TACHYON BATCH

for Maths Olympiad

WORKSHEET II
On Geometry

Attempt all these problems devoting proper time to understand and visualise the problem. In
case, you are not able to conclude to the result, keep trying in your free time. All these problems
are a good set to ensure that your understanding of geometry, is well groomed.

1. Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle; AD be the bisector of BAC with D on BC; and BE be
the altitude from B on AC. Show that CED  45 .
2. Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle and let D, E, F be the feet of perpendiculars from A, B, C
respectively to BC, CA, AB . Let the perpendiculars from F to CB, CA, AD, BE meet them in
P, Q, M , N respectively. Prove that P, Q, M , N are collinear.
3. In ∆ ABC , let D be the midpoint of BC . If ADB = 45 & ACD = 30 , determine BAD .
4. In ABC , the straight line AD, BE, CF are drawn through a point P to meet BC, CA, AB at
D, E, F respectively. Prove that 𝑃𝐷/𝐴𝐷 + 𝑃𝐸/𝐵𝐸 + 𝑃𝐹/𝐶𝐹 = 1 &
AP / AD + BP / BE + CP / CF = 2 .
5. A square sheet of paper ABCD is so folded that B falls on the mid-point M of CD. Prove that the
crease will divide BC in the ratio 5 : 3.
6. Let P be an interior point of ∆ ABC and AP, BP, CP meet the sides BC, CA, AB in D, E, F respectively.
AP AF AE
Show that = + .
PD FB EC
7. In a triangle ABC, D is a point on BC such that AD is the internal bisector of A. Suppose
B = 2C and CD = AB. Prove that A = 72°.
8. In an acute triangle ABC, points D, E, F are located on the sides BC, CA, AB respectively such that
CD CA AE AB BF BC
= , = , = . Prove that AD, BE, CF are the altitudes of ABC.
CE BC AF AC BD BA
9. Let ABC be a triangle in which AB = AC and CAB = 90°. Suppose M and N are points on the
hypotenuse BC such that BM2 + CN2 = MN2. Prove that MAN = 45°.
10. Let ABC be an acute angled triangle in which D, E, F are points on BC, CA, AB respectively such that
AD is perpendicular to BC, AE = EC, and CF bisects C internally. Suppose CF meets AD and DE in
M and N respectively. If FM = 2, MN = 1, NC = 3, find the perimeter of the triangle ABC.
11. Consider an acute triangle ABC and let P be an interior point of ABC. Suppose the lines BP and CP,
when produced, meet AC and AB in E and F respectively. Let D be the point where AP intersects
the line segment EF and K be the foot of perpendicular from D on to BC. Show that DK bisects
EKF.
 TACHYON BATCH
for Maths Olympiad
WORKSHEET II
On Geometry

12. Construct a right triangle with given hypotenuse c such that the median drawn to the hypotenuse
is the geometric mean of the two legs of the triangle.
13. Determine whether or not there exists a finite set M of points in space not lying in the same plane
such that, for any two points A and B of M one can select two other points C and D of M so that
lines AB and CD are parallel and not coincident.
14. On the sides of an arbitrary ∆ ABC, triangles ABR, BCP, CAQ are constructed externally with  CBP
=  CAQ = 45°,  BCP =  ACQ = 30°, ABR = BAR = 15°. Prove that QRP = 90° and QR = RP.
15. In a plane there are 100 points, no three of which are collinear. Consider all possible triangles
having these points as vertices. Prove that no more than 70% of these triangles are acute-angled.
16. Let ABCD be a square and M, N points on sides AB, BC, respectively, such that MDN = 45°. If R is
the midpoint of MN show that RP = RQ where P, Q are the points of intersection of AC with the
lines MD, ND.
17. Let BE and CF be the altitudes of an acute triangle ABC, with E on AC and F on AB. Let O be the
point of intersection of BE and CF. Take any line KL through O with K on AB and L on AC. Suppose
M and N are located on BE and CF respectively, such that KM is perpendicular to BE and LN is
perpendicular to CF. Prove that FM is parallel to EN.
18. Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle and CD be the altitude through C. If AB = 8 and CD = 6, find the
distance between the mid-points of AD and BC.
19. Let ABC be an arbitrary acute angled triangle. For any point P lying within the triangle, let D, E, F
denote the feet of the perpendiculars from P onto the sides AB, BC, CA respectively. Determine
the set of all possible positions of the point P for which the triangle DEF is isosceles. For which
position of P will the triangle DEF become equilateral?
20. Let G be the centroid of a triangle ABC in which the angle C is obtuse, and AD and CF be the
medians from A and C respectively onto the sides BC and AB. If the four points B, D, G and F are
AC
concyclic, show that  2 . If further P is a point on the line BG extended such that AGCP is a
BC
parallelogram, show that the triangle ABC and GAP are similar.