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Circles (HOTS)
1. a) In figure below, O is the centre of the circle of radius 5 cm . OP AB, OQ CD,
AB||CD, AB=6 cm and CD=8 cm. Determine PQ.
b) In figure below, O is the centre of the circle of radius 5 cm. OP AB, OQ CD, AB||CD,
AB=6 cm and CD=8 cm. Determine PQ.
2. a) AB and CD are two chords of a circle such that AB=6 cm, CD=12 cm and AB||CD. If
the distance between AB and CD is 3 cm, find the radius of the circle.
b) In the figure below OD is perpendicular to the chord AB of a circle whose centre is O.
If BC is a diameter, show that CA=2 OD
3. In a equilateral triangle , prove that the centroid and centre of the circum circle
(circumcentre)coincide.
4. a)Two circles of radii 5 cm and 3 cm intersect at two points and the distance between
their centres is 4 cm. Find the length of the common chord.
b) In figure below, two circles with centres A and B of radii 5 cm and 3 cm touch each
other internally. If the perpendicular bisector of segment AB meets the bigger circle in P
and Q , find the length of PQ.
5. a) Show that if two chords of a circle bisect one another they must be diameters
b) In figure below, equal chords AB and CD of a circle with centre O, cut at right angles
at E, if M and N are the midpoints of AB and CD respectively, prove that OMEN is a
square.
7.a) In figure below , A, B, C are the three points on a circle such that the angles
subtended by the chords AB and AC at the centre O are 80 and 120 respectively.
Determine and the degree measure of arc BPC.
b) In figure below , O is the centre of the circle and the measure of arc ABC is 100.
Determine and .
8.a) In the figure below, P is the centre of the circle, Prove that = 2( +
).
b)In a circle with centre O , chords AB and CD intersect inside the circumference at E.
Prove that + = 2
9. If O is the circumcentre of a ABC and OD BC, prove that =
10. The bisector of of an isosceles triangle ABC with AB=AC meets the circumcircle
of ABC at P as shown in figure below.If AP and BC produced meet at Q, prove that
CQ=CA.
Answer Key
1. a)PQ=1 cm b)PQ=7 cm
2. a) r=6.7 cm
4. a) PQ=6 cm b)46 cm
7. a)BAC =80 b) ADC =50 &ABC =130
11. a) BAD=ACD =45
12. a)BAC =40 b) ABD =20 and BDC =40