Circles and its Related Terms

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Circles and its Related Terms: Overview

The topic covers concepts such as Circle, Center of a Circle, Radius of a Circle, Chord of a Circle, Diameter of a Circle, Circumference of a Circle, Regions of a Circle, Interior Region of a Circle, Exterior Region of a Circle, Arc of a Circle, etc.

Important Questions on Circles and its Related Terms

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Find the length of the chord AC where AB and CD are the two diameters perpendicular to each other of a circle with radius 42 cm and also find OAC and OCA.

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A region bounded by two radii and an arc is called

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A straight line which intersects the circle at two points is called

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Write the exterior points of the following circle

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Write the exterior points of the following circle

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A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of the major sector.

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Find the area of the sector of a circle with radius 2 cm and an angle of 20°. Also, find the area of the corresponding major sector. (Use π=3.14)

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Find the area of the sector of a circle with radius 4 cm and of angle 30°. Also, find the area of the corresponding major sector. (Use π=3.14)

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A line segment connecting the centre of a circle to any point on the circle itself is called

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In the adjoining figure, C is the centre of the circle. The tangent to the circle of radius 6 cm from a point P outside the circle is of length 8 cm. If the distance of the point P from the farthest point of the circumference is k cm, then find the value of k.

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The area of the circle, whose radius is 4.2 cm is

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The circumference of the circle, whose radius is 17.5 cm is

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Angle formed in minor segment of a circle is

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Sector is the region between the chord and its corresponding arc.

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If a circle is divided into three equal arcs each is a major arc.

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Segment of a circle is the region between an arc and _____ of the circle.

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A continuous piece of a circle is _____ of the circle.

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ΔLMN is an equilateral triangle. LM=14 cm. As shown in figure, three sectors are drawn with vertices as centres and radius 7 cm. Find, A(LMN) in centimetres correct upto two decimal places.

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A is the centre of the circle and ABCD is a square. If BD=4 cm then find the radius of the circle in cm.

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The tangent at any point of a circle and the radius through that point are _____ to each other.