Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE

School of Graduate Studies
Sorsogon City Campus

Math 511
Selected Topics in Euclidian Geometry

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: NEIL ANGELO L. FULLENTE Date:

Program: MAED-MATHEMATICS Score:

1. What must be the length of a guy wire if it is tied from the top of a 40-ft. flagpole to a peg on the ground 9 ft. from the
foot of the pole?

SOLUTION and ANSWER

a.Representation: Let x be the length of the guy wire b. Equation: Pythagorean Theorem
x 2   40    9 
2 2

c. Solution:
x 2   40    9 
x 2 2
40 ft.
flagpole x 2  1600  81
x 2  1681
x  41
d. Conclusion: Therefore, the length of the
guy wire must be 41 ft.
9 ft.
From the foot
of the flagpole

2. In the triangle ABC shown below, line segment DE is parallel to line segment AC. Line
segment DE = 14 cm and line segment AC =22 cm. Line segment CE = 15 cm and line segment BD = 30 cm. Find
the length of line segment AD and BE.
B

30

D E
14 15

A C

22
SOLUTION and ANSWER:

a. Representation: DE  AC , DE  14 , AC  22 , CE  15 , BD  30 , ABC DBE , AD  ? , BE  ?

Let x = AD y= BE
 b. Equation: by Similarity Theorem, the ratio of corresponding parts of Similar triangles are equal
DE BD BE
 
AC BA BC
c. Solution:
14 30 14 y
 
22 30  x 22 15  y
420  14 x  660 22 y  210  14 y
14 x  240 8 y  210
120 105
x  17.14 y  26.25
7 4
120 105
AD   17.14 BE   26.25
7 4 by Multiplication Property and Addition Property of Equality
120 105
AD   17.14cm BE   26.25cm
d. Conclusion: Therefore, 7 and 4

3. Two circles of different radii are concentric. If the length of the chord of the larger circle that is tangent to the smaller
circle is 40 cm. Find the difference in area of the two circles.

SOLUTION and ANSWER:

a. Representation: let R be the length of the radius of the bigger circle

Let r be the length of the radius of the smaller circle

Pythagorean Theorem:

R 2   20   r 2
2

R 2  r 2  400

40 cm

r
R

b. Equation: Area of the bigger circle   R while Area of the smaller circle   r ,
2 2

Difference in their Area   R   r

2 2
 c. Solution:
Difference in the area of two circles   R 2   r 2
   R2  r 2 
   400 
 400 by distributive property and substitution
d. Conclusion: Therefore, the difference in area of the two circles is 400 cm
2

4. A side and a longer diagonal of a parallelogram are 12m and 17m respectively. The angle between the diagonals
opposite the given side is 1240. Find the length of the shorter diagonal.

SOLUTION AND ANSWER:

a. Representation:

17 m

a=8.5 b
C=1240
B A
c=12 m
b. Equation: the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other, then in the figure, half of the longer
diagonal is one of the sides forming a triangle and is equal to 8.5 m, we need to find b.

Law of Sine
a b c
 
SinA SinB SinC
c. Solution:
a c

sin A sin C
8.5 12 B  180  (35.96  124) b 12
 
sin A sin(124) B  20.03 sin(20.03) sin(124)
12sin A  8.5sin(124) b c b sin(124)  12sin(20.03)

8.5sin(124) sin B sin C 12sin(20.03)
sin A  b
12 b 12 sin(124)

A  35.96 sin(20.03) sin(124) b  4.96

length of the shorter diagonal  2b

 2(4.96)
 9.92
d. Conclusion: Therefore, the length of the Shorter diagonal is approximately equal to 9.92 m
5. The area of the circle circumscribed about an equilateral triangle is 254.47 sq.m. What is the area of the triangle in
sq.m.?

a. Representation: let x be the side of the triangle, the apothem of the triangle is also the radius of the circle.

x r x

r
B C
x
b. Equation:
Area of the circle   r 2
254.47   r 2
254.47
 r2

81.00031674  r 2
9r

The triangle inside is an equilateral triangle so mA  mB  mC  60

360
  120
The central angle 3
c. Solution: we need to use the cosine law
x 2  r 2  r 2  2rr cos  1
Area of the equilateral triangle  ( x )( x )sinA
2
x  r 2  r 2  2rr cos  1
 (15.59) 2 sin  60 
x  (9) 2  (9) 2  2(9)(9) cos(120) 2
x  15.59 Area of the equilateral triangle  105.24m 2

2
d. Conclusion: Therefore, the area of the equilateral triangle is 105.24m