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Chapter 10 : Circles
Q. Fill in the blanks:
(1) The centre of a circle lies in ___________ of the circle (exterior/interior)
(2) A point whose distance from the centre of a circle is greater than its radius lies in ___________ of the circle
(3) The longest chord of a circle is a ____________ of the circle.
(4) An arc is a ____________ when its ends are the ends of a diameter.
(5) Segment of a circle is the region between an arc and __________ of the circle.
(6) A circle divides the plane, on which it lies in ______________ parts.
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Q. Write true or false: Give reasons for your answers.
(1) Line segment joining the centre to any point on the circle is a radius of the circle.
(2) A circle has only finite number of equal chords.
(3) If a circle is divided into three equal arcs, each is a major arc.
(4) A chord of a circle, which is twice as long as its radius, is a diameter of the circle.
(5) Sector is the region between the chord and its corresponding arc.
(6) A circle is a plane figure.
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Q. Prove that if chords of congruent circles subtend equal angles their centres, then the chords are equal.
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Q. Recall that two circles are congruent if they have the same radii. Prove that equal chords of congruent circles subtend equal angles at their centres.
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Q. Suppose you are given a circle. Give a construction to find its centre.
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Q. Draw different pairs of circles. How many points does each pair have in common? What is the maximum number of common points?
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Q. If two circles intersect at two points, prove that their centres lie on the perpendicular bisector of the common chord.
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Q. If two equal chords of a circle intersect within the circle, prove that the segments of one chord are equal to corresponding segments of other chord.
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Q. If a line intersects two concentric circles (circles with the same centre) with centre O at A, B, C and D, prove that AB=CD (see figure)
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Q. A circular park of radius 20m is situated in a colony. Three boys Ankur, Syed and David are sitting at equal distance on its boundary each having a toy telephone in his hands to talk to each other. Find the length of the string of each phone.
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Q. Two circles of radii 5 cm and 3 cm intersect at two points and the distance between their centres is 4 cm. Find the length of the common chord.
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Q. Three girls Reshma, Salma and Mandip are playing a game by standing on a circle of radius 5 m drawn in a park. Reshma throws a ball to Salma, Salma to Mandip, Mandip to Reshma. If the distance between Reshma and Salma and between Salma and Mandip is 6 m each, what is the distance between Reshma and Mandip?
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Q. It two equal chords of a circle intersect within the circle. Prove that the line joining the point of intersection to the centre makes equal angles with the chords.
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Q. In the figure, A, B, C and D are four points on a circle. AC and BD intersect at a point E, such that BEC=130o and ECD=20o. Find BAC.
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Q. A chord of a circle is equal to the radius of the circle. Find the angle subtended by the chord at a point on the minor arc and also at a point on the major arc.
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Q. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral whose diagonals intersect at a point E. If ΔDBC=70o, ΔBAC is 30o, find BCD. Further if AB=BC, find ECD.
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Q. In the figure, PQR=100o, where P, Q and R are points on a circle with centre O. Find OPR.
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Q. In the figure A, B and C are three points on a circle with centre O such that BOC=30o and AOB=60o. If D is a point on the circle other than the arc ABC, find ADC.
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Q. If diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral are diameters of the circle through the vertices of the quadrilateral, prove that it is a rectangle.
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Q. In the figure, ABC=69o, ACB=31o, find BDC.
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