Mid-point Theorem and Medians - Class IX
Questions covering the mid-point theorem, medians, and related properties of triangles including areas, parallel lines, and coordinate geometry applications
Questions
$ \bigtriangleup DEF $ is also isosceles.
- True
- False
In $\Delta ABC$, D and E are mid points of AB and BC respectively and $\angle ABC=90^o$, then
- $AE^2+CD^2=AC^2$
- $AE^2+CD^2=\frac {5}{4}AC^2$
- $AE^2+CD^2=\frac {3}{4}AC^2$
- $AE^2+CD^2=\frac {4}{5}AC^2$
Find the midpoint of the segment connecting the points $(a, -b)$ and $(5a, 7b)$.
- $(3a, -3b)$
- $(2a, -3b)$
- $(3a, -4b)$
- $(-2a, 4b)$
- <span>none of these</span>
Fill in the blanks:
(i) The ling segment joining a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of its opposite side is called a $\underline { P } $ of the triangle.
(ii) The perpendicular line segment from a vertex of a triangle to its opposite is called an $\underline { Q } $ of the triangle
(iii) A triangle has $\underline { R } $ altitudes and $\underline { S } $ medians
- $P-$ Altitude; $Q$- Median; $R-1$; $S-1$
- $P-$ Altitude; $Q$- Median; $R-3$; $S-3$
- $P-$ Median; $Q$- Altitude; $R-3$; $S-3$
- $P-$ Median; $Q$- Altitude; $R-2$; $S-3$
If a line divides any two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then the line is parallel to the _______ side.
- first
- second
- third
- none of the above
- perpendicular
- parallel
- Inclined at $60^o$
- None of these
If the lengths of the medians $AD, BE$ and $CF$ of the triangle $ABC$, are $6,8,10$ respectively, then
- $AD$ and $BE$ are perpendicular
- $BE$ and $CF$ are perpendicular
- area of $\Delta ABC=32$
- area of $\Delta DEF=8$
In $\triangle ABC , \angle B=90^0$ and D is the mid-point of BC then
$BC^2=4(AD^2-AB^2)$
- True
- False
If a line cuts sides $BC, CA$ and $AB$ of $\triangle ABC$ at $P, Q, R$ respectively then " $\dfrac {BP}{PC}\cdot \dfrac {CQ}{QA}\cdot \dfrac {AR}{RB} = 1$. " that statement is ?
- True
- False
In a triangle $ABC,D$ and $E$ are the mid-points of $BC,CA$ respectively. If $AD=5,BC=BE=4$, then $CA=$
- $5$
- $\sqrt{7}$
- $2\sqrt{7}$
- $5\sqrt{5}$
If $m {a},\ m {b},\ m {c}$ are lengths of medians through the vertices $A,B, C$ of $\triangle ABC$ respectively, then length of side $b=$_
- $\sqrt { { 2m } _{ a }^{ 2 }+{ 2m } _{ c }^{ 2 }-{ 2m } _{ b }^{ 2 } } $
- $\dfrac { 1 }{ 3 } \sqrt { { 2m } _{ a }^{ 2 }+{ 2m } _{ c }^{ 2 }-{ 2m } _{ b }^{ 2 } }$
- $\dfrac { 2 }{ 3 } \sqrt { { 2m } _{ a }^{ 2 }+{ 2m } _{ c }^{ 2 }-{ 2m } _{ b }^{ 2 } }$
- $\dfrac { 3 }{ 4 } \sqrt { { 2m } _{ a }^{ 2 }+{ 2m } _{ c }^{ 2 }-{ 2m } _{ b }^{ 2 } }$
In $\triangle ABC, D, E$ and $F$ are the mid points of $BC, CA$ and $AB$ respectively, then, $BDEF$=________$ABC$
- $2$
- $\dfrac{1}{2}$
- $\dfrac{1}{4}$
- $\dfrac{31}{4}$
Consider $\Delta$ABC and $\Delta A _{1}B _{1}C _{1}$ in such a way that $\bar { AB } =\bar { { A } _{ 1 }{ B } _{ 1 } } $ and M,N,$M _{1}N _{1}$ be that mid points of AB,BC, $A _{1}B _{1}$ and $B _{1}C _{1}$ respectively, then _____________.
- $\bar { M{ M } _{ 1 } } =\bar { NN _{ 1 } } $
- $\bar { { CC } _{ 1 } } =\bar { MM _{ 1 } } $
- $\bar { { CC } _{ 1 } } =\bar { NN _{ 1 } } $
- $\bar { { MM } _{ 1 } } =\bar { BB _{ 1 } } $
A triangle ABC in which AB=AC, M is a point on AB and N is a point on AC such that if BM=CN then AM=AN
- True
- False
In triangle $ ABC $, $ M $ is mid-point of $ AB $ and a straight line through $ M $ and parallel to $ BC $ cuts $ AC $ in $ N $. Find the lenghts of $ AN $ and $ MN $ if $ BC= 7 $ cm and $ AC= 5 $ cm.
- $ AN= 2.5 $ cm and $ MN= 3.5 $ cm
- <span>$ AN= 1.5 $ cm and $ MN= 3.5 $ cm</span>
- <span>$ AN= 2.5 $ cm and $ MN= 4.5 $ cm</span>
- none of the above
- True
- False
State true or false:
- True
- False
In $\bigtriangleup : ABC$ , $E$ and $F$ are mid-points of sides $AB$ and $AC$ respectively. If $BF$ and $CE$ intersect each other at point $O$, then the $\bigtriangleup :OBC$ and quadrilateral $AEOF$ are equal in area.
- True
- False
If $D, E, F$ are respectively the midpoints of the sides $AB, BC, CA$ of $\Delta ABC$ and the area of $\Delta ABC$ is $24\ sq.\ cm$, then the area of $\Delta DEF$ is:
- $24\ {cm}^{2}$
- $12\ {cm}^{2}$
- $8\ {cm}^{2}$
- $6\ {cm}^{2}$
Suppose the triangle ABC has an obtuse angle at C and let D be the midpoint of side AC Suppose E is on BC such that the segment DE is parallel to AB. Consider the following three statements
i) E is the midpoint of BC
ii) The length of DE is half the length of AB
iii) DE bisects the altitude from C to AB
- only (i) is true
- only (i) and (ii) are true
- only (i) and (iii) are true
- all three are true
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $P$ be an interior point such that $\angle BPC = 90$, $\angle BAP = \angle BCP$. Let $M, N$ be the mid-points of $AC, BC$ respectively. Suppose $BP = 2PM$. Then $A, P, N$ are collinear ?
- True
- False
If $\displaystyle \Delta ABC$ is an isosceles triangle and midpoints $D, E,$ and $F$ of $AB, BC,$ and $CA$ respectively are joined, then $\displaystyle \Delta DEF$ is:
- Equilateral
- Isosceles
- Scalene
- Right-angled
M is the midpoint of $\displaystyle\overline{AB}$. The coordinates of A are $(-2,3)$ and the coordinates of M are $(1,0)$. Find the coordinates of B.
- $(-1/2, 3/2)$
- $(4,-3)$
- $(-4,3)$
- $(-5,6)$
- <span>none of these</span>
The straight line joining the mid-points of the opposite sides of a parallelogram divides it into two parallelogram of equal area
- True
- False
In a $\triangle ABC$, if $D, E, F$ are the midpoints of the sides $BC, CA, AB$ respectively then $\overline {AD} + \overline {BE} + \overline {CF} =$
- $\overline {0}$
- $\overline {AE}$
- $\overline {BD}$
- $\overline {CE}$