1. In the figure, AB = AC and AD = BC. Find x.

20°

x D

B C
2. Find the minimum value of AB + BC.
C

40

20

200
3. In the figure, ABCD is a square with length 1. Let AP = x.
(a) Find RS in terms of x.
Hint 1: Draw a line PD and show that PD ⊥ RS.
Hint 2: Draw a line US, where U is a point on BC such that
US // CD.

(b) Find PS and QR in terms of x.

(c) Where should P be such that the area of QPRS is the maximum / minimum? Find these
areas.
4. In the figure, ABCD and GFEB are squares such that
ABE is a straight line. H is a point on GB and DHE is a
straight line. Given that AB = 16 and let BE = x.
(a) Find BH in terms of x.
(b) If the area of the shaded region is 72,
(i) Find GH.
(ii) Extend GF such that it meets DE on I. Find
the length of IG.
5. In △ABC, D and E are points on AB and BC such C
that CD bisects ACB and AE bisects CAB ,
and CD and AE meets at P. Given that
E
A  2B , AC = 11 and AD = 2. 11
11 F
k
(a) Show that 13 is a solution to the
equation 13k  2k  11  0 .
2
A D B
2
(b) Show that AF = 2.
(c) Find FE.
6. In △ABC, D is a point on AB such that CD bisects C
ACB . Given that A  2B , AC = 11 and AD
= 2. Find BC.

11

A D B
2
7. In the figure, ABCD is a quadrilateral where AD = BC = CD. Find
A .
8. (a) In Figure 1, let X and Y are points on AB and AC such that △ABC ~ △AXY.
(i) Prove that XY //BC.

Area of △AXY  1 
2


(ii) Let AX = 1 and AB = k. Show that Area of △ABC  1  k  .


(Hint: The ratio of the heights of the two triangles should be the same as the
ratio of the sides of the two triangles due to similarity.)

X Y

Figure 1 Figure 2
B C
(b) In Figure 2, PQRS is a square with side length 12. X, Y and Z are the midpoints of PQ, XS
and XR respectively. Using the result of (a), or otherwise, find the area of trapezium RSYZ.
9. In △ABC, AB = 3, BC = 4 and CA = 5. D is a point on BC such that C
AD bisects CAB . E is a point on AC such that DE ⊥ AC. Find the

area of △CDE.

B A
10. (a) Find the value of A in the identity 2a  4ab  2b  (2a  1)(2b  1)  A .
(b) If x  2 xy  y  8 , where x and y are integers. Find the possible values of x  y .
11. Find the area of the shaded region in the figure.
4
 1
1  tan 2 x  , where 0  x  90
12. (a) Show that cos 2 x .

(b) Let x and y be non-negative number. By considering the fact that ( x  y )  0 , show that
2

x  y  2 xy .

1 1 4
 
(c) Let a and b be two positive number. By considering the quantity a b a  b , show that
1 1 4
 
a b ab .
0    90, 0    90 1
tan 2   tan 2  
(d) Given that and 2 . Using the result of (a) and
(b), find the maximum value of sin  sin  .
13. Find ACD in the figure:
C

45° 30°
A D B
14. Find the area of the shaded region in the figure, where ABRS, BCPQ and CDEF are squares.
15. In the figure, △ABC is an equilateral triangle. D and E are points on AB and CB such that AD =
BE. F is the intersection of AE and CD. Find CFE .

B
C

D F

A C
16. (a) In Figure 1, a circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle with side 1. By considering the
area
of the triangle, find the radius of the inscribed circle.
(b) Now a unit square with an inscribed circle is placed next to the equilateral triangle such
that
their sides form a straight line as shown in Figure 2. Find the distance between the centers
of the two circles.

1 1
1

Figure 1
Figure 2
17. The figure below shows a square ABCD and a circle, where B and C are on the circle and AD
just touched the circle at E. Let r be the radius of the circle.

A B

E
B

(a) Show that AE = ED.

D C
(b) Find AE in terms of r.
B B

(c) Mr. Siu claims that the perimeter of the circle is less than the perimeter of the square. Do
you agree? Justify your answer.
18. In the figure, ABCD is a square. E and F are points on DC and BC such that
EAF  45 and AFB  70 .

A B

(a) Find AEF .

(b) Find the area of △EFC. D E C
B B
19. In the figure, △BAC and △BED are right-angled triangles where BAD is a straight line. Given
that BE = ED. Find the area of the shaded region.

D
B

A
B

E
B

B C
C B
20. In the figure, △ABC is a right-angled triangle with AB = 6. M
is a point on AC such that AM = MC. It is given that BM = 5.
(a) Find AM.
(Hint: Draw a perpendicular line from M to BC.)
(b) Find the value of sin BMC .
21. In the figure, △ABC is an arbitrary triangle. M is a point on AC such that BM ⊥ MC. Let the
length of BC, AC and AB be a, b and c respectively. Denote BAC as A .
(a) Find BM and MC in terms of a, b, c and A .
(b) Show that a 2  b 2  c 2  2bc cos A . B
B

c a
B
B

A C
B M B
B

b
B