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Unit 10 Geometry II Circles
2006 CE Exam Syllabus Syllabus Topics Circles Notes (Whole Syllabus) Properties of chords and arcs. Angle properties. Cyclic quadrilateral. Tangents to circles and angles in the alternate segment. Notes (Foundation Part) (This topic is not included)
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Properties of chords
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Angle Properties
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Cyclic quadrilateral
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Relationships among angles, chords and arcs
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Tangents to circles and angles in the alternate segment.
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Common Tangent
External Touch OO = OA + OA
Internal Touch OO = OBV OB
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Section A 1. In Figure 1, AC is a diameter of the circle. AC = 4 cm and [CE 97] BAC = 30 . Find (a) BDC and ADB ,
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AB : BC , AB : BC .
(You are not required to give reasons.) 2. In Figure 2, A, B, C, D are points on a circle. AC and BD meet at E. [CE 98] (a) Which triangle is similar to ECD ? (b) Find y. Figure 2
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In Figure 3, O is the centre of the semicircle ABCD and AB = BC. Show that BO // CD. [CE 98] Figure 3
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In Figure 4, A, B, C, D are points on a circle and AC is a diameter. Find x and y. [CE 99]
Figure 4 5. In Figure 5, AD and BC are two parallel chords of the circle. AC and BD intersect at E. Find x and y. [CE 00]
Figure 5 6. In Figure 6, AC is a diameter of the circle. Find DAC . [CE 01]
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In Figure 7, BD is a diameter of the circle ABCD. AB = AC and BDC = 40 . Find ABD . [CE 02]
Section B 8. In Figure 8, A, B are the centres of the circles DEC and DFC respectively. ECF is a straight line. [CE 91] (a) Prove that triangles ABC and ABD are congruent. (b) Let FED = 55 , ACB = 95 . (i) Find CAB and EFD .
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A circle S is drawn through D to touch the line CF at F. (I) Draw a labelled rough diagram to represent the above information. Show that the diameter of the circle S is 2DF.
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In Figure 9, A, B, C, D, E and F are points on a circle such that AD // FE and BCD = AFE . AD intersects BE at X. AF and DE are produced to meet at Y. [CE 92]
(a) Prove that EFY is isosceles. (b) Prove that BA // DE. (c) Prove that A, X, E, Y are concyclic. (d) If b = 47 , find f1 , y and x .
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10. Figure 10 shows a semicircle with diameter AD and centre O. The chords AC and BD meet at
P. Q is the foot of the perpendicular from P to AD.
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(a) Show that A, Q, P, B are concyclic. (b) Let BQP = . Find, in terms of , (i) BQC , (ii) BOC . (c) Let CAD = . Find CBQ in terms of . 11. In Figure 11, A, B, C, D are points on a circle and ABE, GHKE, DJCE, AGDF, HJF, BKCF [CE 94] are straight lines. FH bisects AFB and GE bisects AED .
(a) Prove that FGH = FKH . (b) Prove that FH GK . (c) (i) If AED = AFB , prove that D, J, H, G are concyclic. (ii) If AED = 28 and AFB = 46 , find BCD .
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12. In Figure 12.1, AP and AQ are tangents to the circle at P and Q. A line through A cuts the circle at B and C and a line through Q parallel to AC cuts the circle at R. PR cuts BC at M. [CE 95]
(a) Prove that (i) M, P, A and Q are concyclic; (ii) MR = MQ. (b) If PAC = 20 and QAC = 50 , find QPR and PQR .
(You are not required to give reasons.) (c) The perpendicular from M to RQ meets RQ at H. (See Figure 12.2) (i) Explain briefly why MH bisects RQ. (ii) Explain briefly why the centre of the circle lies on the line through M and H.
13. In the figure, A, B, C, D are points on a circle. CB and DA are produced to meet at P. If AB // DC, prove that AP = BP. [CE 96]
14. (a) In Figure 14.1, ABC is a triangle right-angled at B. D is a point on AB. A circle is drawn with DB as a diameter. The line through D and parallel to AC cuts the circle at E. CE is produced to cut the circle at F. [CE 99] (i) Prove that A, F, B and C are concyclic. (ii) If M is the mid-point of AC, explain why MB = MF.
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15. In the figure, C is the centre of the circle PQS. OR and OP are tangent to the circle at S and P respectively. OCQ is a straight line and QOP = 30 . [CE 00] (a) Show that PQO = 30 . (b) Suppose OPQR is cyclic quadrilateral. (i) (ii) Show that RQ is tangent to circle PQS at Q. A rectangular coordinate system is introduced in Figure 15 so that the coordinates of O and C are (0, 0) and (6, 8) respectively. Find the equation of QR.
16. In Figure 16, AB is a diameter of the circle ABEG with centre C. The perpendicular from G to [CE 02] AB cuts AB at O. AE cuts OG at D. BE and OG are produced to meet at F. Mary and John try to prove OD OF = OG 2 by using two different approaches. (a) Mary takes the problem by first proving that AOD ~ FOB and AOG ~ GOB . Complete the following tasks for Mary. (i) Prove that AOD ~ FOB . (ii) Prove that AOG ~ GOB . (iii) Using (a)(i) and (a)(ii), prove that OD OF = OG 2 .
(b) John tackles the same problem by introducing a rectangular coordinate system in Figure 16 so that the coordinates of C, D and F are (c, 0), (0, p) and (0, q) respectively, where c, p and q are positive numbers. He denotes the radius of the circle by r. Complete the following tasks for John. (i) Express the slopes of AD and BF in terms of c, p, q and r. (ii) Using (b)(i), prove that OD OF = OG 2 .
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Figure (a)
Figure (b)
(a) OP is a common tangent to the circles C1 and C2 at the points O and P respectively. The common chord KM when produced intersects OP at N. R and S are points on KO and KP respectively such that the straight line RMS is parallel to OP. (i) By considering triangles NPM and NKP, prove that NP2 = NKNM. (ii) Prove that RM = MS. (b) A rectangle coordinate system, with O as the origin, is introduced to (a) so that the coordinates of P and M are (p, 0) and (a, b) respectively, (see figure (b) ). The straight line RS meets C1 and C2 again at F and G respectively while the straight lines FO and GP meet at Q. (i) Express FG in terms of p. (ii) Express the coordinates of F and Q in terms of a and b. (iii) Prove that triangle QRS is isosceles. [CE 03]
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