Similarity of triangles - practice problems - page 2 of 7
Direction: Solve each problem carefully and show your solution in each item.Number of problems found: 140
- Meneal's 26771
Show (using Meneal's theorem) that the center of gravity divides the line in a 1: 2 ratio. - Calculate 64444
The length of the linden shadow is 429 cm. The length of the shadow meter is 78cm. Calculate the height of the linden. - Calculate 7214
Two tangents are drawn from point C to a circle with a radius of 76 mm. The distance between the two contact points is 14 mm. Calculate the distance of point C from the center of the circle. - Triangles 6682
Triangles ABC and A'B'C'. They are similar. In triangle ABC, the measures of two angles are 25 degrees and 65 degrees. Explain why in triangle A'B'C' the sum of the sizes of the two angles is equal to 90 degrees - Triangles 2737
The triangles ABC and XYZ are similar. Find the missing lengths of the sides of the triangles. a = 5cm, b = 8cm x = 7.5cm z = 9cm - Two similar
Two similar triangles, one has a circumference of 100 cm, the second has sides successively 8 cm, 14 cm, and 18 cm longer than the first. Find the lengths of its sides. - Airplane
Aviator sees part of the earth's surface with an area of 200,000 square kilometers. How high does he fly? - Similarity of squares
The ratio of the similarity of the squares ABCD and KLMN is 2.5. Square KLMN area is greater than an area of a square ABCD with side a: ... - Isosceles 67744
Two isosceles triangles have the same angle at the vertex opposite the base. The first one has a base of 12 cm and a leg of 9 cm. The other has a 16 cm long base. Calculate the perimeter of the second triangle. - Similar triangles
In the triangle DEF is DE = 21cm, EF = 14.7cm, DF = 28cm. The triangle D'E'F' is similar to the triangle DEF. Calculate the lengths of the sides of the triangle D'E'F' if the similarity coefficient is one-seventh. - Similarity 26441
How long a shadow casts a building 15 m high if the shadow of a meter rod is 90 cm? Sketch - similarity. - Shadow 7838
A man 1.65 m tall casts a shadow of 1.25 m. How tall is the tree whose shadow is in debt 2.58 m? - Karim
Karim uses a photocopier to enlarge the triangle PQR diagram by 150%. a) Write the ratio of the length of P' Q' to the length of PQ. b) Is the ratio of the length P 'R' to the length PR equal to the ratio of the length P 'Q' to the length PQ? c) Use your - Three
Three points are given: A (-3, 1), B (2, -4), C (3, 3) a) Find the perimeter of triangle ABC. b) Decide what type of triangle the triangle ABC is. c) Find the length of the inscribed circle - Calculate
Calculate the height of a tree that casts a shadow 22 m long if you know that at the same time, a pillar 2 m high casts a shadow 3 meters long. - Shadow A meter pole perpendicular to the ground throws a shadow of 40 cm long. The house throws a shadow 6 meters long. What is the height of the house?
- Angle in RT Determine the size of the smallest internal angle of a right triangle whose sides constitute the sizes of consecutive members of arithmetic progressions.
- Trapezoid IV
In a trapezoid ABCD (AB||CD) is |AB| = 15cm |CD| = 7 cm, |AC| = 12 cm, AC is perpendicular to BC. What area has a trapezoid ABCD? - Hexagon
There is a regular hexagon ABCDEF. If the area of the triangle ABC is 22, what is the area of the hexagon ABCDEF? I do not know how to solve it simply.... - Right-angled 40961
A right-angled triangle ABC has sides a = 5 cm, b = 8 cm. The similar triangle A'B'C' is 2.5 times smaller. Calculate what percentage of the area of triangle ABC is the area of triangle A'B'C'.
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