GEOMETRY

1. If a, b, c be the sides of a triangle, prove that a , b & c will also represents sides of a
triangle.

2. Find the number of triangles with integral side lengths such that second largest side is 4 and
only one side being largest.

3. Let each side of the triangle is prime number and divisor of 2001. Find the number of such
triangles.

4. Find the number of isosceles triangles with integral side lengths and having perimeter 144
and only one side being largest.

5. Find a point P, inside a convex quadrilateral ABCD, such that AP  BP  CP  DP is

minimum

6. A line l is given in a plane and two points A and B (on same side or on either side of l )

are also in the same plane. Find P on the line such that

(I) AP  BP is minimum

(II) AP  BP is minimum, (assuming AB is not perpendicular to l )

(III) AP  BP is maximum (assuming A & B are not at same distance from l .

7. Let P be inside or on the triangle. Locate P such that AP  BP  CP is maximum.

8. In a triangle ABC with all angles smaller than 1200 , locate a point P such that
AP  BP  CP is minimum.
9. An ant sits on one vertex of a solid cube. Find the shortest path on the surface to reach
opposite vertex.

10. There is a glass cylinder with radius R. An ant is d cm from the mouth of the cylinder. It is on
the outer surface of the cylinder. There is a honey drop on the inner surface of cylinder that
is also d cm from the mouth of the cylinder and diametrically opposite to the ant. What is
the shortest distance the ant has to travel to get to the honey drop?

11. In a right-angled triangle, if one acute angle is double of another. Prove that the hypotenuse
is double the smallest side.

12. If the bisector of the ver cal angle of a triangle bisects the base of the triangle, then prove
that the triangle is isosceles.

13. Can two internal angle-bisector in a triangle be perpendicular?

14. The interior angles of a polygons are in AP. The smallest interior angle is 1200 and common
difference is 50 . Find the number of sides.

15. Two sides of a triangle are 3 and 2 units. The medians to these sides are mutually
perpendicular. Prove that the third side has an integral measure.
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16. In triangle ABC, the medians from B and A to the opposite sides are mutually perpendicular
1 b
to each other. Prove that  2
2 a
17. In a regular polygon an interior angle is four mes bigger than corresponding external angle.
Find the number of sides of the polygon.

18. Prove that a convex polygon cannot have more than three acute internal angles.

19. If all exterior angles of a polygon are obtuse, then find the number of sides of the polygon.

20. A square sheet of paper ABCD is so folded that B falls on the mid-point M of CD. Prove that
the crease will divide BC in the ra o 5:3

21. Prove that in a parallelogram, sum of squares of diagonals is equal to sum of the squares of
the sides.

22. P is randomly chosen point in a unit square. Connect P to the ver ces of the base. Find the
probability that the triangle is acute angled.

23. A right triangle has base ‘b’ and al tude ‘a’. A circle of radius r touches the two sides and has
1 1 1
its center on the hypotenuse. Show that  
a b r

Answer Keys

2)6 3)7 4)35 5) P will be point of intersec on of diagonals

6)(I) P lies on line joining B and mirror image of A

(II)P lies on right bisector of AB

(III)P lies on line joining A and B

7) P will be at the vertex of the triangle containing smallest angle 8)Fermat Point

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9) 5 10) 2 d 2    13) NO 14) 9 15)1
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17)10 (19)3