Suggestion for 2022-23

Maths Term 2
Quadratic Equations
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1. The sum of the reciprocals of Rehman’s ages, (in years) 3 years ago and 5 years from now is 3. Find
his present age.

2. In a class test, the sum of Shefali’s marks in Mathematics and English is 30. Had she got 2 marks
more in Mathematics and 3 marks less in English, the product of their marks would have been 210.
Find her marks in the two subjects.

3. The difference of squares of two numbers is 180. The square of the smaller number is 8 times the
larger number. Find the two numbers.

4. Sum of the areas of two squares is 468 𝑚2. If the difference of their perimeters is 24 m, find the
sides of the two squares.

5. Find the roots of the quadratic equation: 4𝑥 2 − 4𝑝𝑥 + (𝑝2 − 𝑞 2 ) = 0

6. Find the roots of the quadratic equation given as 2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 4 = 0 by applying the quadratic
formula.

7. Determine the positive value of '𝑘' for which the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 64 = 0 and 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0
will both have real and equal roots.

8. Find the roots of quadratic equation by the factorisation method: 3𝑥 2 + 5√5𝑥 − 10 = 0

9. Find the value of 𝑘 for the quadratic equation 2𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 3 = 0 so that they have two real equal
roots.

10. If 𝑥 = 2 and 𝑥 = 3 are roots of the equation 3𝑥 2 − 2𝑘𝑥 + 2𝑚 = 0 find the value of 𝑘 and 𝑚.

11. Two taps running together can fill a tank in 3 1 hours. If one tap takes 3 hours more than the other
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to fill the tank, then how much time will each tap take to fill the tank?

12. Find the values of 𝑘 for which the given equation has real roots: 5𝑥 2 − 𝑘𝑥 + 1 = 0

13. Find the roots of quadratic equation by the factorisation method:

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2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 2 = 0
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14. Find the value of 𝑘 for which the given quadratic equation has real and distinct roots :
𝑘𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 = 0

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15. Solve :
14 5
−1= , 𝑥 ≠ −3, −1
𝑥+3 𝑥+1

16. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization:

𝑎𝑏𝑥 2 + (𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐)𝑥 − 𝑏𝑐 = 0

17. Find the values of 𝑘 for which the given equation has real and equal roots:
(𝑘 + 1)𝑥 2 − 2(𝑘 − 1)𝑥 + 1 = 0

18. In a rectangular part of dimensions, 50𝑚 × 40𝑚 a rectangular pond is constructed so that the area
of grass strip of uniform breadth surrounding the pond would be 1184 𝑚2 . Find the length and
breadth of the pond.

19. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization:

𝑎2 𝑏 2 𝑥 2 + 𝑏 2 𝑥 − 𝑎2 𝑥 − 1 = 0

20. Find the values of 𝑘 for which the following equation has equal roots:
(𝑘 − 12)𝑥 2 + 2(𝑘 − 12)𝑥 + 2 = 0

21. Find the roots of the quadratic equation by using the quadratic formula:
𝑥 2 − 3√5𝑥 + 10 = 0

22. Find the value of 𝑘 for which the roots of 9𝑥 2 + 8𝑘𝑥 + 16 = 0 are real and equal.

23. Solve :
𝑥 + 3 3𝑥 − 7
=
𝑥 + 2 2𝑥 − 3

24. If the equation (1 + 𝑚2 )𝑥 2 + 2𝑚𝑐𝑥 + (𝑐 2 − 𝑎2 ) = 0 has equal roots, prove that 𝑐 2 = 𝑎2 (1 + 𝑚2 )

25. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization: 𝑥 2 + 2𝑎𝑏 = (2𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑥

26. Solve for 𝑥:

𝑥+1 𝑥−2 2𝑥 + 3
+ =4− ; 𝑥 ≠ 1, −2, 2
𝑥−1 𝑥+2 𝑥−2

27. Find the value of 𝑘 for which the roots are real and equal of equation:
3𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 2𝑘 = 0

28. Find the roots of the equation, if they exist, by applying the quadratic formula:
36𝑥 2 − 12𝑎𝑥 + (𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 ) = 0

29. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization:

𝑚 2 𝑛
𝑥 + = 1 − 2𝑥
𝑛 𝑚

30. Find whether the equation has real roots. If real roots exist, find them: 8𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 3 = 0

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31. If 2 is a root of the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 12 = 0 and the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 𝑞 = 0 has equal roots,
find the value of 𝑞.

32. Solve for 𝑥:

𝑎 𝑏
+ = 2, 𝑥 ≠ 𝑎, 𝑏
𝑥−𝑏 𝑥−𝑎

33. Solve for 𝑥:

1 1
− = 3, 𝑥 ≠ 0, 2
𝑥 𝑥−2

34. Solve for 𝑥:

√6𝑥 + 7 − (2𝑥 − 7) = 0

35. Solve for 𝑥:

𝑎 𝑎+𝑏
𝑥2 + ( + )𝑥 + 1 = 0
𝑎+𝑏 𝑎

36. Solve for 𝑥:

9𝑥 2 − 9(𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑥 + 2𝑎2 + 5𝑎𝑏 + 2𝑏 2 = 0

37. Find the positive root of √3𝑥 2 + 6 = 9

38. Find the values of 𝑘 for which the quadratic equation 𝑥 2 + 2√2𝑘𝑥 + 18 = 0 has equal roots.

39. If 𝑥 = – 2 is a root of the equation 3𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 𝑝 = 0, find the values of 𝑘 so that the roots of the
equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘(4𝑥 + 𝑘 − 1) + 𝑝 = 0 are equal.

40. Find the values of 𝑘 for which the quadratic equation (3𝑘 + 1)𝑥 2 + 2(𝑘 + 1)𝑥 + 1 = 0 has equal
roots. Also find the roots.

41. Adil and Aarav together have 45 silver coins. Both of them lost 5 silver coins each and the product
of the number of silver coins they now have, is 124. Find out how many silver coins they had to
start with?

42. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 km and then travels a distance of 72
km at an average speed of 6 km/hr more than its original speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete total
journey, what is the original average speed?

43. A sum of ₹1000 is invested at 8% simple interest per annum. Find the interest at the end of 30
years.

44. Solve the following quadratic equation for 𝑥 :

4𝑥 2 − 4𝑎2 𝑥 + (𝑎4 − 𝑏 4 ) = 0

45. For what values of 𝑛, the equation 2𝑥 2 − 𝑛𝑥 + 𝑛 = 0 has coincident roots?

46. Two pipes running together can fill a tank in 12 mins. If one pipe takes 10 mins less than twice the
other to fill the tank. Find the time in which each pipe would fill the tank.
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47. Prove that the equation 𝑥 2 (𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 ) + 2𝑥(𝑎𝑐 + 𝑏𝑑) + (𝑐 2 + 𝑑 2 ) = 0 has no real roots, if 𝑎𝑑 ≠ 𝑏𝑐.

48. Find the value of √30 + √30 + √30 + ⋯ by factorisation

49. If 𝑝, 𝑞, 𝑟 are real and 𝑝 ≠ 𝑞, then show that the roots of the equation (𝑝 − 𝑞)𝑥 2 + 5(𝑝 + 𝑞)𝑥 −
2(𝑝 − 𝑞) = 0 are real and unequal.

50. Two trains leave a railway station at the same time, the first travels towards west and the second
to south. The speed of the first train is 30 km/hr more than that of second train. If after 30 minutes,
they are 75 km apart, then find the average speed of both trains.

51. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 1 7 hours. The tap with longer diameter takes 2 hours less
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than the tap with smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can fill the
tank separately.

52. A school decided to award prizes to the most punctual and the most obedient student. The sum of
the two prizes is ₹150 and their product is ₹5600. Find the prize money for punctuality and
obedience.

53. The length of a hall is 5 m more than its breadth. If the area of the floor of the hall is 84 𝑚2 , what
are the length and the breadth of the hall?

54. Three consecutive natural numbers are such that the square of the middle number exceeds the
difference of the squares of the other two by 60. Find the numbers.

55. Some students planned a picnic. The total budget for food was 2,000. But 5 students failed to attend
the picnic and thus the cost of food for each member increased by 20. How many students attended
the picnic and how much did each student pay for the food?

56. A two digit number is four times the sum of the digits. It is also equal to 3 times the product of digits.
Find the number.

57. The difference of mother’s age and her daughter’s age is 21 years and the twelfth part of the product
of their ages is less than the mother’s age by 18 years. Find their ages.

58. Find the value of k for which the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘(2𝑥 + 𝑘 − 1) + 2 = 0 has real and equal roots.

A.P.
1. Which term of the AP 121, 117, 113 … is its first negative term?

2. A contract on construction job specifies a penalty for delay of completion beyond a certain date as
follows: ₹200 for the first day, ₹250 for the second day, ₹300 for the third day, etc., the penalty for
each succeeding day being ₹50 more than for the preceding day. How much money the contractor
has to pay as penalty, if he has delayed the work by 30 days.

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3. Find the 20th term from the last term of the AP 3, 8, 13, … … … . . , 253

4. Check whether – 150 is a term of the AP 11, 8, 5, 2, …

5. Find the 8th term from the end of the A.P. 7,10, 13, . . . , 184.

6. Is the given series 2, 4, 8, 16, . . . . .. form an AP? If It forms an AP, then find the common difference d
and write the next three terms.

7. If 10 times the 10th term of an A.P. is equal to 15 times the 15th term, show that 25th term of the A.P.
is zero.

8. Is 302 a term of the A.P. 3, 8, 13, … …?

9. Is the given sequence: √3, √6, √9, √12 … form an AP? If it forms an AP, then find the common
difference d and write the next three terms.

10. Find the nth term of the AP: 5, 11, 17, 23, … …

11. Find the sum of the APs: – 37, – 33, – 29, …, to 12 terms.

12. Verify 𝑎, 2𝑎 + 1, 3𝑎 + 2, 4𝑎 + 3, … … forms an A.P, and then write its next three terms.

13. Find the sum of all three-digit natural numbers which are divisible by 13.

14. An A.P. consists of 37 terms. The sum of the three middle most terms is 225 and the sum of the past
three terms is 429. Find the A.P.

15. Find the 12th term from the end of the arithmetic progression 1, 4, 7, 10, . . . , 88.

16. Determine the A.P. whose fourth term is 18 and the difference of the ninth term from the fifteenth
term is 30.

17. In an AP, the first term is −4, the last term is 29 and the sum of all its terms is 150. Find its common
difference.

18. If second term of an AP is (𝑥 − 𝑦) and 5th term is (𝑥 + 𝑦), then find its first term.

19. In an AP, the first term is 2, the last term is 29 and the sum of all the terms is 155. Find the common
difference.

20. Find the sum of the first 25 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is given by 𝑎𝑛 = 2 − 3𝑛

21. Which term of an A.P. 150,147,144, . . . . . . . . .. is its first negative term?

22. The 4th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that the 25th term of the A.P. is three times its 11th term.

23. In an A.P, if 𝑆5 + 𝑆7 = 167 and 𝑆10 = 235, then find the A.P., where Sndenotes the sum of first n
terms.
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24. If the 1st term of a series is 7 and 13th term is 35. Find the sum of 13 terms of the sequence.

25. The 17th term of an AP is 5 more than twice its 8th term. If 11th term of AP is 43, then find its nth
term.

26. If the nth term of a sequence is 3 − 2𝑛. Find the sum of fifteen terms.

27. If 7th term of an AP is 1 and 9th term is 1, find 63rd term

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28. The nth term of an AP is given by (−4𝑛 + 15). Find the sum of first 20 terms of this AP.

29. The sum of first 𝑛 terms of three arithmetic progressions are 𝑆1 , 𝑆2 and 𝑆3 respectively. The first
term of each AP is 1 and common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Prove that 𝑆1 + 𝑆3 = 2𝑆2

30. Which term of the AP 3, 12, 21, 30, . . . .. will be 90 more than its 50th term?

31. The 14th term of an AP is twice its 8th term. If the 6th term is −8, then find the sum of its first 20
terms.

32. Find how many integers between 200 and 500 are divisible by 8.

33. If the ratio of the sums of first 𝑛 terms of two AP’s is (7𝑛 + 1) ∶ (4𝑛 + 27), find the ratio of their
mth term.

34. The fifth term of an AP is 26 and its 10th term is 51. Find the A.P.

35. The 13th term of an AP is four times its 3rd term. If the fifth term is 16, then find the sum of its first
ten terms.

36. Find the AP whose third term is 5 and seventh term is 9.

37. The sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and sum of its next 7 terms is 161. Find 28th term of AP.

38. If seven times the 7th term of an AP is equal to eleven times the 11th term, then what will be its 18th
term?

39. Find the sum of the following series.

5 + (−41) + 9 + (−39) + 13 + (−37) + 17 + ⋯ + (−5) + 81 + (−3)

40. If the mth term of an A.P. is 1 and nth term is 1 then show that its (mn)th term is 1
𝑛 𝑚

41. If 𝑆𝑛 , the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is given by 𝑆𝑛 = 2𝑛2 + 𝑛, then find its nth term.

42. Which term of the A.P. 3, 15, 27, 39, . . .. will be 120 more than its 21st term?

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43. Find the four numbers in A.P., whose sum is 50 and in which the greatest number is 4 times the
least.

44. The sums of 𝑛, 2𝑛, 3𝑛 terms of an A.P. are 𝑆1 , 𝑆2 , 𝑆3 respectively. Prove that 𝑆3 = 3(𝑆2 − 𝑆1 )

45. The sum of the first 𝑛 terms of an A.P. is 4𝑛2 + 2𝑛. Find the nth term of this A.P

46. The fifth term of an A.P. is 20 and the sum of its seventh and eleventh terms is 64. Find the common
difference of the A.P.

47. If the sum of first 10 terms of an A.P. is 140 and the sum of first 16 terms is 320, then find the A.P.
and hence find the sum of first 𝑚 terms.

48. The digits of a positive number of three digits are in A.P. and their sum is 15. The number obtained
by reversing the digits is 594 less than the original number. Find the number.

49. In an A.P. 𝑆𝑚 = 𝑛 and 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑚, also 𝑚 > 𝑛 find the sum of first (𝑚 – 𝑛) terms.

50. The first and the last terms of an A.P. are 8 and 65 respectively. If the sum of all its terms is 730,
find its common difference.

51. How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3?

52. If the sum of first 7 terms of an A.P. is 49 and that of its first 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first n
terms of the A.P.

53. Kanika was given her pocket money on Jan 1st, 2008. She puts ₹1 on Day 1, ₹2 on Day 2, ₹3 on Day
3, and continued doing so till the end of the month, from this money into her piggy bank. She also
spent ₹204 of her pocket money, and found that at the end of the month she still had ₹100 with her.
How much was her pocket money for the month?

54. In a flower bed, there are 43 rose plants in the first row, 41 in the second, 39 in the third and so on.
There are 11 rose plants in the last row. How many rows are there in the flower bed?

55. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P., prove that 𝑎2 + 𝑐 2 − 2𝑏𝑐 = 2𝑎(𝑏 − 𝑐)

56. If 𝑎, 2(𝑎 + 5) and 2(4𝑎 – 5) are in A.P., then find the value of 𝑎.

57. If the nth term of the A.P. 9, 7, 5, . . . .. is same as the nth term of the A.P. 15, 12, 9, . . . . . ., then find 𝑛.

58. If the sum of 𝑛 terms of an A.P. is (𝑝𝑛 + 𝑞𝑛2 ) where 𝑝 and 𝑞 are constants, find the common
difference.

59. The first and last term of an A.P. is 2𝑎 and 4𝑙 respectively. If 𝑠 is the sum of all terms of the A.P. then
16𝑙2 −𝑘𝑎2
common difference is given by 2𝑠−(2𝑎+4𝑙). Find the value of 𝑘.

60. Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by both 2 and 5.

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61. If the numbers 2𝑛 – 1, 3𝑛 + 2 and 6𝑛 – 1 are in A.P., then find 𝑛 and hence find the numbers.

Heights and Distance

1. If a tower 30m high, casts a shadow 10√3 𝑚 long on the ground, then what is the angle of elevation
of the sun?

2. A man rowing a boat away from a lighthouse 150 m high takes 2 minutes to change the angle of
elevation of the top of lighthouse from 45° to 30°. Find the speed of the boat. (Use √3 = 1.732)

3. The angle of elevation of a jet fighter from point A on ground is 60°. After flying 10 seconds, the
angle changes to 30°. If the jet is flying at a speed of 648 km/hour, find the constant height at which
the jet is flying.

4. Two ships are there in the sea on either side of a lighthouse in such a way that the ships and the
lighthouse are in the same straight line. The angles of depression of two ships are observed from
the top of the lighthouse are 60° and 45° respectively. If the height of the lighthouse is 200 m, find
the distance between the two ships. (Use √3 = 1.732)

5. From a window (60 metres high above the ground) of a house in street the angles of elevation and
depression of the top and the foot of another house on opposite side of street are 60° and 45°
respectively. Show that the height of the opposite house is 60(1 + √3) metres.

6. Two boats approach a light house in mid-sea from opposite directions. The angles of elevations of
the top of the lighthouse from two boats are 30° and 45° respectively. If the distance between two
boats is 100 m, find the height of the lighthouse.

7. A TV tower stands vertically on a bank of a canal. From a point on the other bank of a canal. From a
point on the other bank directly opposite the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is
60° from a point 20 m away from this point on the same bank the angle of elevation of the top of
the tower is 30°.

i. Find the height of the tower

ii. Find the width of the canal.

8. A moving boat observed from the top of a 150 m high cliff, moving away from the cliff. The angle of
depression of the boat changes from 60° to 45° in 2 minutes. Find the speed of the boat.

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9. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 60°. After a flight of 15 seconds,
the angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is flying at a constant height of 1500√3 m
find the speed of the plane in km/hr.

10. A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground 100 m away from the foot of
the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 45°. Find the height of the tower.

11. The length of a string between a kite and a point on the ground is 85 m. If the string makes an angle
𝜃 with the ground level such that tan 𝜃 = 15⁄8 then find the height of the kite from the ground.
Assume that there is no slack in the string.

12. The lower window of a house is at a height of 2 m above the ground and its upper window is 4 m
vertically above the lower window. At certain instant the angles of elevation of a balloon from these
windows are observed to be 60° and 30° respectively. Find the height of the balloon above the
ground.

13. A man on the deck of a ship, 12 m above water level, observes that the angle of elevation of the top
of a cliff is 60° and the angle of depression of the base of the cliff is 30°. Find the distance of the cliff
from the ship and the height of the cliff. (Use √3 = 1.732)

14. Marine Insight uses extensive utilization of wind energy to move a vessel in the seawater. They
allow the towing kite to gain a height of anything between 100 metres - 300 metres. The sailing kite
is made in such a way that it can be raised to its proper elevation and then brought back with the
help of a 'telescopic mast' that enables the kite to be raised properly and effectively.
Based on the following figure, answer the question that follows:

i. In the given figure, if sin 𝜃 = cos(3𝜃 − 30°) where 𝜃 and 3𝜃 − 30° are acute angles, then
find the value of 𝜃
ii. What should be the length of the rope of the kite sail in order to pull the ship at the angle
𝜃 (calculated above) and be at a vertical height of 150 m?

15. As observed from the top of a 75 m high lighthouse from the sea-level, the angles of depression of
two ships are 30° and 45°. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the same side of the lighthouse,
find the distance between two ships.

16. Basant Kumar is a farmer in a remote village of Rajasthan. He has a small square farm land. He
wants to do fencing of the land so that stray animals may not enter his farmland. For this, he wants
to get the perimeter of the land. There is a pole at one corner of this field. He wants to hang an effigy
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 on the top of it to keep birds away. He standing in one corner of his square field and observes that
the angle subtended by the pole in the corner just diagonally opposite to this corner is 60°. When
he retires 80 m from the corner, along the same straight line, he finds the angle to be 30°.

i. Find the length of his square field so that he can buy material to do the fencing work
accordingly.
ii. Find the height of the pole too so that he can arrange a ladder accordingly to put an effigy
on the pole.

17. If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 4 m and 9 m from the
base of the tower and in the same straight line with it are complementary, find the height of the
tower.

18. A ladder rests against a wall at an angle 𝛼 to the horizontal. Its foot is pulled away from the wall
through a distance a, so that it slides a distance b down the wall making an angle 𝛽 with the
horizontal. Show that
𝑎 cos 𝛼 − cos 𝛽
=
𝑏 sin 𝛽 − sin 𝛼

19. What are the angles of depression from the observing positions 𝑂1 and 𝑂2 of the object at A?

20. A tower subtends an angle 𝛼 at a point A in the plane of its base and the angle of depression of the
foot of the tower at a point B which is at 'b' meters above A is 𝛽 Prove that the height of the tower
is 𝑏 tan 𝛼 cot 𝛽

21. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 45°. After flying for 15 s, the
angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane if flying at a constant height of 2500 m, then find
the average speed of the aeroplane.

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22. A man on the top of a vertical tower observes a car moving at a uniform speed coming directly
towards it. If it takes 18 minutes for the angle of depression to change from 30° to 60°, how soon
after this will the car reach the tower?

23. The angle of depression of two ships from an aeroplane flying at the height of 7500 m are 30° and
45°. If both the ships are in the same that one ship is exactly behind the other, find the distance
between the ships.

24. A girl on a ship standing on a wooden platform, which is 50 m above water level, observes the angle
of elevation of the top of a hill as 30° and the angle of depression of the base of the hill as 60°.
Calculate the distance of the hill from the platform and the height of the hill.

25. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of an 8 m tall building from top of a multi-storeyed
building are 30º and 45º, respectively. Find the height of multi-storey building and distance
between two buildings.

26. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 120 m above a lake is 30° and the angle of depression
of its reflection in the lake is 60°. Find the height of the cloud.

27. The person standing on the bank of river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree
standing on opposite bank is 60° . When he moves 30 m away from the bank, he finds the angle of
elevation to be 30°. Find the height of tree and width of the river.

28. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road which is
80 m wide. From a point P between them on the road, the angle of elevation of the top of a pole is
60° and the angle of depression from the top of the other pole of point P is 30°. Find the heights of
the poles and the distance of the point P from the poles.

29. A boy standing on a horizontal plane finds a bird flying at a distance of 100 m from him at an
elevation of 30°. A girl standing on the roof of a 20 m high building, finds the elevation of the same
bird to be 45°. The boy and the girl are on the opposite sides of the bird. Find the distance of the
bird from the girl. (Given √2 = 1.414)

30. The tops of two towers of height 𝑥 and 𝑦, standing on level ground, subtend angles of 30° and 60°
respectively at the centre of the line joining their feet, then find 𝑥 ∶ 𝑦.

31. If the height of a tower and distance of the point of observation from its foot both are increased by
10%, then prove that the angle of elevation of its top remains unchanged.

32. A 7 m long flagstaff is fixed on the top of a tower standing on the horizontal plane. From a point on
the ground, the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the flagstaff are 60° and 45°
respectively. Find the height of the tower correct to one place of decimal. (Use √3 = 1.73)

33. If two towers of height ℎ1 units and ℎ2 units subtends angles of 60° and 30° respectively at the mid
point of line joining their feet, find ℎ1 : ℎ2

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34. A kite is flying at a height of 45 m above the ground. The string attached to the kite is temporarily
tied to a point on the ground. The inclination of the string with the ground is 60°. Find the length of
the string assuming that there is no slack in the string.

Volume and Surface area

1. A copper sphere of radius 3 cm is melted and recast into a right circular cone of height 3 cm. Find
the radius of the base of the cone.

2. An iron pillar has some part in the form of a right circular cylinder and remaining in the form of a
right circular cone. The radius of base of each of cone and cylinder is 8 cm. The cylindrical part is
240 cm high and the conical part is 36 cm high. Find the weight of the pillar, if one cubic cm of iron
weighs 10 g.

3. A golf ball has diameter equal to 4.2 cm. Its surface has 200 dimples each of radius 2 mm. Calculate
the total surface area which is exposed to the surroundings assuming that the dimples are
hemispherical.

4. A solid is composed of a cylinder with hemispherical ends. If the whole length of the solid is 104 cm
and the radius of each of the hemispherical ends is 7 cm, find the cost of polishing its surface at the
rate of ₹10 per dm2

5. A toy is in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere with the same radius. The diameter of the
base of the conical portion is 6 cm and its height is 4 cm. Determine the surface area of the toy. (Use
𝜋 = 3.14)

6. The interior of a building is in the form of cylinder of diameter 4.3 m and height 3.8 m, surmounted
by a cone whose vertical angle is a right angle. Find the area of the surface and the volume of the
building. (Use 𝜋 = 3.14)

7. Water in a canal 6 m wide and 1.5 m deep is flowing with a speed of 10 km/h. How much area in
hectare will it irrigate in 30 minutes if 8 cm of standing water is needed?

8. A girl empties a cylindrical bucket full of sand, of base radius 18 cm and height 32 cm, on the floor
to form a conical heap of sand. If the height of this conical heap is 24 cm then find its slant height
correct to one place of decimal.

9. Water is flowing at the rate of 7 metres per second through a circular pipe whose internal diameter
is 2 cm into a cylindrical tank the radius of whose base is 40 cm. Determine the increase in the water
level in 1/2 hour.

10. If the heights of two right circular cones are in the ratio 1 ∶ 2 and the perimeters of their bases are
in the ratio 3 ∶ 4, what is the ratio of their volumes?

11. A well with inner radius 4 m is dug 14 m deep. Earth taken out of it has been spread evenly all
around a width of 3 m it to form an embankment. Find the height of the embankment.

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12. A tent is of the shape of a right circular cylinder upto a height of 3 metres and then becomes a right
circular cone with a maximum height of 13.5 metres above the ground. Calculate the cost of painting
the inner side of the tent at the rate of ₹2 per square metre, if the radius of the base is 14 metres.

13. Two cubes each of 10 cm edge are joined end to end. find the surface area of the resulting cuboid.

14. A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter 20 cm from a canal into a cylindrical tank in his field,
which is 10 m in diameter and 2 m deep. If water flows through the pipe at the rate of 3 km/ hr, in
how much time will the tank be filled ?

15. A conical vessel of radius 6 cm and height 8 cm is completely filled with water. A sphere is lowered
into the water and its size is such that when it touches the sides, it is just immersed as shown in
Figure. What fraction of water over flows?

16. Rasheed got a playing top (lattu) as his birthday present, which surprisingly had no colour on it. He
wanted to colour it with his crayons. The top is shaped like a cone surmounted by a hemisphere.
The entire top is 5 cm in height and the diameter of the top is 3.5 cm. find the area he has to colour.
(Take 𝜋 = 22⁄7)

17. A solid metallic of dimensions 9𝑚 × 8𝑚 × 2 𝑚 is melted and recast into solid cubes of edge 2 m.
Find the number of cubes so formed.

18. From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter 1.4 cm, a conical cavity of the same
height and same diameter is hollowed out. Find the volume of the remaining solid to the nearest
𝑐𝑚3 . (Take 𝜋 = 22⁄7)

19. A 5 m wide cloth is used to make a conical tent of base diameter 14 m and height 24 m. Find the
cost of cloth used at the rate of Rs.25 per meter.

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20. A solid metallic cylinder of radius 3.5 cm and height 14 cm melted and recast into a number of small
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solid metallic ball, each of radius 12 cm. Find the number of balls so formed.

21. A metallic cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 5 cm. To reduce its weights, a conical hole is drilled
3 8
in the cylinder. The conical hole has a radius of 2 cm and its depth 9 cm. Calculate the ratio of the
volume of metal left in the cylinder to the volume of metal taken out in conical shape.

22. A hollow cylindrical pipe is made up of copper. It is 21 dm long. The outer and inner diameters of
the pipe are 10 cm and 6 cm respectively. Find the volume of copper used in making the pipe.

23. Find the number of coins of 1.5 cm diameter and 0.2 cm thickness to be melted to form a right
circular cylinder of height 10 cm and diameter 4.5 cm.

24. A solid right-circular cone of height 60 cm and radius 30 cm is dropped in a right-circular cylinder
full of water of height 180 cm and radius 60 cm. Find the volume of water left in the cylinder in
cubic metre.

25. A glass is in the shape of a cylinder of radius 7 cm and height 10 cm. Find the volume of juice in litre
required to fill 6 such glasses.

26. A cone of height 24 cm and radius of base 6 cm is made up of clay. If we reshape it into a sphere,
find the radius of sphere.

27. The rain water from 22𝑚 × 20 𝑚 roof drains into cylindrical vessel of diameter 2 m and height 3.5
4
m. If the rain water collected from the roof fills th of cylindrical vessel then find the rainfall in cm.
5

28. The largest possible sphere is carved out of a wooden solid cube of side 7 cm. Find the volume of
the wood left.

29. A metallic sphere of total volume 𝜋 is melted and recast into the shape of a right circular cylinder
of radius 0.5 cm. What is the height of cylinder?

30. A wooden toy was made by scooping out a hemisphere of same radius from each end of a solid
cylinder. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the volume of
wood in the toy.

31. The radii of two right circular cylinders are in the ratio of 2 ∶ 3 and their height are in the ratio of
5 ∶ 4. Calculate the ratio of their curved surface area and radio of their volumes.

32. The side of solid metallic cube is 50 cm. The cube is melted and recast into 8000 equal solid cubical
dice. Determine the side of the dice.

33. A lead pencil consists of a cylinder of wood with a solid cylinder of graphite filled into it. The
diameter of the pencil is 7 mm, the diameter of the graphite is 1 mm and the length of the pencil is
10 cm. Calculate the weight of the whole pencil, if the specific density of the wood is 0.7 𝑔𝑚/𝑐𝑚3
and that of graphite is 2.1 𝑔𝑚/𝑐𝑚3

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34. Water flows at the rate of 10 metre per minute from a cylindrical pipe 5 mm in diameter. How long
will it take to fill up a conical vessel whose diameter at the base is 40 cm and depth 24 cm?

35. The interior of a building is in the form of a cylinder of diameter 4.3 m and height 3.8 m, surmounted
by a cone whose vertical angle is a right angle. Find the area of the surface and volume of the
building.

36. A cylindrical container of radius 4 cm and height 15 cm is filled with ice-cream. The whole ice-
cream has to be distributed to 15 children in equal cones with hemispherical tops. If the height of
the conical part is four times the radius of its base, then find the radius of the ice-cream cone.

37. Two cubes each of volume 125 𝑐𝑚3 are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the resulting
cuboid.

38. The dimensions of a metallic cuboid are 100 𝑐𝑚 × 80 𝑐𝑚 × 64 𝑐𝑚. It is melted and recast into a
cube. Find the surface area of the cube.

39. A solid is in the shape of a cone mounted on a hemisphere of same base radius. If the curved surface
areas of the hemispherical part and the conical part are equal, then find the ratio of the radius and
the height of the conical part.

40. From a solid cylinder whose height is 15 cm and diameter 16 cm, a conical cavity of the same height
and same diameter is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the remaining solid.

41. A sphere of maximum volume is cut-out from a solid hemisphere of radius r. What is the ratio of
the volume of the hemisphere to that of the cut-out sphere?

42. A cylindrical bottle with radius 5 cm and height 14 cm has jam packed in it. The jam is spread over
bread of length 11 cm and breadth 10 cm. How thick can the layer of jam be spread, if the entire
jam is to be spread on 10 bread pieces?

43. Two spheres of same metal weigh 1 kg and 7 kg. The radius of the smaller sphere is 3 cm. The two
spheres are melted to form a single big sphere. Find the diameter of the new sphere.

44. A solid is in the shape of a cone surmounted by a hemisphere, the radius of each of them being 3.5
cm and the total height of solid is 9.5 cm. Find the volume of the solid.

45. A hemispherical depression is cut out from one face of a cubical block of side 7 cm, such that the
diameter of the hemisphere is equal to the edge of the cube. Find the surface area of the remaining
solid.

46. Water is flowing at the rate of 2.52 km/h through a cylindrical pipe into a cylindrical tank, the radius
of whose base is 40 cm. If the increase in the level of water in the tank, in half an hour is 3.15 m,
find the internal diameter of the pipe.

47. A heap of rice is in the form of a cone of base diameter 24 m and height 3.5 m. Find the volume of
the rice. How much canvas cloth is required to just cover the heap?

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48. A solid is hemispherical at the bottom and conical (of same radius) above it. If the surface areas of
the two parts are equal, then find the ratio of its radius and the slant height of the conical part.

49. A cubical ice cream brick of edge 22 cm is to be distributed among some children by filling ice cream
cones of radius 2 cm and height 7 cm upto its brim. How many children will get ice cream cones?

50. A cylindrical tub, whose diameter is 12 cm and height 15 cm is full of ice-cream. The whole ice-
cream is to be divided into 10 children in equal ice-cream cones, with conical base surmounted by
hemispherical top. If the height of conical portion is twice the diameter of base, find the diameter
of conical part of ice-cream cone.

51. The (3)th part of a conical vessel of internal radius 5 cm and height 24 cm is full of water. The water
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is emptied into a cylindrical vessel with internal radius 10 cm. Find the height of water in cylindrical
vessel.

52. A cone of height 20 cm and radius of base 5 cm is made up of modelling clay. A child reshapes it in
the form of a sphere. Find the diameter of the sphere.

53. In the given figure, a tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top of same diameter.
If the height and diameter of cylindrical part are 2.1 m and 3 m respectively and the slant height of
conical part is 2.8 m, find the cost of canvas needed to make the tent if the canvas is available at the
rate of `500/sq. metre.

54. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as
shown in figure. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm and its base is of radius 3.5 cm. Find the total
surface area of the article.

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55. A juice seller was serving his customers using glasses as shown in the given figure. The inner
diameter of the cylindrical glass was 5 cm but bottom of the glass had a hemispherical raised
portion which reduced the capacity of the glass. If the height of the glass was 10 cm, find the
apparent and actual capacity of the glass.

56. Water is flowing at the rate of 15 km/hour through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a cuboidal pond
which is 50 m long and 44 m wide. In what time will the level of water in the pond rise by 21 cm?

57. Raman made a model shaped like a cylinder with two cones attached at its two ends by using a thin
aluminium sheet. The diameter of the model is 21 cm and its length is 36 cm. If each cone has a
height of 9 cm, find the volume of air contained in the model that Raman made.

58. A solid iron rectangular block of dimensions 4.4 m, 2.6 m and 1 m is recast into a hollow cylinder
of internal radius 30 cm and thickness 5 cm. Find the length of the pipe.

59. If the diameter of cross-section of a wire is decreased by 5%, how much percent will the length be
increased so that volume remains the same?

60. The height of a cone is 5 m. Find the height of a cone whose volume is sixteen times its volume and
radius equal to its diameter.

Circle
1. In the given figure, common tangents 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐶𝐷 to the two circles with centres 𝑂1 and 𝑂2 intersect
at 𝐸. Prove that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐶𝐷.

2. In the adjoining figure, a circle is inscribed in a quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 in which ∠𝐵 = 90°. If 𝐴𝐷 =

23 𝑐𝑚, 𝐴𝐵 = 29 𝑐𝑚, and 𝐷𝑆 = 5 𝑐𝑚, find the radius (𝑟) of the circle.

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3. In the given figure, from a point 𝑃, two tangents 𝑃𝑇 and 𝑃𝑆 are drawn to a circle with centre 𝑂 such
that ∠𝑆𝑃𝑇 = 120°, Prove that 𝑂𝑃 = 2𝑃𝑆

4. Equal circles with centres 𝑂 and 𝑂’ touch each other at 𝑋. 𝑂𝑂′ is produced to meet the circle with
𝐷𝑂 ′
centre 𝑂′ at 𝐴 and 𝐴𝐶 is a tangent to the circle with centre 𝑂. If 𝑂′𝐷 is perpendicular to 𝐴𝐶, find 𝐶𝑂

5. Two circles with centres 𝑂 and 𝑂′ of radii 3 cm and 4 cm, respectively intersect at two points 𝑃 and
𝑄 such that 𝑂𝑃 and 𝑂′𝑃 are tangents to the two circles. Find the length of the common chord 𝑃𝑄.

6. In the adjoining figure, a circle touches the side 𝐷𝐹 of ∆𝐸𝐷𝐹 at 𝐻 and touches 𝐸𝐷 and 𝐸𝐹 produced
at 𝐾 and 𝑀 respectively. If 𝐸𝐾 = 9 𝑐𝑚, then what is perimeter of ∆𝐸𝐷𝐹?

7. In figure the incircle of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 touches the sides 𝐵𝐶, 𝐶𝐴 and 𝐴𝐵 at 𝐷, 𝐸 and 𝐹 respectively. Show that
1
𝐴𝐹 + 𝐵𝐷 + 𝐶𝐸 = 𝐴𝐸 + 𝐵𝐹 + 𝐶𝐷 = 2 (Perimeter of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶)

8. In fig., two tangents 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐴𝐶 are drawn to a circle with centre 𝑂 such that ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 120°. Prove
that 𝑂𝐴 = 2𝐴𝐵.

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9. A quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is drawn to circumscribe a circle, as shown in the figure. Prove that 𝐴𝐵 +
𝐶𝐷 = 𝐴𝐷 + 𝐵𝐶.

10. In the adjoining figure, from an external point 𝑃, two tangents 𝑃𝑇 and 𝑃𝑆 are drawn to a circle with
centre 𝑂 and radius 𝑟. If 𝑂𝑃 = 2𝑟, show that ∠𝑂𝑇𝑆 = ∠𝑂𝑆𝑇 = 30°

11. In the figure, 𝐴𝐵 is diameter of a circle with centre 𝑂 and 𝑄𝐶 is a tangent to the circle at 𝐶. If ∠𝐶𝐴𝐵 =
30°, Find ∠𝐶𝑄𝐴 and ∠𝐶𝐵𝐴

12. In the given figure, 𝐴𝐵 is a diameter of the circle. The length of 𝐴𝐵 = 5 cm. If 𝑂 is the centre of
the length of tangent segment 𝐵𝑇 = 12 cm, determine 𝐶𝑇.

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13. In the adjoining figure, 𝑂 is the centre of the circle, 𝐴𝐵 is a chord and 𝐴𝑇 is tangent at 𝐴. If ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 =
100°, then find ∠𝐵𝐴𝑇

14. In the given figure, 𝑃𝑇 is tangent to the circle at 𝑇. If 𝑃𝐴 = 4 cm and 𝐴𝐵 = 5 cm, find 𝑃𝑇.

15. In figure, 𝑃𝑄 is a chord of length 16 cm, of a circle of radius 10 cm. The tangents at 𝑃 and 𝑄 intersect
at a point 𝑇. Find the length of 𝑇𝑃.

16. In figure, 𝐴𝑂𝐵 is a diameter of a circle with centre 𝑂 and 𝐴𝐶 is a tangent to the circle at 𝐴. If
∠𝐵𝑂𝐶 = 130°, then find ∠𝐴𝐶𝑂

17. Prove that the centre of a circle touching two intersecting lines lies on the angle bisector of the lines.

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18. In figure the sides 𝐴𝐵, 𝐵𝐶 and 𝐶𝐴 of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 touch a circle with centre 𝑂 and radius 𝑟 at 𝑃, 𝑄 and 𝑅
respectively.

i. 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐶𝑄 = 𝐴𝐶 + 𝐵𝑄
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ii. 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 (∆𝐴𝐵𝐶) = 2 (𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶) × 𝑟

19. 𝐴 is a point at a distance 13 cm from the centre ‘𝑂’ of a circle of radius 5 cm. 𝐴𝑃 and 𝐴𝑄 are the
tangents to circle at 𝑃 and 𝑄. If a tangent 𝐵𝐶 is drawn at point 𝑅 lying on minor arc 𝑃𝑄 to intersect
𝐴𝑃 at 𝐵, 𝐴𝑄 at 𝐶. Find the perimeter of 𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶.

20. In the given figure, 𝑃𝑄 is a chord of a circle with centre 𝑂 and 𝑃𝑇 is a tangent. If ∠𝑄𝑃𝑇 = 60°, find
∠𝑃𝑅𝑄

21. 𝐴𝐵 is a diameter and 𝐴𝐶 is chord of a circle with centre 𝑂 such that ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 30°. The tangent at 𝐶
intersects extended 𝐴𝐵 at a point 𝐷. Prove that 𝐵𝐶 = 𝐵𝐷.

22. 𝑂 is the centre of a circle. 𝑃𝐴 and 𝑃𝐵 are tangents to touch the circle from a point 𝑃. Prove that
(i) quadrilateral 𝑃𝐴𝑂𝐵 is a cyclic quadrilateral
(ii) 𝑃𝑂 is the bisector of ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵
(iii) ∠𝑂𝐴𝐵 = ∠𝑂𝑃𝐴

23. Two tangents 𝑃𝐴 and 𝑃𝐵 are drawn from an external point 𝑃 to a circle with centre , such that
∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 = 𝑥 and ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 𝑦. Prove that opposite angles are supplementary.

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24. In given figure, 𝐴𝐵 is the diameter of a circle with centre 𝑂 and 𝐴𝑇 is a tangent. If ∠𝐴𝑂𝑄 = 58°.
Find ∠𝐴𝑇𝑄

25. Prove that the lengths of two tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.

26. Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary angles
at the centre of the circle.

27. In Figure the radius of incircle of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 of area 84 𝑐𝑚2 and the lengths of the segments 𝐴𝑃 and 𝐵𝑃
into which side 𝐴𝐵 is divided by the point of contact are 6 cm and 8 cm Find the lengths of the sides
𝐴𝐶 and 𝐵𝐶.

28. In figure, two tangents 𝑅𝑄 and 𝑅𝑃 are drawn from an external point 𝑅 to the circle with centre 𝑂.
If ∠𝑃𝑅𝑄 = 120° then prove that 𝑂𝑅 = 𝑃𝑅 + 𝑅𝑄.

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29. In the given figure, 𝑂 is the centre of the circle. Determine ∠𝐴𝑃𝐶, if 𝐷𝐴 and 𝐷𝐶 are tangents and
∠𝐴𝐷𝐶 = 50°

30 In figure, 𝑂 is the centre of a circle. 𝑃𝑇 are tangents to the circle from an external point 𝑃. If ∠𝑇𝑃𝑄 =
70°. Find ∠𝑇𝑅𝑄

31. 𝐴𝐵 is a chord of circle with centre 𝑂. At 𝐵, a tangent 𝑃𝐵 is drawn such that its length is 24 cm. The
distance of 𝑃 from the centre is 26 cm. If the chord 𝐴𝐵 is 16 cm, find its distance from the centre.

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32. In figure, 𝑂 is the centre of the circle and 𝐿𝑁 is a diameter. If 𝑃𝑄 is a tangent to the circle at 𝐾 and
∠𝐾𝐿𝑁 = 30°. Find ∠𝑃𝐾𝐿

33. In figure 𝑃𝑄 is a tangent from an external point 𝑃 to a circle with centre 𝑂 and 𝑂𝑃 cuts the circle at
𝑇 and ∠𝑄𝑂𝑅 is a diameter. If ∠𝑃𝑂𝑅 = 130° and 𝑆 is a point on the circle, find ∠1 + ∠2

34. A tangent 𝑃𝑄 at a point 𝑃 of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre 𝑂 at a point 𝑄 so
that 𝑂𝑄 = 13 cm. Find the length of 𝑃𝑄.

35. Prove that the tangent drawn at the mid-point of an arc of a circle is parallel to the chord joining
the end points of the arc.

36. In the given figure, 𝐴𝑃 and 𝐵𝑃 are tangents to a circle with centre 𝑂, such that 𝐴𝑃 = 5 cm and
∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 = 60°. Find the length of chord 𝐴𝐵.

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37. In given fig., two chords 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐶𝐷 of a circle intersect at 𝑂. If 𝐴𝑂 = 8 cm, 𝐶𝑂 = 6 cm and 𝑂𝐷 =
4 cm, then find the length of 𝑂𝐵.

38. In figure, 𝐴𝐵 is a chord of circle, and 𝑃𝑄 is a tangent at point 𝐵 of the circle. If ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 110°, then
find ∠𝐴𝐵𝑄.

39. A chord of a circle is 12 cm in length and its distance from the centre is 8 cm. Find the length of the
chord of the same circle which is at a distance of 6 cm from the centre.

40. In the given figure, the radii of two concentric circles are 7 cm and 8 cm. If 𝑃𝐴 = 15 cm then find
𝑃𝐵.

41. In the given figure, 𝑂 is the centre of the circle and 𝑇𝑃 is the tangent to the circle from an external
point 𝑇. If ∠𝑃𝐵𝑇 = 30°, prove that 𝐵𝐴 ∶ 𝐴𝑇 = 2 ∶ 1.

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42. In the given figure, 𝑂 is the centre of a circle, 𝐴𝐵 is a chord and 𝐴𝑇 is the tangent at 𝐴. If ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 =
100°, then find the value of ∠𝐵𝐴𝑇.

43. In the given figure, 𝑃𝐴 and 𝑃𝐵 are tangents to the circle with centre 𝑂 such that ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 = 50°. Write
the measure of ∠𝑂𝐴𝐵.

44. In the given figure, 𝑃𝐴 and 𝑃𝐵 are two tangents drawn from an external point 𝑃 to a circle with
centre 𝐶 and radius 4 cm. If 𝑃𝐴 ⊥ 𝑃𝐵, then find the length of each 90° P tangent.

Statistics
1. Write the frequency distribution table for the following data:

Marks(out of 90) Number of candidates

More than or equal to 80 4
More than or equal to 70 6
More than or equal to 60 11
More than or equal to 50 17
More than or equal to 40 23
More than or equal to 30 27
More than or equal to 20 30
More than or equal to 10 32
More than or equal to 0 34
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2. The average marks of A, B and C is 33, while the average marks of B, C and D is 37. If A obtains 30
marks, find the marks obtained by D.

3. If the class mark of a continuous frequency distribution are 12, 14, 16, 18, ..., then find the class
intervals corresponding to the class marks 16 and 22.

4. Find the mean marks from the following data:

Marks Number of students

Below 10 5
Below 20 9
Below 30 17
Below 40 29
Below 50 45
Below 60 60
Below 70 70
Below 80 78
Below 90 83
Below 100 85

5. Find median of the data, using an empirical relation when it is given that Mode = 12.4 and Mean =
10.5.

6. The mean weight of 150 students in a class is 60 kg. The mean weight of boys is 70 kg while that of
girls is 55 kg. Find the number of boys and girls in the class.

7. Given that the mean of five number is 27. If one of the number is excluded, the mean gets reduced
by 2. Determine the excluded number.

8. If the median of the series exceeds the mean by 3, then by what number the mode exceeds its mean?

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