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Class 9 Maths: Circles Solutions

The document provides solutions to exercises from NCERT Class 9 Maths Chapter 10 on Circles. The exercises ask students to draw circles with different numbers of common points, give a construction to find the center of a circle, and prove that if two circles intersect at two points, their centers lie on the perpendicular bisector of the common chord.

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Class 9 Maths: Circles Solutions

The document provides solutions to exercises from NCERT Class 9 Maths Chapter 10 on Circles. The exercises ask students to draw circles with different numbers of common points, give a construction to find the center of a circle, and prove that if two circles intersect at two points, their centers lie on the perpendicular bisector of the common chord.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 10 -

Circles

Exercise: 10.3 (Page No: 176)


1. Draw different pairs of circles. How many points does each pair have in common? What is the maximum
number of common points?

Solution:

In these two circles, no point is common.

Here, only one point, ‘P’, is common.

Even here, P is the common point.


NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 10 -
Circles

Here, two points are common, which are P and Q.

No point is common in the above circle.

2. Suppose you are given a circle. Give a construction to find its centre.

Solution:

The construction steps to find the centre of the circle is:

Step I: Draw a circle first.

Step II: Draw 2 chords, AB and CD, in the circle.


NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 10 -
Circles

Step III: Draw the perpendicular bisectors of AB and CD.

Step IV: Connect the two perpendicular bisectors at a point. This intersection point of the two perpendicular bisectors
is the centre of the circle.

3. If two circles intersect at two points, prove that their centres lie on the perpendicular bisector of the common
chord.

Solution:

It is given that two circles intersect each other at P and Q.

To prove:

OO’ is perpendicular bisector of PQ.

(i) PR = RQ

(ii) ∠PRO = ∠PRO’ = ∠QRO = ∠QRO’ = 900

Proof:

In triangles ΔPOO’ and ΔQOO’,

OP = OQ and O’P = O’Q (Since they are also the radii.)

OO’ = OO’ (It is the common side.)

So, it can be said that ΔPOO’ ≅ ΔQOO’ (SSS Congruence rule)

∴ ∠POO’ = ∠QOO’ (c.p.c.t)— (i)

Even triangles ΔPOR and ΔQOR are similar by SAS congruency.

OP = OQ (Radii)

∠POR = ∠QOR (As ∠POO’ = ∠QOO’)

OR = OR (Common arm)
NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 10 -
Circles

So, ΔOPO’ ≅ ΔOQO’ (SAS Congruence rule)

∴ PR = QR and ∠PRO = ∠QRO (c.p.c.t) …. (ii)

As PQ is a line

∠PRO + ∠QRO = 180°

∠PRO + ∠PRO = 180° (Using (ii))

2∠PRO = 180°

∠PRO = 90°

So ∠QRO = ∠PRO = 90°

Here,

∠PRO’ = ∠QRO = 90° and ∠QRO’ = ∠PRO = 90° (Vertically opposite angles)

∠PRO = ∠QRO = ∠PRO’ = ∠QRO’ = 90°

So, OO’ is the perpendicular bisector of PQ.

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