Exercise 14
Similarity of triangles
Choose the correct answer:
(1) In the opposite figure:
If ̅̅̅̅
ED // ̅̅̅̅
BC, AE = 2 cm., EC = 3 cm., ED = 6 cm., then
BC = …… cm.
(a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 12 (d) 10
(2) In the opposite figure:
X = …… cm.
(a) 12 (b) 24
(c) 36 (d) 48
(3) In the opposite figure:
If AD: AB = 3: 5, ̅̅̅̅
DE // ̅̅̅̅
BC, then X = …..
(a) 5 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 7
(4) In the opposite figure:
̅̅̅̅, AC
D, E are midpoints of AB ̅̅̅̅, then the length of 𝑥 + 𝑦 = …… cm.
(a) 15 (b) 7
(c) 22 (d) 11
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(5) In the opposite figure:
If AC = 9 cm., BD = 4 cm., BC= 6 cm., then the perimeter of
ΔADE = ….. cm.
(a) 18 (b) 16
(c) 14 (d) 12
(6) In the opposite figure:
𝑋 = ..
(a) 5 (b) 9
(c) 11 (d) 12
(7) Two angles of a triangle with measures 500 , 700 similar to another triangle with angles
of measures 500 and ……°
(a) 60 (b) 80 (c) 55 (d) 40
(8) In the opposite figure:
𝐵𝐷 = … . . 𝑐𝑚.
(a) 5 (b) 6
(c) 4 (d) 7
(9) In the opposite figure:
The ratio between the perimeters of the two triangles
ADE, ABC is …..
(a) 2: 1 (b) 3: 5
(c) 1: 2 (d) 1: 4
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(10) In the opposite figure:
ABC is a right-angles triangle at A, ̅̅̅̅
AD ⊥ ̅̅̅̅
BC, AB = 30 cm.,
DC = 32 cm., then 𝑥 + 𝑦 = ……
(a) 36 (b) 48
(c) 42 (d) 52
(11) In the opposite figure:
BD = ….. cm.
(a) 8 (b) 4
(c) 16 (d) 2
(12) In the opposite figure:
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ , DB
If DA ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ are tangents to the circle at A and B
respectively, DA = DB = 8 cm., BC = 2 cm., then AC = …..
cm.
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
(13) In the opposite figure:
B, Y and C are collinear.
Prove that:
(1) ΔXBY ~ ΔABC
(2) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
BC bisects ∠ABX
(14) In the opposite figure:
ABC is a triangle in which AB = 6 cm. , BC = 9 cm. , AC =
7.5 cm., D is a point outside the triangle ABC where DB =
4 cm. , DA = 5 cm., prove that:
(1) ΔABC ~ ΔDBA (2) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
BA bisects ∠DBC
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(15) In the opposite figure:
̅̅̅̅
AD ∩ ̅̅̅̅
BC = {E}, AE = 7.5 cm. , EC = 12 cm. , BE = 9 cm.,
ED = 10 cm. , AB = 6 cm.
Prove that: ΔABE~ΔDCE
̅̅̅̅
Then find the length of : CD
High level questions:
(1) In the opposite figure:
If m(∠BAD) = m(∠C), then 𝐵𝐷 = … . . 𝑐𝑚.
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6
(2) In the opposite figure:
𝐴𝐶 = … . . 𝑐𝑚.
(a) 6.2 (b) 6
(c) 7.2 (d) 7
(3) In the opposite figure:
If m(∠ADC) = m(∠ACB), then AB = ..... cm.
(a) 12 (b) 16
(c) 18 (d) 20
(4) In the opposite figure:
EF = …. cm.
(a) 3 (b) 6
(c) 9 (d) 12
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(5) In the opposite figure:
̅̅̅̅ // CB
AD ̅̅̅̅ , E is the midpoint of AB
̅̅̅̅, then the length of DE
̅̅̅̅ =
….. cm.
(a) 6 (b) 4.5
(c) 3 (d) 7.5
(6) In the opposite figure:
X = …..
(a) 12√3 (b) 24
(c) 12 (d) 8√3
(7) In the opposite figure:
X = ….. cm.
(a) 8 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) 4.8
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