Senior Secondary Oxford Mathematics for the New Century 4B 12 More about Basic Properties of Circles

 Consolidation Exercise 12E (Level 2)

22. In the figure, CE and GF are the tangents to the circle at D and F A G
respectively. BA // DF and BDC = 28. Find AFG.

F
B
28
C E
D

23. In the figure, AB and FG are the tangents to the circle at B and F A C
E
respectively. BE and CF intersect at D. BDF = 80 and EFG = 64.
D
Find ABC.
B 80

64
G
F

24. In the figure, AF is the tangent to the circle ABCDE at the point A. If D
EAF = 35, CBD = 40 and CDE = 83, find ACD.
83
C

E
40
35 B
F
A

25. In the figure, ABCD is a circle. AE and CF are the tangents to the circle B
C E
at A and C respectively. If BAE = 47, ADC = 71 and DCF = 36,
find BAD. 36
47
F
71
A
D

26. In the figure, CG and EG are the tangents to the circle at D and F E
B
respectively. AB // DF, ADC = 51 and ADB = 27.
(a) Find FDG. F
A
(b) Determine whether BD is parallel to EG. 27

51
C G
D

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27. In the figure, the two circles intersect at two points C and D. A and B C
A E
are two points on the larger circle such that AC and BD are produced to
meet at a point E on the smaller circle. If BA // FE, determine whether
D F
FE is the tangent to the smaller circle at E.

28. In the figure, EA and EG are the tangents to the circle at B and F A
C
D
respectively. BC = CD, BCD = 130 and CDF = 83. 130 83
B
(a) Find ABC.
(b) Find AEG.

E G
F

29. In the figure, AC, CE and EG are the tangents to the circle at B, D and A
G

F respectively. ACE = 84 and BD : DF = 6 : 7.

F
(a) Find FBD. B
(b) Find DEF.

84
C D E

30. In the figure, AC is a diameter of the circle ABCD. EF is the tangent to B

the circle at D such that AB // EC . If CDF = 54 and CED = 32,
C
find BAC.

54°
32°
F E
4° D

31. In the figure, ABC and CDE are circles such that ADC is a straight line.
PQ is the tangent to the two circles at C. AB is the tangent to the circle B
CDE at E. If ADE = 82 and ABC = 42, find BCQ. E

A
D

P Q
C

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32. In the figure, QU is the tangent to the circle QRST at the point Q. UQ U
R
produced and ST produced meet at the point P. It is given that RS = ST,
QPS = 75 and RQU = 45. Find RST. 45
Q
S
75
T
P

33. In the figure, CD touches the circle at D. ABC is a straight line. A

AB = 10.5 cm and CD = 5 cm.
(a) Name a triangle which is similar to △ACD. 10.5 cm
(b) Find the length of CB.
B
C
5 cm D

34. In the figure, CD touches the circle at D. ABC is a straight line. AB is a

A
diameter of the circle. BC = 2 cm, CD = 4 cm, BD = x cm and the radius
of the circle is r cm.
(a) Find the value of r.
B x cm
(b) Find the value of x. 2 cm
C
(Leave the radical sign ‘√’ in the answer.) 4 cm D

35. In the figure, the two circles intersect at two points C and D. The E
tangents at C and D to the larger circle intersect the smaller circle at B
30
and A respectively. AC and BD are produced to meet at E on the larger
circle. If AEB = 30,
D
(a) find CBA,
(b) find EBC. B C

36. In the figure, DF is the tangent to the circle at E. AB // DF and A B

CA // EB. BCD is a straight line. BDF = 42 and CED = θ.
(a) Express ABE in terms of θ.
(b) Hence, find θ. C
42 θ F
D E

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37. In the figure, A, B and C are points lying on a circle. EF, FG and EG
are the tangents to the circle at A, B and C respectively. AE produced
and BC produced meet at D. It is given that BAF = 78 and
ADB = 27.
E A
D F
27
78

B
G
(a) Find AEC.
(b) Someone claims that A, B, G and E are concyclic. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.

38. In the figure, the two circles intersect at two points A and C. The
tangent to the larger circle at B intersects the smaller circle at D and E.

D
C

E A

(a) Name an angle which is equal to CBD.

(b) Name an angle which is equal to CDB.
(c) If BAE = 60, find BCD.

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