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Class: 10 Similar Triangles Practice Sheet

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1) When does two triangles are similar?

2) State the Basic Proportionality Theorem?
3) State the converse of Basic Proportionality Theorem?
4) In ABC, DE || BC, if AD = x, DB = x – 2, AE = x + 2, EC = x – 1 find ‘x’
5) In ABC, LM || BC, if AL = x –3, AC = 2x, BM = x – 2, BC = 2x + 3 find ‘x’
6) In PQR, ST || QR, if PT = 3cm, RT = 2cm, QS = 3cm, find PS
KP 4
7) In KMN, PQ || MN, if KN = 20.4cm and = find KQ
PM 13

AD 3
8) In ABC, DE || BC, if AC = 5.6cm and = find AE
BD 5

9) In ABC, if AD = 5cm, BD = 7cm, AE = 10cm, EC = 14cm. Is DE || BC?

10) D and E are points on the sides AB and AC of a ABC such that
AB =5.6cm, AD = 1.4cm, AC = 7.2cm & AE = 1.8cm Show that DE || BC
11) D and E are points on the sides AB and AC of a ABC such that
AD =5.7cm, BD = 9.5cm, EC = 5.5cm & AE = 3.3cm. Is DE || BC?
12) Draw a line segment of length 8 cm and divide it in the ratio 5 : 3. Measure
the two parts
13) Draw a line segment of length 7.2 cm and divide it in the ratio 5 : 2
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Class: 10 Similar Triangles Practice Sheet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) State Pythagoras theorem
1) The sides of a triangle are 6cm, 8cm and 10cm. Is that  is a right angled  2) In an equilateral triangle whose side is ‘a’ units, prove that
2) A man goes 10m due east and then 24m due north. Find the distance from the
starting point
a) Altitude =
3
2
xa
√ a) Area =
√ 3 x a2
4
3) In an equilateral triangle ABC, ADBC. Prove that AD2 = 3BD2
3) A ladder is placed against a wall in such a way that its foot is at a distance of
4) In an equilateral triangle, prove that the three times the square of any side
5m from the wall. The tip of the ladder touches a window 12m above the
of an equilateral triangle is equal to four times the square of its altitude
ground. Find the length of the ladder
5) ABCD is a rhombus. Prove that AB2 + BC2 + CD2 + DA2 = AC2 + BD2
4) A ladder 25m long reaches a window of a building 20m above the ground.
6) ABC is an isosceles triangle, right angled at C. Prove that
Find the distance between the ladder and the foot of the wall
a) AB2 = 2AC2 b) AB2 = 2BC2
5) A ladder 15m long reaches a window which is 9m above the ground on side
7) PQR is a triangle, right angled at P and M is a point on QR such that PMQR
of a street. Keeping its foot at the same point, the ladder is turned to other
Show that AB2 = 2AC2
side of the street to reach a window 12m high. Find the width of the street
8) P and Q are mid points of the sides CA and CB respectively of a ABC, right
6) The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 6m more that the twice of the shortest
angled at C. Prove that
side. If the third side is 2m less than the hypotenuse, find the sides of the
a) 4AQ2 = 4AC2 + BC2 b) 4BP2 = 4BC2 + AC2 c) 4(AQ2 + BP2) = 5AB2
7) Two poles of heights 6m and 11m stand on a plane ground. If the distance
9) In ABC, AD is perpendicular to BC. Prove that AB2 + CD2 = AC2 + BD2
between their feet is 12m, find the distance between their tops
10) In ABC, AD is perpendicular to BC. Prove that AB2  BD2 = AC2  CD2
8) Two poles of heights 6m and 14m stand on a plane ground. If the distance
11) ABC is an isosceles triangle with AC = BC. If AB2 = 2AC2, PT ABC is
between their feet is 12m, find the distance between their tops
a right angled triangle
9) The lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 24cm and 10cm. Find the
12) ABC is a right triangle, right angled at C. Let BC = a, CA = b and AB = c.
each side of the rhombus
Let ‘p’ be the length of perpendicular from C on AB. Prove that
10) Each side of a rhombus is 10cm. If one of its diagonals is 16cm, find the
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length of the other diagonal a) cp = ab b) 2 = 2 + 2
p a b