Similar triangles
Similar triangles: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Areas of Similar Triangles, Criteria for Similarity of Triangles, Similarity of Triangles & Symbol for Similarity of Two Triangles etc.
Important Questions on Similar triangles
If triangle is similar to triangle such that , and area of triangle , then the area of triangle is:

The triangle and are similar and the areas are respectively and . If then find the length of the side .

In , and point in such that and , then find the ratio of the area of parallelogram and :

In Figure, is a square an . If and , then find

The and are similar and their areas be and respectively. If , then is:


In the adjoining figure, and are parallel lines. Given that and , then is equal to:

In , and are points on and respectively such that and divides the in to two parts of equal areas. Then ratio of and is:

The vertical angles of two isosceles triangles are same and the ratio of their areas is . Then the ratio of their heights is:

In , a line is draw parallel to . If , then what is the ratio of the area of to the area of ?

is a right angled triangle where and
If,
then find the length of

The and are similar and their areas be and respectively. If , then is:

In following figure, . If , and , then determine :

A 1.5 m tall boy stands at a distance of 2 m from the lamp post and casts a shadow of 4.5 m on the ground. Find the height of the lamp post?

In is a point on side such that . If then is equal to:

In a is parallel to cm, cm and cm, then the value of in centimetres is:

The areas of two similar triangles are and . If the altitude of the smaller triangle is , then the altitude of the bigger triangle in centimetres, is:

In a is parallel to where and are the points on and , respectively and cm, cm, cm. Length of is:

In and are the points on sides and respectively such that . If , then what is the ratio of the area of to that of the trapezium ?
