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In the figure below,OPQ  is a triangle with OP=OQRS is an arc of a circle with centre O.

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Triangle OSR is similar to triangle OPQ.

Is the above statement true or false? Justify your reason 

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Are the two quadrilaterals shown below similar? Give a reason for your answer.

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Looking at the above figure, Hari said that the shortest distance between Town E and Town F is 15 km.

Is the statement True or False? Justify your answer.

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Shown below is a rectangle PQRSUTQ is a right angle.

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Which of these is TRUE about UST and TRQ?

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Leela has a triangular cabinet that fits under his staircase. There are four parallel shelves as shown below.

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The total height of the cabinet is 144 cm. What is the maximum height of a book that can stand upright on the bottom-most shelf?

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Which of the following are definitely similar to each other?
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In the figure below, ST || PQ. All measurements are in units.

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Prove that the area of the trapezium PQTS is 12(a+b)h sq units.

 

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During a solar eclipse, the moon passes between the sun and earth and covers sun almost entirely despite being considerably smaller. Why the moon covers almost all part of the sun during an eclipse. Take diameter of the sun as d=1400000 km
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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.

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