PLANE GEOMETRY EXAM1

1. Two angles are supplementary and have a ratio of 1:4.  What is the size of the smaller angle?
a. 36 ˚ b. 45 ˚ c. 18 ˚ d. 144 ˚

2. Find the length of the common external tangents to two circles of radii 10in and 18in if the distance
between their circles is 32in.
a. 37.33in b. 33.16in c.43.10in d.30.98in

3. Find the area of the parabolic segment shown below

a. 160.00 sq.m. b. 240.00 sq.m. c.106.67 sq.m. d. 213.33 sq.m.

4. Two chords of a circle AB and BC intersect at an angle of 38˚. Find the central angle or arc AC
a. 57 ˚ b. 114 ˚ c. 76 ˚ d. 19 ˚

5. How many diagonals are there in a polygon having 24 sides?

a. 209 b. 230 c.275 d. 252

6. A circle with a center O has a radius of 4.5u. A secant and a tangent line are drawn from an
external point P. The secant passes through O. The tangent segment has a length of x+2, and the
external segment of the secant has length of x. The length of the tangent segment is:
a. 0.8u b. 1.8u c. 2.8u d. none of the above

7. A road is tangent to a circular lake. Along this road and 3km from the point of tangency, another
road opens toward the lake. The distance from this point of intersection of the roads to the periphery
of the lake measured along this new road 2km. if this new roads is prolonged to cross the lake, what
length of the bridge is required?
a. 2km b. 3km c. 2.5km d. 4.5km
8. A student creates a challenge for his friend.  He first draws a square, and then he adds the line for
each of the 2 diagonals.  Finally, he asks his friend to draw the circle that has the most intersections
possible. How many intersections will this circle have?

a. 10 b. 6 c. 12 d. 4

9. Lines AC and BD are parallel.  ∠HFC=10∘, ∠DGI=50∘, △EFG is a right triangle, and EG has a length

of 10.  What is the length of EF?

a. 20 b. 12 c. 5 d. not enough information

10. Each interior angle of a regular enneacontagon.

a. 115deg b. 124deg c.161deg d. 176deg
Keys:

1. A

2. D

3. D

4. C

5. D

6. C

7. C

8. C

9. A

10. D