
and are similar triangles. and are the areas, and are the perimeters of and respectively.
Which of these is same as the ratio of the height of to that of ?

Important Questions on Triangles


The measures of the sides of a triangle are 7, 8 and 9 cm. Find the length of the largest side of a similar triangle whose shortest side is 35 cm.
(A) 55 cm
(B) 40 cm
(C) 45 cm
(D) 50 cm



The angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. What is the measure of the smallest angle (in degrees)?











Consider the following figure shown below and choose which of the following equation is CORRECT about the similarity of both triangles?


Let be a triangle and be a point on side closer to vertex than . Let be a point on side such that is parallel to and let be a point on side such that is parallel to . If the area of the quadrilateral is equal to of the area of , then the ratio equals


