
In the figure below, is a triangle with . is an arc of a circle with centre .

Triangle is similar to triangle .
Is the above statement true or false? Justify your reason


Important Questions on Triangles
Are the two quadrilaterals shown below similar? Give a reason for your answer.

Looking at the above figure, Hari said that the shortest distance between Town and Town is km.
Is the statement True or False? Justify your answer.

Shown below is a rectangle . is a right angle.
Which of these is TRUE about and ?

Leela has a triangular cabinet that fits under his staircase. There are four parallel shelves as shown below.
The total height of the cabinet is . What is the maximum height of a book that can stand upright on the bottom-most shelf?


In the figure below, . All measurements are in units.
Prove that the area of the trapezium.



Just as in mathematics, principles in physics often lead to other useful results. Fermat's principle states that light travels in a path that requires the least time. How light behaves when reflected off a surface (called the law of reflection) can be derived from this principle. The law of reflection states that when light hits a reflective surface at an angle, it will reflect off that surface at the same angle.
Describe how this information could be used to find the height of the lamppost.
