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Extending a pair of opposite sides of a square will transform it to a rectangle.

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Q. Extending a pair of opposite sides of a square will transform it to a rectangle.

Q. Complete each of the following statements by means of one of those given in brackets against each:
(i) If one pair of opposite sides are equal and parallel, then the figure is ........................
(parallelogram, rectangle, trapezium)

(ii) If in a quadrilateral only one pair of opposite sides are parallel, the quadrilateral is ................ (square, rectangle, trapezium)

(iii) A line drawn from the mid-point of one side of a triangle .............. another side intersects the third side at its mid-point. (perpendicular to parallel to, to meet)

(iv) If one angle of a parallelogram is a right angle, then it is necessarily a .................
(rectangle, square, rhombus)

(v) Consecutive angles of a parallelogram are ...................
(supplementary, complementary)

(vi) If both pairs of opposite sides of a quadrilateral are equal, then it is necessarily a ...............
(rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus)

(vii) If opposite angles of a quadrilateral are equal, then it is necessarily a ....................
(parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle)

(viii) If consecutive sides of a parallelogram are equal, then it is necessarily a ..................
(kite, rhombus, square)

Q. Jaffar has a square canvas with sides of 60cm length. He wants to turn it into a rectangle by reducing one pair of opposite sides, but he does not want to decrease the area by more than 10%. By how much can he reduce the length of one pair of opposite sides of the square?

Complete each of the following statements by means of one of those given in brackets against each :

(i) If one pair of opposite sides is equal and parallel, then the figure is ........

(parallelogram, rectangle, trapezium)

(ii) If in a quadrilateral only one pair of opposite sides is parallel, the quadrilateral is .......

(square, rectangle, trapezium)

(iii) A line is drawn from the mid-point of one side of a triangle ......, another side intersects the third side at its mid-point.

(perpendicular to, parallel to, to meet)

(iv) If one angle of a parallelogram is a right angle, then it is necessarily a ......

(rectangle, square, rhombus)

(v) The consecutive angle of a parallelogram is......

(supplementary, complementary)

(vi) If both pairs of opposite sides of a quadrilateral are equal, then it is necessarily a ........

(rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus)

(vii) If opposite angles of a quadrilateral are equal, then it is necessarily a ...........

(parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle)

(viii) If consecutive sides of a parallelogram are equal, then it is necessarily a ..........

(kite, rhombus, square)

Q. The opposite pairs of sides of a square are increased by

40

30

% respectively. The area of the resulting rectangle exceeds the area of the square by

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