GRADE 12

MATHEMATICS
INFORMAL TEST II
EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY: SIMILARITY

MARKING GUIDELINE
21 APRIL 2023

This question MEMORANDUM consists of 4 pages

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 QUESTION 1

1.1 Construction: Mark off PA = FG and PB = FH and join AB. Construction

ΔPAB  ΔFGH Congruency SAS S/R

 
P A B  G  s S
 
but Q  G Given S
 

P A B  Q 
S/R
 AB//QR Corresp s 
PQ PR S/R
  Prop theorem; AB//QR
PA PB
PQ PR
 
FG FH (7)

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 QUESTION 2

2.2.1 Equiangular s or    S/R

(1)
2.2.2 GE DE
  /// s Proportion
GF GE
Substitution
GE 2  20  45
Answer
GE  30
(3)
2.2.3 In ΔDEH and ΔFGH 
 
DHE  FHG Vert opp s  S/R
 
DE H  FG H /// s S/R
 
S
EDH  G FH Sum of s in 
(3)
 DEH///FGH 


2.2.4 GH FG
 /// s  S/R
EH DE
GH 45
 [EH  30 - GH] Substitution
30 - GH 20
20GH  45(30 - GH)
65GH  1350

270 Answer
 GH  20.77 OR
13 (3)
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QUESTION 3

3.1.1 In KTP and KLN:

 
PKT  LK N [common]  S
 
P K T  L K N  90 [given] S
 
PTK  PL N [Remaining A’s of ∆’s]
  KTP/// KLN []
R
(3)
3.1.2 KT KP 
 [/// s]  S/R
KL KN
KT . KN  KP . KL S
But KL  2KP [radii: PK = LP] S
KT . KN  KP . 2KP 
 2KP2 S
2(KT2 – TP2) [Theorem of Pythagoras] S
 2KT2  2TP2 (5)
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