Junior High School Geometry Practice 1

1. , ,and BC = 6. If H is a point along the height, find the

measure of AH.

2. Given ABC, the midpoints of AB, BC and CA are C', A' and B', respectively; The line from A to the base
bisects BC at H. If A'H = 6, what is B'H?

3. In ABC, the line from A to BC bisects BC at D, where BD = 2, DC = 6. If AB = 4 and ACB = 20, find
BAD.

4. Given ABC is an equilateral triangle, with BCD = 90, AB = 4 and CD = ,

what is the measure of AE?

5. Given ABC; AB = AC, , , , CD = x, DB = 2, CA = y. Find the

correlation between x and y?

6. Given the sides of ABC are BC = a, CA = b, AB = c, where 3mA + B = 180 and 3a = 2c, express b
in terms of a.

7. Given ABC is an isosceles triangle with sides AB = AC = 10 and BC = 12. P and R are points on BC
where BP = RC = 3. Given S and T are the midpoints of the AB and AC, respectively, the line from S and
R intersect perpendicularly at N and M, respectively, what is the measure of MN?

8. Given ABC with AB = 7, BC = 6 and AC = 5 and E is the midpoint of BC. Another triangle was drawn
with  A as the vertex angle, AD and AG as the two legs. C is a point on AG such that CF parallel to
AB. what is AD?

9. Given ABC where AB = AC, D is a point on AB and E is a point on AC.

If A = 20, DE = 1, BC = a and BE = a + 1, what is AB?

10. Given ABC, I is a point along the bisector from the center of the circle O. If BI = 12, IO = 18 and BC =
15, what is the measure of AB?
 Junior High School Geometry Practice 1 (Answer Keys)

1. , ,and BC = 6. If H is a point along the height, find the

measure of AH.

Solution:
In ABC, H is center of the perpendicular, BE  AC.
ABC = 45 and ACB = 75 because ABE = 30 and DAC = 15.
(30, 60, 90) triangle, AB = 2a  AE = a and BE = .
AHE ~ BCE

2. Given ABC, the midpoints of AB, BC and CA are C', A' and B', respectively; The line from A to the base
bisects BC at H. If A'H = 6, what is B'H?

Solution:
In ABC; where C', A' and B' are the midpoints,

A'C' || AC; O; ; .

3. In ABC, the line from A to BC bisects BC at D, where BD = 2, DC = 6. If AB = 4 and ACB = 20, find
BAD.

Solution:

Looking at ABD and ABC in the figure, .

B is a common angle since DBA ~ ABC .
Since the two triangles are similar, BCA = BAD = 20.

4. Given ABC is an equilateral triangle, with BCD = 90, AB = 4 and CD = ,

what is the measure of AE?

Solution:
ABC is an equilateral triangle with AB = 4.

so . Since and ,

and
Then .

Since , therefore .
 5. Given ABC; AB = AC, , , , CD = x, DB = 2, CA = y. Find the
correlation between x and y?
Solution:
From ABC, if ABC = , then AB = AC and ACB =  .
If CDA = 2 , then BAD = .
Then AD = BD = 2.
From ABD , DBA =BAD =  , and from ABC, ABC = ACB = .

ABD ~ CBA. From this, .

6. Given the sides of ABC are BC = a, CA = b, AB = c, where 3mA + B = 180 and 3a = 2c, express b
in terms of a.
Solution:
Since and , .
The line bisecting C of ABC intersects AB at D. Since BC = a, CA = b, AB = c, and 3a = 2c,
we have c = 3k, and get a = 2k .
Since ACB ~ CDB ,

Since , we get .

From bisector theorem on ABC, we get

7. Given ABC is an isosceles triangle with sides AB = AC = 10 and BC = 12. P and R are points on BC
where BP = RC = 3. Given S and T are the midpoints of the AB and AC, respectively, the line from S and
R intersect perpendicularly at N and M, respectively, what is the measure of MN?
Solution:
We draw the parallelogram PRTS and since ABC is an isosceles triangle ,
PRTS is a rectangle and TR = SP = 4. Using Euclid correlation on PTR.

.
Since , then PN = TM.

Then, .

8. Given ABC with AB = 7, BC = 6 and AC = 5 and E is the midpoint of BC. Another triangle was drawn
with  A as the vertex angle, AD and AG as the two legs. C is a point on AG such that CF parallel to
AB. what is AD?
Solution:
Connect point C to point F of GD so that CF is parallel to AB.
ADG is isosceles, AH  DG and BAH = GAH, ADG = AGD .
Since AB || CF , we get ADG = CFG.
Since BE = EC and AB || CF , .

,
AD = 6.
 9. Given ABC where AB = AC, D is a point on AB and E is a point on AC.
If A = 20, DE = 1, BC = a and BE = a + 1, what is AB?

Solution:
ABC is an isosceles triangle, we get . For EF = x ,we get
.
.

From , we get .
.
If x = 1 is an equilateral triangle, .

and .

10. Given ABC, I is a point along the bisector from the center of the circle O. If BI = 12, IO = 18 and BC =
15, what is the measure of AB?

Solution:

If , we get AB = 24.