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1. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC = 2008 cm. ADC is drawn as an equilateral triangle on AC
outside ABC. AD is parallel to BC. The bisector of D meets AB in E, say. Then BE is equal to
(1) 1004 cm (2) 2008 cm (3) 0 (4) 502 cm
2. In the adjoining figure ABC, DEF are equilateral triangles AB = 8 cm and DE = 3cm. Then the possible
value of AE + BD + CF is

(1) 6.9 cm (2) 7.1 cm (3) 5.2 cm (4) 8.3 cm

3. The measure of one of the angles of a right triangle is five times that of a second angle. Then the
possibility of the second largest angle is
(1) 72° (2) 7.5° (3) 72° or 75° (4) None of these
4. Two of the altitudes of the scalene triangle ABC have lengths 4 and 12. If the length of the third altitude
is also an integer, then its greatest value can be ..... . .
(1) 5 (2) 10 (3) 15 (4) 20
5. The perimeter of an isosceles right angled triangle is 2012. Its area is
(1) 2012(3 – 2 ) (2) (1006)2 (3 – 2 2 ) (3) (2012)2 (4) (1006)2
6. Triangles ABC and ABD are isosceles with AB = AC = BD, and AC intersects BD at E. If AC is
perpendicular to BD, then C + D is
(1) 115° (2) 120° (3) 130° (4) 135°
7. In ABC, AB = 8, BC = 7, CA = 6. Extend BC to P such that PAB  PCA, then the length of PC is
(1) 7, (2) 8, (3) g, (4) 10, (E) 11
8. In the isosceles right triangle ABC, B = 90º, AD is the median on BC. Write AB = BC = a. If BE ⊥
AD, intersecting AC at E, and EF ⊥ BC at F, then EF is
1 1 2 2
(1) a, (2) a, (3) a, (4) a.
3 2 3 5
9. In the adjoining figure BAC is a 30º – 60° – 90º triangle with AB = 20. D is the midpoint of AC. The
perpendicular at D to AC meets the line parallel to AB through C at E. The line through E
perpendicular to DE meets BA produced at F. If DF = 5 x , then find x.

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 (1) 1 (2) 7 (3) 5 (4) 2
10. A point P is chosen in the interior of ABC such that when lines are drawn through P parallel to the
sides of ABC, the resulting smaller triangles t1, t2, and t3 in the figure, have areas 4, g and 49
respectively. Find the area of ABC.
(1) 144 (2) 140 (3) 130 (4) 131

11. In ABC, D, E, F are on the sides BC, CA, AB respectively, such that they are concurrent at a point G,
BD = 2CD, the areas S1 = [GEC] = 3, S2 = [GCD] = 4. And the area of ABC.
(1) 30 (2) 20 (3) 25 (4) 35

12. In ABC, the bisector of A intersects BC at D. A perpendicular to AD from B intersects AD at E. A

line segment through E and parallel to AC intersects BC at G, and AB at H. If AB = 26, BC = 28, AC
= 30, find the measure of DG .

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 1 (4) 4

13. If AE and BF are medians drawn to the legs of right ABC, find the numerical value of
( AE )2 + ( BF )2
( AB )2

5 6 7 8
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 4 4 4
14. The measures of the bases of trapezoid ABCD are 15 and 9, and the measure of the altitude is 4. Legs
DA and CB are extended to meet at E. If F is the midpoint of AD , and G is the midpoint of BC , find
the area of FGE. (The figure is not drawn to scale.)

(1) 48 (2)49 (3) 46 (4) 52

15. In a right-angled ABC, ACB = 90°, E, Fare on AB such that AE = AC, BF = BC, find ECF in
degrees.
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16. Given that the lengths of three sides, a, b, c of a triangle are positive integers, where a < b < c. Find the
number of the triangles with b = 2.
17. In a right-angled triangle, if the length of a leg is 21, and the lengths of the other two sides are also
positive integers, find the minimum value of its possible perimeter.
18. In right-angled ABC, C = 90°, E is on BC such that AC = BE. D is on AB such that DE ⊥ BC.
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Given that DE + BC = 1, BD = , find B in degrees.
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19. In ABC, AC = BC, C = 20º, M is on the side AC and N is on the side BC, such that BAN = 50°,
ABM = 60°. Find NMB in degrees.
20. In the ABC, BE is the angle bisector of the ABC, AD is the median on the side BC, and AD
intersects BE at O perpendicularly. Given BE =AD = 4, find the lengths of three sides of ABC.
21. In ABC, D is the midpoint of BC, E is on AC such that AC = 3EC. BE and AD intersect at G. Find
AG : GD.
22. When extending the AB, BC, CA of ABC to B', C', A' respectively, such that AB' = 2AB, CC' = 2BC,
AA' = 3CA. If area of ABC is l, find the area of A'B'C.
23. Given that the point P is outside the equilateral triangle ABC but inside the region of ABC. If the distances
from P to BC, CA, AB are h1, h2 and h3 respectively, and h1 – h2 + h3 = 6, find the area of ABC.
24. Given that G is the centroid of ABC, GA = 2 3 , GB = 2 2 , GC = 2. Find the area of ABC.
25. Point P is inside ABC. Line segments APD, BPE, and CPF are drawn with D on BC, E on CA, and F on
AB (see the figure below). Given that AP = 6, BP = 9, PO= 6, PE = 3, and CF = 20, find the area of ABC.

26. In a square ABCD, let P be a point on the side BC such that BP = 3PC and Q be the mid-point of CD. If
the area of the triangle PCQ is 5, what is the area of triangle QDA?

27. A triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle of radius 4 cm. Suppose that A = 60°, AC – AB = 4 cm, and
2
x
the area of ABC is x cm2. Find the value of   .
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28. In ABC, AB : AC = 4 : 3 and M is the midpoint of BC. E is a point on AB and F is a point on AC
such that AE : AF = 2 : 1. It is also given that EF and AM intersect at G with GF = 36 cm and GE = x
cm. Find the value of x.

29. Non-degenerate ABC has integer side lengths, BD is an angle bisector, AD = 3, and DC = 8. What is
the smallest possible value of the perimeter?
30. It is known that the 3 sides of a triangle are consecutive positive integers and the largest angle is twice
the smallest angle. Find the perimeter of this triangle.
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31. A triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle of radius 1, with BAC = 60°. Altitudes AD and BE of ABC
intersect at H. Find the smallest possible value of the length of the segment AH.
32. In triangle ABC, AB = 28, BC = 21 and CA = 14. Points D and E are on AB with AD = 7 and ACD =
BCE. Find the length of BE.
33. Four points in the order A, B, C, D lie on a circle with the extension of AB meeting the extension of DC at E
and the extension of AD meeting the extension of BC at F. Let EP and FQ be tangents to this circle with
points of tangency P and Q respectively. Suppose EP = 60 and FO = 63. Determine the length of EF.
34. The diagram shows an equilateral triangle ADE inside a square ABCD. What is the value of
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 area of ADE 
  .
 area of ADE 

35. In this question, Sxyz denotes the area of XYZ. In the following figure, if DE || BC, SADE = 1 and SADC
= 4, find SDBC.

36. ABC is a right-angled triangle with ABC = 90°. A circle C1 is drawn with AB as diameter, and
another circle C2 is drawn with BC as diameter. The circles C1 and C2 meet at the points B and P. If AB
120
= 5 cm, BC = 12 cm and BP = x cm, find the value of .
x

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37. In the following diagram, ACB = 90°, DE ⊥ BC, BE = AC, BD = cm, and DE + BC = 1 cm.
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Suppose ABC = xº. Find the value of x.

38. In the figure below, S is a point on OR and U is a point on PR. The line segments PS and QU intersect
at the point T. It is given that PT = TS and QS = 2RS. If the area of PQR is 150 cm2 and the area of
PSU is x cm2. Find the value of x.

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39. A triangle ABC has its vertices lying on a circle C of radius 1, with BAC = 60°. A circle with I is
inscribed in ABC. The line AI meets circle C again at D. Find the length of the segment ID.
40. In the triangle ABC, AB = AC = 1, D and E are the midpoints of AB and AC respectively. Let P be a
point on DE and let the extensions of BP and CP meet the sides AC and AB at G and F respectively.
1 1
Find the + .
BF CG

41. In the triangle ABC, AB = 14, BC = 16, AC = 26, M is the midpoint of BC and D is the point on BC
such that AD bisects BAC. Let P be the foot of the perpendicular from B onto AD. Determine the
length of PM.

42. In the triangle ABC, A = 20°, C = 90º, 0Ois a point on AB and D is the midpoint of OB. Suppose the
circle centered at O with radius OD touches the side AC at T. Determine the size of BCD in degrees.

43. In ABC, D and E are the midpoints of the sides AB and AC respectively, CD and BE intersect at P
with BPC = 90°. Suppose BD = 8 5 and CE = 6 5 . Find BC.

44. In the following right-angled triangle ABC, AC = BC = 1 and DEF is an arc of a circle with center A.
x
Suppose the shaded areas BDE and CEF are equal and AD = . What is the value of x?
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45. The diagram below shows a triangle ABC in which A = 60°, BP and BE trisect ABC and CP and
CE trisect ACB. Let the angle BPE be xº. Find x.

46. In ABC BAC = 45°, D is a point on BC such that AD is perpendicular to BC. If BD = 3 cm and
DC= 2 cm, and the area of the ABC is x cm2. Find the value of x.

47. In ABC (see below), AB = AC = 3 and D is a point on BC such that AD = 1. Find the value of BD · DC.
48. In ABC, CAB = 30° and ABC = 80°. The point M lies inside the triangle such that MAC = 10º
and MCA = 30°. Find the value of (180° – BMC) in degrees.
49. Let ABC be any triangle. Let D and E be the points respectively in the segments of AB and BC such
that AD = 7DB and BE = 10EC. Assume that AE and CD meet at point F. Determine [k], where k is the
real number such that AF = k x FE.
50. In an acute-angled triangle ABC, points D, E and F are the feet of the perpendiculars from A, B, and C
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onto BC, AC and AB respectively. Suppose sin A= and BC = 39, find the length of AH, where H is
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the intersection AD with BE.
51. Let O be the centre of the circumcircle of ABC, P and Q the midpoints of AO and BC, respectively.
Suppose CBA = 4OPQ and ACB = 6OPQ. Find the size of OPQ in degrees.
52. In ABC, AC > AB, the internal angle bisector of A meets BC at D, and E is the foot of the
perpendicular from B onto AD. Suppose AB = 5, BE = 4 and AE = 3. Find the value of the expression
 AC + AB 
 AC − AB  ED.
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53. Let O be an interior point of ABC. Extend AO to meet the side BC at D. Similarly, extend BO and CO to
meet CA and AB respectively at E and F. If AO = 30, FO = 20, BO = 60, DO = 10 and CO = 20, find EO.