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From any point on the bisector of an angle of a triangle, perpendiculars are drawn to the arms of the angle, prove that the perpendiculars are equal. 

Important Questions on Triangles

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Two triangles are similar, if their corresponding sides are _____.
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Two isosceles triangles have equal vertical angles and their areas are in the ratio 4.84:5.29. What is the ratio of their corresponding heights?
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Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle and P be a point in its interior. Let PA, PB and PC be the images of P under reflection in the sides BC, CA, and AB, respectively. If P is the orthocentre of the triangle PAPBPC and if the largest angle of the triangle that can be formed by the line segments PA, PB, and PC is x°, determine the value of x.
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Let C1,C2 be two circles touching each other externally at the point A and let AB be the diameter of circle C1. Draw a secant BA3 to circle C2 , intersecting circle C1 at a point A1A, and circle C2 at points A2 and A3. If BA1=2,BA2=3 and BA3=4 then the radii of circles C1 and C2 are respectively
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In the figure, in ABC, AB=AC=10 cm and BC=12 cm. P and Q are the midpoints of AB and AC respectively. PM and RN are perpendiculars on SQ. If BS : SR : RC=1 : 2 : 1, then the length of MN is:

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In a quadrilateral ABCD, which is not a trapezium, it is known that DAB=ABC=60°. Moreover, CAB=CBD. Then
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In a triangle ABC, the median AD (with D on BC) and the angle bisector BE (with E on AC) are perpendicular to each other. If AD=7 and BE=9, find the integer nearest to the area of triangle ABC.
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The area of ABC is 44 cm2. If D is the midpoint of BC and E is the midpoint of AB. Then the area in cm2 of BDE will be:
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In the figure ABC is an equilateral triangle with side 14 cm. AX=13AB, BY=13BC and CZ=13AC. What is the area (in cm2 ) of PQR?

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In a quadrilateral ACBD, AC=AD and AB bisects A(see figure). Show that ABCABD. What can you say about BC and BD?     

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Let ABC be a triangle and M be a point on side AC closer to vertex C than A. Let N be a point on side AB such that MN is parallel to BC and let P be a point  on side BC such that MP is parallel to AB. If the area of the quadrilateral BNMP is equal to 518 of the area of ΔABC, then the ratio AM/MC equals

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Let a=BC, b=CA, c=AB be the side lengths of a triangle ABC, and m be the length of the median through A. If a=8, b-c=2, m=6, then the nearest integer to b is
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Suppose BC is a given line segment in the plane and T is a scalene triangle. The number of points A in the plane such that the triangle with vertices A,B,C (in same order) is similar to triangle T is
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In a triangle ABC with A<B<C, points D,E,F are on the interior of segments BC,CA,AB respectively. Which of the following triangles cannot be similar to the triangle ABC ?

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ABC~RQP and AB=4 cm, BC=6 cm and AC=5 cm. If ar(ABC):ar(PQR)=9:4, then PQ is equal to:
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In PQRQ=85° and R=65°. Point S and T are on the sides PQ and PR, respectively such that STR =95°, and the ratio of the QR and ST is 9:5. If PQ=21.6 cm, then the length of PT is:
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In a  ABC, MNBC, the area of quadrilateral MBCN is equal to 130 cm2. If AN:NC is 4:5, then the area of AMN is:
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In the figure given below, M is the mid-point of AB and DAB=CBA and AMC=BMD. Then the triangle ADM is congruent to the triangle BCM by______.

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In the parallelogram ABCD, M and N are respectively the midpoints of AB and AD. The points M and N are joined to form the triangle AMN. The area of the triangle AMN and the area of the parallelogram ABCD are in the ratio:
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Let P be an interior point of a convex quadrilateral ABCD and K, L, M, N be the mid-points of AB, BC  respectively. If Area (PKAN)=25, Area (PLBK)=36, and Area (PMDN)=41 then Area (PLCM) is