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Circle Geometry - Challenging Questions On Intercepts

This document contains 6 challenging geometry problems involving circles, chords, secants, and tangents. Problem 1 asks to find various lengths and intercepts given information about a circle diagram without a figure. Problem 2 similarly asks to find lengths in a second circle diagram without a figure. Problem 3 presents a proof involving two chords and their intercepts with a parallel tangent line. Problem 4 asks to prove a relationship between a chord length, its secant intercept, and the tangent length. Problem 5 asks to prove an equation relating two equal chords and another chord that cuts them. Problem 6 provides a word problem about a pendulum to calculate the bob heights at the extremes.

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Circle Geometry - Challenging Questions On Intercepts

This document contains 6 challenging geometry problems involving circles, chords, secants, and tangents. Problem 1 asks to find various lengths and intercepts given information about a circle diagram without a figure. Problem 2 similarly asks to find lengths in a second circle diagram without a figure. Problem 3 presents a proof involving two chords and their intercepts with a parallel tangent line. Problem 4 asks to prove a relationship between a chord length, its secant intercept, and the tangent length. Problem 5 asks to prove an equation relating two equal chords and another chord that cuts them. Problem 6 provides a word problem about a pendulum to calculate the bob heights at the extremes.

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Circle Geometry | Challenging Questions on Intercepts


Where diagrams are not provided, draw one of your own.

1. In figure 1, find: figure 1


ܻ
a. ‫ݖ‬, if ‫ = ݓ‬3, ‫ = ݔ‬4, ‫ = ݕ‬6.
b. ‫ݕ‬, if ‫ = ݓ‬12, ‫ = ݔ‬4, ‫ = ݕ‬8.
c. ܻܼ, if ܹܺ = 11, ܲܺ = 5, ܼܲ = 2.
d. ܹܺ, if ܻܲ = 9, ܼܲ = 4, ܹܲ = ܲܺ. ‫ݕ‬
ܺ
2. In figure 2, find: ܲ ‫ݔ‬
a. ܿ, if ܽ = 7, ܾ = 3, ݀ = 5.
b. ݁, if ܽ = 6, ܾ = 2. ‫ݖ‬
‫ݓ‬
c. ܿ, if ݁ = 6, ݀ = 4. ܼ
ܹ
d. ݀, if ܽ = 3, ܾ = 5, ܿ = 6.

3. ‫ ܤܣ‬and ‫ ܥܣ‬are two chords of a circle. Any


‫ܧ‬
line parallel to the tangent at ‫ ܣ‬cuts ‫ ܤܣ‬and
‫ ܥܣ‬at ‫ ܦ‬and ‫ ܧ‬respectively. Prove that ݁
‫ܧܣ × ܥܣ = ܦܣ × ܤܣ‬. ܾ
‫ܨ‬
‫ܤ‬ ݀
4. Chord ‫ ܨܧ‬on a circle is produced to form
secant ‫ܳܧ‬, such that the chord is three times
longer than the intercept ‫ܳܨ‬. Prove that the
‫ܦ‬
tangent ܳܶ is two-thirds the length of ‫ܨܧ‬.
ܽ

5. ‫ ܤܣ‬and ‫ ܥܣ‬are two equal chords of a circle;


‫ ܲܣ‬is another chord of the circle that cuts ‫ܥܤ‬ ܿ
figure 2
at ܳ. Prove that ‫ܤܣ = ܳܣ × ܲܣ‬ଶ . ‫ܣ‬

6. A pendulum of length 20cm is attached to a


point 31cm above the floor. It is set swinging ‫ܥ‬
so that the horizontal distance between the
extreme positions of the bob is 24cm.
Calculate the height of the bob above the
floor at each extreme position.

Woo | 2009

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