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Find the number of vertices in a quadrilateral.

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Important Questions on Understanding Elementary Shapes

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The perimeter of a rectangle is 42 cm. If its diagonal is 15 cm long, find the breadth of the rectangle. 

(A) 8 cm. 

(B) 10 cm. 

(C) 9 cm. 

(D) 7 cm. 

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Land is acquired for road widening from a square ground, as shown in the figure. The width of the acquired land is 2 m. Area of the remaining ground is 440 m2. What is the shape of the remaining ground?

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The length of one side and the diagonal of a rectangle are 10 cm and 26 cm respectively. Find the length of the other side (in cm).
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XYZ is right angled at Y. If mX=60o, then find the value of (cotZ+2).
MEDIUM
If the length of a rectangle is decreased by 5 metres and breadth increased by 3 metres, its area decreases by 9 m2. If its length is increased by 3 m and breadth by 2 m, its area increases by 67m2. What is the length of the rectangle ?
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ABCD is a rectangle, its diagonals meet at O. Find x, if OA=2x+4 and OD=3x+1.

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Investigate:
Use strips and fasteners to make a triangle and a quadrilateral.
Try to push inward at any one vertex of the triangle. Do the same to the quadrilateral.
Is the triangle distorted? Is the quadrilateral distorted? Is the triangle rigid?
Why is it that structures like electric towers make use of triangular shapes and not quadrilaterals?
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The two diagonals of a quadrilateral are 5 cm and 4 cm. Can it be a rectangle? Give reasons.
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Draw rough sketches of concave and convex quadrilaterals. Explain the properties which differentiate them.
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Draw a rough sketch of a quadrilateral PQRS. Draw its diagonals. Name them. Is the meeting point of the diagonals in the interior or exterior of the quadrilateral?
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Identify the figure as triangle and quadrilateral. Give reasons.

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