Circle Geometry

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Important Questions on Circle Geometry

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A quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle of radius 202. Three of the sides of this quadrilateral have length 20. What is the length of the fourth side?

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Semicircle AB^ has center C and radius 1. Point D is on AB^ and CD¯AB¯. Extend BD^ and AD^ to E and F, respectively, so that circular arcs AE^ and BF^ have B and A as their respective centers, circular arc EF has center D. The area of the shaded "smile", AEFBDA is 2π-π2-k, find k.

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Many cathedrals have windows with portions containing a ring of congruent circles that are circumscribed by a larger circle, In the figure shown, the number of smaller circles is four. If the ratio of the sum of the areas of the four smaller circles to the area of the larger circle is 2x+4y2 then find the value of x2+y3

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Circle A has radius 100. Circle B has an integer radius r<100 and remains internally tangent to circle A as it rolls once around the circumference of circle A. The two circles have the same points of tangency at the beginning and end of circle B's trip. How many possible values can r have?

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Let CD be a chord of a circle Γ1 and AB a diameter of Γ1 perpendicular to CD at N with AN>NB. A circle Γ2 centred at C with radius  CN intersects Γ1 at points P and Q, and the segments PQ and CD intersect at M. Given that the radii of Γ1 and Γ2 are 61 units and 60 units respectively, find the length of AM.

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Let A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A6 be six points on a circle in this order such that A1A2=A2A3, A3A4=A4A5 and A5 A6=A6 A1, where A1 A2 denotes the arc length of the arc A1 A2 etc. It is also known that A1 A3 A5=72°. Find the size of A4 A6 A2 in degrees.

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The figure below shows two circles with centres A and B, and a line L which is a tangent to the circles at X and Y. Suppose that XY=40 cm, AB=41 cm and the area of the quadrilateral ABYX is 300 cm2. If a and b denote the areas of the circles with centre A and centre B, respectively, find the value of ba.

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In ABC, CAB=30° and ABC=80°. The point M lies inside the triangle such that MAC=10° and MCA=30°. Find the value of 180°-BMC in degrees.

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In ABC (see below), AB=AC=3 and D is a point on BC such that AD=1. Find the value of BD·DC.

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The diagram shows a sector OAB of a circle, centre O and radius 8 cm, in which AOB=120°. Another circle of radius r cm is to be drawn through the points O, A and B. Find the value of r.

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Let AB be a diameter of a circle and C be a point on AB with 2·AC=BC. Let D and E be points on the circle such that DCAB and DE is a second diameter. The ratio of the area of ΔDCE to the area of ABD is 21y. What is y?

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Circle C1 has its center O lying on circle C2. The two circles meet at X and Y. Point Z in the exterior of C1 lies on circle C2 and XZ=13, OZ=11, and YZ=7. The radius of circle C1 is R. What is R?

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The quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. The diagonals AC and BD cut at Q. The sides DA and CB are produced to meet at P. If CD=CP=DQ, then the measure of CAD is

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In ΔABC, AB=86, and AC=97. A circle with centre A and radius AB intersects BC at points B and X. Moreover BX and CX have integer lengths. What is BC?

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Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed inside a circle with BAC=70°, ADB=40°, AD=4, and BC=6. What is AC2?

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Circles with centres P, Q and R, having radii 1, 2 and 3, respectively, lie on the same side of line and are tangent to at P', Q' and R', respectively, with Q' between P' and R'. The circle with centre Q is externally tangent to each of the other two circles. The area of triangle PQR is a-b. What is a2+b2?

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The diameter AB of a circle of radius 2 is extended to a point D outside the circle so that BD=3. Point E is chosen so that ED=5 and the line ED is perpendicular to the line AD. Segment AF intersects the circle at point C between A and E. The area of ABC is PS, where P and S are co-prime. What is P-2S?

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A triangle with sides of 5, 12 and 13 units has both an inscribed and a circumscribed circle. Find square of twice the distance between the centres of those circles?

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A triangle ABC has its vertices lying on a circle C of radius 1, with BAC=60°. A circle with center I is inscribed in ABC. The line AI meets circle C again at D. Find the length of the segment ID.

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Three semicircles of radius 1 are constructed on diameter AB of a semicircle of radius 2. The centers of the small semicircles divide AB¯ into four line segments of equal length, as shown. If the area of the shaded region that lies within the large semicircle but outside the smaller semicircles is 7π-a36, then value of a=?

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