
Answer the following question by looking at the given figure: Name the three chords.


Important Questions on Circles

‘O’ is the centre of the circle. The area of the shaded region in the given figure is then the diameter is:





In the given figure, three circles with centres respectively touch each other externally. If and , then the radius of the circle with centre is


From the figure of match the following. The correct option is _____
Match
length
length

Chords and are intersecting at . centimetres, centimetres and centimetres. What is the length of ?

On the circle with center , points are such that . A point is located on the tangent at to the circle such that and are on the opposite sides of the line and . The line segment intersects the circle again at . Then the ratio is equal to -







The two chords and of a circle are at equal distance from the centre . If and , then calculate the length of the radius of the circle.

In the figure, are the sides of a right triangle where is the hypotenuse. Prove that the radius of the circle which touches the sides of the triangle is given by .



