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(c)
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3. A triangle has an area of 45 square foot. Base of the triangle is 9 foot. What is
corresponding height of triangle
(a) 90 foot
(b) 5 foot
(c) 10 foot
(a) 40
(b) 45
(c) 13
(d) 3
Ans. (a) 40
5. Parallelograms on the same base and between the same parallels have equal
(ii) area
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6. Any side of a parallelogram is called
(i) Altitude
(ii) base
(iv) area
(i) 1
(ii) 2
(iii) 3
Ans. (ii) 2
(i) 7
(ii) 1
(iii) 12
Ans. (iii) 12
(a) 80 sq.cm
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(b) 80 cm
(c) 30 sq.cm
(d) 50 sq.cm
(a) 4
(b) 40
(c) 36
Ans. (c) 36
11. If a triangle and a Parallelogram are on the same base and between the same
parallel, the area of the triangle is equal to ______ that of ||gram.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Ans. (a)
12. A parallelogram has an area of 36 square an and base of the parallelogram is 9 cm.
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what is the corresponding altitude of parallelogram?
(a) 6 cm.
(b) 5 cm.
(c) 4 cm.
(d) 3 cm.
(a) 1
(c) 2
(d) none
Ans. (c) 2
14. The area of a rhombus is equal to _______ of the product of its two diagonals.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) none
Ans. (a)
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15. Area of a triangle is half the product of any of its sides and the
(b) altitude
(c) median
(d) base
16. Given below are the measurements of a parallelogram. Find the missing
measurement. Area = 90 square cm, Base = 5 cm, Height =?
(a) 18
(b) 450
(c) 85
(d) 15 cm
Ans. (a) 18
(a) 6
(b) 9
(c) 12
(d) 10
Ans. (d) 10
18. The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 21 yard. what is the length of its each
sides
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(a) 7 yard
(b) 14 yard
(c) 8 yard
(d) 12 yard
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Ans. (c)
(a) 12
(b) 32
(c) 4
(d) 8
Ans. (b) 32
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CBSE Class 9 Mathemaics
Important Questions
Chapter 9
Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles
2 Marks Quetions
1. Which of the following figures lie on the same base and between the same parallels.
In such a case, write the common base and the two parallels.
Ans. In figure (i): DPC and trap. ABCD are on the same base DC and between same parallel
DC and AB.
In figure (iii): RTQ and parallelogram PQRS are on the same base QR and between same
parallel QR and PS.
In figure (v): Parallelogram ABCD and parallelogram APQD are on the same base AD and
between the same parallels AD and BQ.
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and CF = 10 cm, find AD.
DC = AB DC = 16 cm
AE DC[Given]
Area of parallelogram
AD = = 12.8 cm
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To prove: ar (EFGH) = ar (ABCD)
Construction: Join HF
[If a triangle and a parallelogram are on the same base and between the same parallel then
the area of triangle is half of area of parallelogram]
ar ( gm HEFG) = ar ( gm ABCD)
4. In figure, PQRS and ABRS are parallelograms and X is any point on the side BR. Show
that:
Ans. (i) Parallelogram PQRS and ABRS are on the same base SR and between the same
parallels SR and PB.
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ar ( gm PQRS) = ar ( gm ABRS)……….(i)
[ parallelograms on the same base and between the same parallels are equal in area]
(ii) AXS and gm ABRS are on the same base AS and between the same parallels AS and
BR.
ar ( AXS) = ar ( gm ABRS)……….(ii)
ar ( AXS) = ar ( gm PQRS)
B D
ar ( EBD) = ar ( ECD)……….(ii)
ar ( ABE) = ar ( ACE)
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6. Show that DE||BC if ar ar
Ans. Since BCE and BCD are equal in area and have a same base BC
DE||BC
7. In a triangle ABC, E is the mid-point of median AD. Show that ar (BED) = ar (ABC).
Ans. Given: A ABC, AD is the median and E is the mid-point of median AD.
ar ( ABD) = ar ( ADC)
ar ( ABD) = ar (ABC)……….(i)
ar ( BED) = ar ( BAE)
ar ( BED) = ar ( ABD)
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ar ( BED) = ar ( ABC) = ar ( ABC)
8. D and E are points on sides AB and AC respectively of ABC such that ar (DBC) = ar
(EBC). Prove that DE BC.
Therefore DE BC[ Two triangles having same base (or equal bases) and equal areas lie
between the same parallel]
Ans. ABD and ABC lie on the same base AB and between the same parallels AB and DC.
ar ( ABD) = ar ( ABC)
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ar ( ABD) – ar ( AOB)
= ar ( ABC) – ar ( AOB)
ar ( AOD) = ar ( BOC)
ACB and ACF lie on the same base AC and between the same parallels AC and BF.
ar ( ACB) = ar ( ACF)……….(i)
ar (AEDF) = ar (ABCDE)
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Ans. ABQ and BPQ lie on the same base BQ and between same parallels AP and BQ.
ar ( ABQ) = ar ( BPQ)……….(i)
BQC and BQR lie on the same base BQ and between same parallels BQ and CR.
ar ( BQC) = ar ( BQR)……….(ii)
ar ( AQC) = ar ( PBR)
12. In figure, D and E are two points on BC such that BD = DE = EC. Show that ar (ABD) =
ar (ADE) = ar (AEC). Can you know answer the question that you have left in the
‘introduction’ of this chapter, whether the field of Budhia has been actually divided
into three parts of equal area?
Ans. In ABC, points D and E divides BC in three equal parts such that BD = DE = EC.
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BD = DE = EC = BC
Draw AF BC
ar ( ABC) = ……….(i)
= =
= ar ( ABC)……….(iii)
13. In figure, ABCD, DCFE and ABFE are parallelograms. Show that ar (ADE) = ar (BCF).
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Now in ADE and BCF,
ar ( ADE) = ar ( BCF)
14. Prove that ABCD is a parallelogram. If ABCD is a quadrilateral and BD is one of its
diagonal.
15. In a parallelogram ABCD, AB= 20. The altitude DM to sides AB is 10 cm. Find area of
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parallelogram.
= AB DM
=20 10
16. If L be any Point on AB and the area of rectangle ABCD is 100 square cm. find area of
.
= square cm
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=50 square cm
= 35 square cm
18. Show that ar (ABC) = ar (ABD). ABC and ABD are two triangles on the same base AB
if line segment CD is bisected by AO at O
19. Show that BDEF is parallelogram. If D, E and F the mid- points of the side BC, CA and
AB of triangle ABC
EF|| BC
EF || BD
DE|| BF
BDEF is a || gram.
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20. Prove that ar ( )= ar ( ) if MN||PO
Ans.
= Base Altitude
= 6 5 (Square cm)
= 30 square cm
23. Show that the median of a triangle divides it into two triangles of equal area.
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Proof: Area of
And Area of
area of of
Hence proved.
24. The area of rectangle PQRS is 500 sq cm. if T be any Point on PQ, find area of
Square cm
=250 square cm
Ans.
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Ans.
27. D, E, F are respectively the mid-points of the sides BC, CA and AB of Prove
Ans.
Now,
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28. In a parallelogram PQRS, PS = 12. The altitude to side PS is equal to 12cm. find area
of parallelogram PQRS
=12 12
=144 square cm
Ans.
=13 5
=65 cm
31. Prove that ar (AOD) = ar (BOC). Diagonals AC and BD of a trapezium ABCD with
AB||DC intersect each other at O.
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Ans. Ar
Ans.
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CBSE Class 9 Mathemaics
Important Questions
Chapter 9
Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles
3 Marks Quetions
1. P and Q are any two points lying on the sides DC and AD respectively of a
parallelogram ABCD. Show that ar (APB) = ar (BQC).
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ar ( BQC) = ar ( gm ABCD) ………..(iii)
2. A farmer was having a field in the form of a parallelogram PQRS. She took any point
A on RS and joined it to points P and Q. In how many parts the field is divided? What
are the shapes of these parts? The farmer wants to sow wheat and pulses in equal
portions of the field separately. How should she do it?
Ans. When A is joined with P and Q; the field is divided into three parts viz. PAS, APQ
and AQR.
APQ and parallelogram PQRS are on the same base PQ and between same parallels PQ and
SR.
ar ( APQ) = ar ( gm PQRS)
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It implies that triangular region APQ covers half portion of parallelogram shaped field PQRS.
So if farmer sows wheat in triangular shaped field APQ then she will definitely sow pulses in
other two triangular parts PAS and AQR.
Or
When she sows pulses in triangular shaped field APQ then she will sow wheat in other two
triangular parts PAS and AQR.
3. Show that the diagonals of a parallelogram divide it into four triangles of equal area.
Ans. Let parallelogram be ABCD and its diagonals AC and BD intersect each other at O.
And AC = AC [Common]
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O is the mid-point of bisection.
4 In figure, ABC and ABD are two triangles on the same base AB. If line-segment CD is
bisected by AB at O, show that ar (ABC) = ar (ABD).
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In CMO and DNO,
OC = OD [Given]
ar ( ADB) = ……….(iii)
ar ( ADB) = ……….(iv)
ar ( ABC) = ar ( ADB)
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F respectively, show that ar (ABE) = ar (ACF).
Ans. ABE and parallelogram BCYE lie on the same base BE and between the same parallels
BE and AC.
Also ACF and gm BCFX lie on the same base CF and between same parallel BX and CF.
But gm BCYE and gm BCFX lie on the same base BC and between the same parallels BC
and EF.
ar ( ABE) = ar ( ACF)
6. The side AB of parallelogram ABCD is produced to any point P. A line through A and
parallel to CP meets CB produced at Q and then parallelogram PBQR is completed. Show
that ar (ABCD) = ar (PBQR).
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Ans. Given: ABCD is a parallelogram, CP AQ and PBQR is a parallelogram.
Proof: Since AQ CP
ar ( AQC) = ar ( AQP)
[Triangles on the same base and between the same parallels are equal in area]
ar ( gm ABCD) = ar ( gm PBQR)
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7. A villager Itwaari has a plot of land of the shape of quadrilateral. The Gram Panchyat
of two villages decided to take over some portion of his plot from one of the corners to
construct a health centre. Itwaari agrees to the above personal with the condition that
he should be given equal amount of land in lieu of his land adjoining his plot so as to
form a triangular plot. Explain how this proposal will be implemented.
Let diagonals PM and RS of new formed quadrilateral intersect each other at point N.
ar ( PRS) = ar ( PMR)
[Triangles on the same base and same parallel are equal in area]
ar ( PSN) = ar ( MNR)
It implies that Itwari will give corner triangular shaped plot PSN to the Grampanchayat for
health centre and will take equal amount of land (denoted by MNR) adjoining his plot so
as to form a triangular plot PQM.
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8. ABCD is a trapezium with AB DC. A line parallel to AC intersects AB at X and BC at Y.
Prove that ar (ADX) = ar (ACY).
Ans. Join CX, ADX and ACX lie on the same base
ar ( ADX) = ar ( ACY)
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Adding AOB both sides,
ar ( ABD) = ar ( ABC)
Since if two triangles equal in area, lie on the same base then, they lie between same
parallels. We have ABD and ABC lie on common base AB and are equal in area.
AB DC
10. In figure, ar (DRC) = ar (DPC) and ar (BDP) = ar (ARC). Show that both the
quadrilaterals ABCD and DCPR are trapeziums.
Ans. Given that DRC and DPC lie on the same base DC and ar ( DPC) = ar ( DRC) …..(i)
DC RP
[If two triangles equal in area, lie on the same base then, they lie between same parallels]
ar ( BDC) = ar ( ADC)
Therefore, AB DC [If two triangles equal in area, lie on the same base then, they lie between
same parallels]
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11. Parallelogram ABCD and rectangle ABEF are on the same base AB and have equal
areas. Show that the perimeter of the parallelogram is greater than that of the
rectangle.
Ans. Given: Parallelogram ABCD and rectangle ABEF are on same base AB and between the
same parallels AB and CF.
To prove: AB + BC + CD + AD > AB + BE + EF + AF
AB = EF [ opposites sides of a
CD = EF
AB + CD = AB + EF ……….(i)
Off all the segments that can be drawn to a given line from a point not lying on it, the
perpendicular segment is the shortest.
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BC + AD > BE + AF ……….(ii)
AB + CD + BC + AD = AB + EF + BE + AF
APC and BPC are on the same base PC and between the same parallels PC and AB.
Also BC = CQ [given]
AD = CQ
And AD = CQ
ADQC is a parallelogram.
AP = PQ and CP = DP
AP = PQ [Proved above]
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PC = PD [Prove above]
ar ( BPC) = ar ( DPQ)
13. PQRS is a quadrilateral and SQ is one of its diagonals. Show that PQRS is a
Parallelogram and find its area too.
PQ=SR=3, SQ=4
And
PQ||SR
PQ=SR=3
ABCD is a ||gram
Area of parallelogram
=3 4
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=12 square units
=PQ SM
=10 7
=PS QL
PS 8=70
PS=
=8.75 cm
15. Area, base and corresponding altitude are and respectively. Find the
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area of parallelogram.
x=12
= (12-3)(12-4)
= (9)(16)
Ans.
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Altitude corresponding to side EF is 4 cm
17. Prove that the area of a trapezium is half of the product of its height and the sum of
the parallel sides.
18. Show that the area of a rhombus is half the product of the length of its diagonals.
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Ans.
Ans.
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20. Show that
Ans. (i) ||gram PQRS and ABRS are on the same base SR and Between the same parallel PB
and SR,
So,
(ii)
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21. Show that the diagonals of a parallelogram divide if into four triangles of equal
area.
Ar (ADC) = ar (BCD)
Hence proved.
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22. Show that PQ divides the ||gram in two Part of equal area if diagonal of ||gram
ABCD intersect Point O. through Point O, a line is drawn to intersect AD at P and BC at
Q.
Ans. To prove: Are (quadrilateral APQB) = ar (quadrilateral PQCD) = (ar ||gram ABCD)
ar (quad. ABQO) +
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Ans. Join BE and CE
………….(i)
24. The triangle PQR and PSR are equal in area, if PR and QS bisect at O.
Ans.
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Adding (i) and (ii)
Ans. AD is median
GD is median
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26. Show that ar (ABCD) = ar (BQRP), AQ is drawn Parallel to CP to intersect CB
produced to Q and parallelogram BQRP is completed if P is any Point on AB produced.
Ans. CD is median
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From (i)
Ans.
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29. Show that the line segments joining the mid-points of parallel sides of a trapezium
divides it into two parts of equal area
Ans.
Draw and
DM=CN=h
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30. Prove that ar if AB||DC and line parallel to AC intersects AB at
and BC at Y
Ans. Join
Area =area
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Ans. Draw AM BD and also CN BD
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CBSE Class 9 Mathemaics
Important Questions
Chapter 9
Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles
4 Marks Quetions
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……….(iii)
Similarly ……….(iv)
2. P and Q are respectively the mid-points of sides AB and BC or a triangle ABC and R is
the mid-point of AP, show that:
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ar ( PQC) = ar ( BPC) ……….(iii)
PQ AC and PA = AC
ar ( APQ) = ar ( PQC) ……….(vi) [triangles between same parallel are equal in area]
From eq. (v) and (vi), we get
ar ( APQ) = ar ( ARC) ……….(vii)
R is the mid-point of AP. Therefore RQ is the median of APQ.
ar ( PRQ) = ar ( ARC)
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ar (quad. PQCR) – ar ( PRQ) = ar ( ABC) – ar ( PRQ)
ar ( RQC) = x ar ( ABC)
ar ( RQC) = ar ( ABC)
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From eq. (xv) and (xvi), we get,
3. In figure, ABC is a right triangle right angled at A. BCED, ACFG and ABMN are squares
on the sides BC, CA and AB respectively. Line segment AX DE meets BC at Y. Show
that:
(i) MBC ABD
(ii) ar (BYXD) = 2 ar (MBC)
(iii) ar (BYXD) = ar (ABMN)
(iv) FCB ACE
(v) ar (CYXE) = 2 ar (FCB)
(vi) ar (CYXE) = ar (ACFG)
(vii) ar (BCED) = ar (ABMN) + ar (ACFG)
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MBC = ABD ……….(i)
Now in MBC and ABD,
MB = AB [equal sides of square ABMN]
BC = BD [sides of square BCED]
MBC = ABD [proved above]
MBC ABD [By SAS congruency]
ar ( MBC) = BD.BY
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Adding ACB both sides,
BCF + ACB = ACE + ACB BCF = ACE
FCB ACE [By SAS congruency]
ar ( FCB) = CE.CY
4. Prove that the parallelogram which is a rectangle has the greatest area.
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Ans. Let PQRS be a parallelogram in which PQ = a and PS = b and h be the altitude
corresponding to base PQ
H = b, then PS PQ
5. Prove that
If ABC and DBE are two equilateral triangles such that D is the mid-point of BC and
AE intersects BC at F.
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Ans. Join EC
(ii)
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6. Show that EFGH is a ||gram and its area is half of the area of ||gram ABCD. If E, F, G,
H are respectively the mid points of the sides AB, BC, CD and DA.
GH = EF and GH||EF
EFGH is a ||gram
ar ...(iii)
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ar ……(iv)
ar
Ans. Join AC
AD=CQ
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Hence, a pair of opposite side AD and CQ of the quadrilateral ADQC is equal and parallel.
In
AP=QP
CP=DP
8. If area of and two points A and B are positive real number K. find the
lows of a point p
Since AB and K are given h is a fixed Positive real number. This means that P lies on a line
Parallel to AB at a distance h from it.
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9. In figure, P is a point in the interior of a parallelogram ABCD. Show that:
Ans. (i) Draw a line passing through point P and parallel to AB which intersects AD at Q and
BC at R respectively.
Now APB and parallelogram ABRQ are on the same base AB and between same parallels
AB and QR.
Also PCD and parallelogram DCRQ are on the same base AB and between same parallels
AB and QR.
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(ii) Draw a line through P and parallel to AD which intersects AB at M and DC at N.
Now APD and parallelogram AMND are on the same base AD and between same parallels
AD and MN.
Also PBC and parallelogram MNCB are on the same base BC and between same parallels
BC and MN.
Hence proved.
10. D, E and F are respectively the mid-points of the sides BC, CA and AB of a ABC.
Show that:
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(iii) ar (BDEF) = ar (ABC)
FE BC and FE = BD
[ Line joining the mid-points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third and half of it]
And FE = BD
BD = BC
And FE BC and FE = BD
DE AB and DE = AB
And DE = BF
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BF = AB
But DE = AB
DE = BF
And FE = BD and DE = BF
ar ( ABC) = 4 x ar ( DEF)
ar ( DEF) = ar ( ABC)
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ar ( gm BDEF) = 2 ar ( DEF)
ar ( gm BDEF) = 2 x ar ( ABC)
ar ( gm BDEF) = ar ( ABC)
OD = OB [Given]
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DON BOM [By RHS congruency]
DN = BM [By CPCT]
CD = AB [Given]
DN = BM [Prove above]
ar ( DOC) = ar ( AOB)
ar ( DCB) = ar ( ACB)
Therefore, these two triangles in addition to be on the same base CB lie between two same
parallels CB and DA.
DA CB
Now AB = CD and DA CB
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12. In figure, ABC and BDF are two equilateral triangles such that D is the mid-point of
BC. If AE intersects BC at F, show that:
A = B = C =
B = D = E =
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Then B = C = [Alternate angles]
BE AC
BE AC
[ BD = DC]
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ar ( BDE) = ar ( ABC)
Now BE AC
And BEC and BAE are on the same base BE and between the same parallels BE and AC.
Ar ( BDE) = ar ( BAE)
ar ( ABC) = ar ( BEC)
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ar ( ABC) = 2 ar ( BEC)
(iv) BDE and AED are on the same base DE and between same parallels AB and DE.
ar ( BDE) = ar ( AED)
AD BC
Draw EG BC
ar ( FED) = ……….(vii)
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[D is the mid-point of BC]
Ar ( BFE) = 2 ar ( FED)
[ BDE and AED are on the same base and between same parallels]
= 4 ar ( FED) + 4 ar ( FED)
ar ( AFC) = 8 ar ( FED)
ar ( FED) = ar ( AFC)
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