r = ?

 
Example:   The perimeter of a circle is divided to the four parts whose arcs relate as 1: 2 : 4 : 5, what are
the values of the corresponding central angles?

Solution:  Given arcs relationship, 1: 2 : 4 : 5.    the corresponding central angles ?

 
Example:   Distance of centers of circles with radii, 20 cm and 10 cm, is 50 cm. Their common external tangent touches
one circle at a point D1 and other at D2. Find the length of the segment D1D2.

Solution:  Given r1 = 20 cm, r2 = 10 cm  and  S1S2 = 50 cm .    D1D2 = ?

 
Example:   The chord of a circle is long 12 cm and cuts of the circle segment whose height is 3 cm. Find the radius of
the circle. Height of the segment equals the difference between the radius of the circle and the distance of the chord from
the circle’s center.

Solution:  Given  t = 12 and h = 3.    r = ?

 
Example:   The perimeter of a circle is divided to the four parts whose arcs relate as 1: 2 : 4 : 5, what are the values of
the corresponding central angles?

Solution:  Given arcs relationship, 1: 2 : 4 : 5.    the corresponding central angles ?

 
Example:   Into a circle of the radius r inscribed is a square, to the square inscribed is a circle and into the circle
inscribed is a square, find the length of the side of the latter square.

Solution:  Given r.    a1 = ?

Example:   Into a sector with R = 9 and  = 60° inscribed is a circle, find the radius of the circle.

Solution:  Given R = 9 and  = 60°.    r = ?

Example:   Two circles with radii 3 cm and 1 cm touch externally. The distance of the point of its contact from their
common external tangent is?

Solution:  Given R = 3 cm  and  r = 1 cm.    d = ?

 
Example:   The ratio of the area of the circumcircle and the area of the inscribed regular dodecagon is?

Solution:  Given n = 12.    A  circle :  A12 = ?

 
Example:   The ratio of the area of the circumcircle and the area of the inscribed regular dodecagon is?

Solution:  Given n = 12.    A  circle :  A12 = ?

 
Example:   In a circle the chord AB subtends the central angle  and the chord CD subtends the
central angle , if given are, d(AB) = a and angles  and , then d(CD) is?

Solution:  Given  d(AB) = a,  and .    d(CD) = ?
  

Example:   The area of the sector A = 64 and the perimeter P = 32, find the length of its arc. 

Solution:  Given A = 64 and P = 32.    arc l = ?

Example:   Bases of an isosceles trapezium are, 21 cm and 9 cm, and its height 8 cm. The radius of
its circumcircle is?

Solution:  Given a = 21 cm, c = 9 cm  and  h = 8 cm.    r = ?

Example:   Find the area of the intersection of two circles with the same radius r = 8 whose centers lay
on each other circumferences.

Solution:  Given r = 8.    A  intersection = ?

 Example:   The ratio of the radius of the incircle to the radius of the circumcircle of a right triangle with
legs, a = 3 and b = 4, is?

Solution:  Given a = 3 and b = 4.    r : R = ?

Example:   The area of an annulus equals the quarter of the area of the inner circle. The ratio of the radius
of the inner circle to the radius of the outer circle is?

Solution:  Given  Aanulus = 1/4 · Ar2.    r2 : r1  = ?

 
Example:   An isosceles trapezoid with the height 5 has perpendicular diagonals. Find the area of
the trapezoid.

 
Solution:  Given  h = 5.   A  trapezoid = ?
Example:   The ratio of the radius of the incircle to the radius of the circumcircle of a right triangle with
legs, a = 3 and b = 4, is?

Solution:  Given a = 3 and b = 4.    r : R = ?

Example:  The ratio of the radius of the incircle to the radius of the circumcircle of a regular heptagon (n =
7) is?

Solution:  Given n = 7.    r : R = ?