Senior Secondary Oxford Mathematics for the New Century 4B 12 More about Basic Properties of Circles

Consolidation Exercise 12A (Level 2)

[In this exercise, unless otherwise stated, O is the centre of a circle.]

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18. In the figure, AB = AD = CD and CAD = 50. Find BAC. C
D

B
50

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19. In the figure, BC is a diameter of the circle. AB = AD and D
A
25
ADB = 25.
(a) Find BAD. B C
(b) Find CBD.

20. In the figure, ABC and CDE are straight lines. AE // BD and F
E
BFE = 55. Find BCD. 55

A
B C

21. In the figure, BD is a diameter of the circle. BDE and AFE are A
F
straight lines. AD = DE and ACD = 46.
(a) Find ADB.
B E
(b) Find EDF. D
46

22. In the figure, AB is a diameter of the circle. AOBC and CDE are E
straight lines. If DAE = 20 and BCD = 30, find ADE. D
20
A 30
C
O B

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Senior Secondary Oxford Mathematics for the New Century 4B 12 More about Basic Properties of Circles

23. In the figure, ABC, AFE and CDE are straight lines. BAF = 48, E
DBF = 35, DB = DC and AB = AF.
F
(a) Find DEF.
(b) Find BFD. D
48 35
A
B C

24. In the figure, ADC and BEC are straight lines. BE = 5 cm, EC = 4 cm 5 cm
B E 4 cm
and CD = 4.5 cm. C
(a) Write down a pair of similar triangles and give reasons. x cm 4.5 cm
D
(b) Find the value of x.
A

25. In the figure, ABC is a straight line. If ABE = 87, BEO = 38 and A B
C
ODC = 45, find BCD. 87

O
38 45

E D

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26. In the figure, AB : BC : CD = 3 : 1 : 2 and ABC = 100. A
(a) Find BAD.
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(b) Find AB : AD .

100 D
B

27. In the figure, AD is a diameter of the circle. AB = BC and ABC = 120. B

Find BED. A
120
C

D
E

28. In the figure, ABCDE is a circle. If AB = CE, ADC = 105 and B 15
ABD = 15, find BEC.

C
E
105
D

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Senior Secondary Oxford Mathematics for the New Century 4B 12 More about Basic Properties of Circles

29. In the figure, the sides of the hexagon ABCDEF are all different. Find A
F
a + b + c. a

B c E
b
C
D

30. In the figure, O is the centre of the smaller circle. AED is a straight line. D
C
If ABC = 70, find CDE.

E O
70 B

31. In the figure, ABCDE is a pentagon. CD = DE, AB = BC = AE and E D

DAE = 30.
(a) Find ABC. 30
C
(b) Find AEC. A

32. In the figure, O is the centre of the circle ABCD and AD is a diameter B 110 E
of the circle. It is given that EAOD is a straight line and BAE = 110. A
(a) Find ACB. C
(b) Suppose that AB // OC. Is the quadrilateral ABCO a parallelogram? O

Explain your answer.

D

33. In the figure, ABC is a right-angled triangle with ABC = 90. B

E
Let D and E be points lying on AC and BC respectively such that
ABED is a cyclic quadrilateral. If AB = 66 cm, ED = 42 cm and
AD = 54 cm, find the length of CE.

C D A

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