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Two isosceles triangles have their corresponding angles equal and their areas are in the ratio $25 : 36$. Find the ratio of their corresponding heights

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  1. $25 : 35$

  2. $36 : 25$

  3. $5 : 6$

  4. $6 : 5$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
We know, Ratios of areas of similar triangles is equal to ratio of squares of their corresponding sides.
Hence,

$\dfrac{Area \ of \ \triangle _1}{Area \ of \ \triangle _2}=\dfrac{(height \ of \ \triangle _1)^2}{(height \ of \ \triangle _2)^2}$

Taking square root on both sides,

$\dfrac{(height \ of \ \triangle _1)}{(height \ of \ \triangle _2)}=\sqrt{\dfrac{Area \ of \ \triangle _1}{Area \ of \ \triangle _2}}$

$\dfrac{(height \ of \ \triangle _1)}{(height \ of \ \triangle _2)}=\sqrt{\dfrac{25}{36}}=\dfrac{5}{6}$

Option C

In similar triangles $\triangle ABC$ and $\triangle FDE, DE = 4 cm, BC = 8 cm$ and area of $\triangle FDE = 25 cm^2$. What is the area of $\Delta ABC$?

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  1. 144 cm$^2$

  2. 121 cm$^2$

  3. 100 cm$^2$

  4. 81 cm$^2$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  $DE=4\,cm,\,BC=8\,cm$ and $ar(\triangle FDE)=25\,cm^2$                  [ Given ]


$\Rightarrow$  $\triangle ABC\sim\triangle FDE$             [ Given ]

$\Rightarrow$  $\dfrac{ar(\triangle ABC)}{ar(\triangle FDE)}=\dfrac{(BC)^2}{(DE)^2}$                       [ By area of similar triangle theorem ]

$\Rightarrow$  $\dfrac{ar(\triangle ABC)}{25}=\dfrac{(8)^2}{(4)^2}$

$\Rightarrow$  $ar(\triangle ABC)=\dfrac{64}{16}\times 25$

$\Rightarrow$  $ar(\triangle ABC)=4\times 25$
$\therefore$  $ar(\triangle ABC)=100\,cm^2$

The areas of two similar triangles are $81\ cm^{2}$ and $49\ cm^{2}$. If the altitude of the bigger triangle is $4.5\ cm$, find the corresponding altitude of the smaller triangle.

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  1. $3 cm$

  2. $2.5 cm$

  3. $4 cm$

  4. $3.5 cm$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Given: Area of $two$ similar triangle $81{cm}^{2}$ and $49{cm}^{2}$

Altitude of bigger triangle $=4.5cm$
For similar triangle,
${\text{Ratio on sides}}^{2}=\text {Ratio of their Area}$
$\therefore$ $\cfrac { { 4.5 }^{ 2 } }{ { x }^{ 2 } } =\cfrac { 81 }{ 49 } $
$\cfrac { 45\times 45 }{ { x }^{ 2 }\times 100 } =\cfrac { 81 }{ 49 } $
$100{x}^{2}=25\times 49$
${x}^{2}=\cfrac{25\times 49}{100}$
${x}^{2}=\cfrac{49}{4}$
$x=\cfrac{7}{2}$
$x=3.5cm$

If $\triangle ABC$ and $\triangle PQR$ are similar and $\dfrac {BC}{QR} = \dfrac {1}{3}$ find $\dfrac {area (PQR)}{area (BCA)}$

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  1. $9$

  2. $3$

  3. $\dfrac {1}{3}$

  4. $\dfrac {1}{9}$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$\triangle ABC$ & $\triangle PQR$ are similar.

$\therefore \cfrac{AB}{PQ}=\cfrac{BC}{QR}=\cfrac{1}{3}$
$\therefore \cfrac{\text{Area}(PQR)}{\text{Area}(BCA)}={(\cfrac{QR}{BC}})^{2}$
$\cfrac { { Area }(PQR) }{ { Area }(BCA) } ={ (\cfrac { 3 }{ 1 } ) }^{ 2 }=9$

What is the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles whose corresponding sides are in the ratio 15:19?

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  1. $\sqrt{15} : \sqrt{19}$

  2. $15 : 19$

  3. $225 : 361$

  4. $125 : 144$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

We know ratio  of areas of two similar triangles is the ratio of the square of their corresponding sides.

Ratio of sides $\dfrac{15}{19}$
Ratio of areas $={ \left( \dfrac { 15 }{ 19 }  \right)  }^{ 2 }=\dfrac { 225 }{ 361 } $
So option $C$ is correct.

The areas of two similar triangles are 100 $cm^2$ and 64 $cm^2$. If the median of greater side of first triangle is 13 cm, find the corresponding median of the other triangle.

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  1. 20 cm

  2. 15 cm

  3. 10 cm

  4. 16 cm

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Given area of two similar triangles are $100$ sq cm and $64$ sq cm
The areas of two Similar-Triangles are in the ratio of the squares of the corresponding medians
The ratio of area of triangle $=\dfrac{100}{64}=\dfrac{25}{16}$
Median of greater triangle is $13$ cm and let other median is $x$ cm
$\therefore \dfrac{(13)^{2}}{(x)^{2}}=\dfrac{25}{16}$

$\Rightarrow \dfrac{169}{x^{2}}=\dfrac{25}{16}$

$\Rightarrow 25x^{2}=169\times 16$

$\Rightarrow x^{2}=\dfrac{2704}{25}=108.16$

$\Rightarrow x=10cm$

If the sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio $2 : 3$, then their areas are in the ratio:

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  1. $9 : 4$

  2. $4 : 9$

  3. $2 : 3$

  4. $3 : 2$

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Given, sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio $2:3$

Thus, the ratio of their areas are $($ side $)^2$
$=\left (\dfrac {2}{3}\right)^2=\dfrac {4}{9}$ 
Therefore, the areas are in the raatio $4:9$.

In $\Delta ABC$, $D$ is a point on $BC$ such that $3BD = BC$. If each side of the triangle is $12 cm$, then $AD$ equals:

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  1. $4\sqrt { 5 } cm$

  2. $4\sqrt { 6 } cm$

  3. $4\sqrt { 7 } cm$

  4. $4\sqrt { 11 } cm$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Given $\triangle ABC$ with $D$ a point on $BC$ such that $3BD=BC$

$\therefore$ $BD=\dfrac{BC}{3}=4cm$
$AD\  \bot\ BC$
Let's take a point $E$ on $BC$ which makes a right angle triangle $ADE$ and $AEB$ at $E$ such that $BE=\dfrac{1}{2}BC=6cm$
$\therefore\ DE=BE-BD=2cm$.
$\therefore\ AE^2=AB^2-BE^2=144-36=108$
$\because\ AED=90^{o}$
$\therefore\ AD^2=AE^2+DE^2=108+4=112$
$\therefore\ AD=4\sqrt{7}cm$.

In $\Delta ABC \sim  \Delta PQR$, $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$ and $N$ is the midpoint of $QR$. If the area of $\Delta ABC =$ $100$ sq. cm and the area of $\Delta PQR =$ $144$ sq. cm. If $AM = 4$ cm, then $PN$ is:

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  1. $4.8$ cm

  2. $12$ cm

  3. $4$ cm

  4. $5.6$ cm

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$\dfrac { ar(\triangle ABC) }{ ar(\triangle PQR) } =\dfrac { 100 }{ 144 } $

If triangles are similar then ratio of their areas is equal to ratio of square of their corresponding sides
$\dfrac { AB^{ 2 } }{ PQ^{ 2 } } =\dfrac { 100 }{ 144 } \ \dfrac { AB }{ PQ } =\dfrac { 10 }{ 12 } $
$AM$ and $PN$ are medians
Therefore, $ \dfrac { AM }{ PN } =\dfrac { AB }{ PQ } $
$\Rightarrow  \dfrac { 4 }{ PN } =\dfrac { 10 }{ 12 } \ \Rightarrow PM=4.8$

D and E are the points on the sides AB and AC respectively of triangle ABC such that $ DE||BC$. If area of $ \triangle DBC =15 cm^2$, then area of $\triangle EBC $ is:

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  1. $30cm^{2}$

  2. $7.5cm^{2}$

  3. $15cm^{2}$

  4. $20cm^{2}$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Given, $DE||BC$

Therefore, the altitudes of $\triangle EBC$ and $\triangle DBC$ are equal.
Also, they have a common base $BC$.
Thus, $ \text{Ar}(\triangle EBC)=\text{Ar}(\triangle DBC)$
$\Rightarrow \text{Ar}(\triangle EBC)=15 \ \ \text{cm}^2$