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5 FIGURES AND
MEASUREMENT
Unit outcomes:
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
identify, construct and describe properties of quadrilaterals
such as trapezium and parallelogram.
identify the difference between convex and concave
polygons.
find the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a
convex polygon.
calculate perimeters and areas of triangles and trapeziums.
Introduction
In this unit you will extend your knowelede of gemotric figures. You will
exercise how to construct quadrilaterals and describe their properties using your
construction. You will also learn more about triangles. Moreover you will be
able to calculate the areas and perimeter of Plane figures including solid figures
like surface areas and volumes of prisms and circular cylinders.
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5.1.1 Quadrilateral
Growp Work 5.1
Discuss the following key terms with friends /Groups/.
1. List the three basic terms in plane geometry.
2. Define the following key terms and explain in your own word:
a. line segment f. angle bisectors
b. ray g. complementary angles
c. angles h. supplementary angles
C
d. adjacent angles
D
e. vertically opposite angles
3. Look at Figure 5.1 below
a. Name all its vertices.
b. Name all its interiaor angles.
c. Name all its sides. A
d. Name all pairs of opposite sides.
B
e. Shows the number of all possible
Figure 5.1. Quadrilateral
diagonals that can be drawn from all its vertices.
Note: Therefore, the Figure given above (Figure 5.1) is a quadrilateral and
this quadrilateral is denoted by using and naming all the letters
representing its vertices either in clockwise or counterclockwise
directions. Thus, we can name this quadrilateral as quadrilateral
ABCD or BCDA or CDAB or DABC or DCBA or remember that it can
not be named as ACBD or BDAC.
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G F
Diagonals
D E
Figure 5.2. Quadrilateral DEFG
Note: i) The line segments DE, EF, FG, and GD are called sides of the
quadrilateral DEFG.
ii) The points at which the sides are connected are vertices of the
quadrilateral. In Figure 5.2 the points D, E, F and G are vertices
of the quadrilateral.
iii) Adjacent sides of a quadrilateral are sides that have a common
end point. In Figure 5.2 the sides DE and EF are adjacent sides
since they have met at vertex E.
iv) Opposite sides are sides that have no common point, and
DG and EF, DE and GF are opposite sides; because they have
no common vertex.
v) A diagonal is a line segment that connects two opposite vertices.
In Figure 5.2 DF and EG are diagonals of the quadrilateral.
vi) The interior angles of a quadrilateral are the angles formed by
adjacent sides of the quadrilateral and lying with in the
quadrilateral.
In Figure 5.2, the quadrilateral contains four interior angles ∠D, ∠E, ∠F
and ∠G or , , .
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2. Is there any thing that you can say about the pairs of its opposite sides.
D C
A B
Figure 5.3.
Note: To draw a figure you may use any convenient instrument such as
ruler, protractor etc.
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A B
height = h
D C
E
Figure 5.4 Trapezium
Construction I
Construct a trapezium ABCD using ruler, protractor, pair of compasses and the
given information below.
Solution:
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Step ii: Construct m (∠A) and m (∠B) with the given measures.
60° 85 B
A
8 cm
Step iii: Mark point C on the side of ∠B such that BC = 5cm.
E
D 85°
C
5 cm
60° 85°
A B
Step iv: Draw a line through C and parallel to AB so that it intersects the side of
∠A at point D.
Therefore, ABCD is the required trapezium.
O
Diagonals
A B
Figure 5.5 parallelogram
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Construction II
6cm
A• •B
Step ii: Construct ∠A and ∠B so that m(∠A) = 80o and m(∠B)= 100o.
80° 100°
A B
6 cm
4 cm
80° 100°
A 6 cm B
Exercise 5A
1. In Figure 5.8 on the right, shows a
parallelogram ABCD is given. D C
700
4x 6x
4y
Figure 5.10
120°
Figure 5.12
Figure 5.11
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Challenge Problem
In exercises 6 and7, find the unknown or marked angles.
6. 25° ( 7.
120° 100°
80°
)β 50° 42°
Figure 5.13 Figure 5.14
Construction III
Construct a rectangle PQRS by using ruler, protractor, pair of compasses and the
given information below.
Given: .
Required: To construct rectangle PQRS.
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Solution:
Step i: Construct a line segment with length 6cm.
6 cm
P• •Q
P 6 cm Q
R
Step iii: Mark point R such that QR = 7cm.
7 cm
P 6 cm Q
S R
Step iv: Draw a line through R and
parallel to PQ so that it
interects with a line through P
and parallel to QR . Let S be
the intersection point.
P Q
Therefore PQRS is the required rectangle.
is a parallelogram
with all its angles Diagonals
are right angles.
A B
Properties of a rectangle
i. Arectangle has all properties of a parallelogram.
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ii. All angles of a rectangle are right angles.
iii. The diagonals of a rectangle are equal in length and bisect one another.
That is, if ABCD is a rectangle then AC = BD.
iv. The consecutive angles of a rectangle are equal. That is, if ABCD is a
rectangle, then m(∠A) = m(∠B) = m(∠C) = m(∠D) = 90o.
Exercise 5B
A B
1. In Figure 5.17 to the right ABCD is a
rectangle. If m(∠BDC) = 54, then find
m(∠ABD) and m(∠CBD).
54°
D C
Figure 5.17 Rectangle
H G
Figure 5.18 Rectangle
4. In Figure 5.19 to the right PQRS P Q
is a rectangle. If PS = 5 cm and 13 cm
PR = 13cm, find SR and QS.
5 cm
S R
Figure 5.19 Rectangle
5. Construct the rectangle EFGH with EF = 6cm FG = 3cm. Describe its
construction.
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B. Rhombus
Activity 5.3
First discuss for each step with your friends and ask your teacher.
Properties of rhombus
i. All sides of a rhombus are equal ( congruent).
ii. Opposite sides of a rhombus are parallel.
iii. Opposite angles of a rhombus are equal (congruent).
iv. The diagonal of a rhombus bisect each other at right angles.
v. The diagonal of a rhombus bisects the angles at the vertices.
B
Example 3. In Figure 5.21 to the right ABCD is
a rhombus if AB = 12cm, then find
DC. A O C
D
Figure 5.21
Solution:
By propertiy (i) AB = DC = 12cm.
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C. Squares
Activity 5.4
Discuss with your teacher in the class based on the above discussion.
A B
Figure 5.22 Square
Properties of Square
i. All the sides of a square are equal (Congruent).
ii. All the angles of a square are right angles.
That is m(∠A)= m(∠B) = m(∠C) = m(∠D) = 90.
iii. Opposite sides of a square are parallel. That is
iv. The diagonals of a square are equal (Congruent) and perpendicular
bisectors of each other.
v. The diagonals of a square bisect the angles at the vertices.
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Solution:
Since each angle of a square is bisected by a diagonal
m(∠ABD) = (90o) = 45o
m(∠BEO) = m(∠DEC) = 70o ………… Vertical opposite angle.
Thus m(∠BOE) + m(∠OEB) + m(∠EBO) = 180o why?
m(∠BOE) + 70o + 45o = 180o ….. Substitution
m(∠BOE) = 180o – 115o
m(∠BOE) = 65o.
Now m(∠AOC) + m(∠BOC) = 180o …….. Supplementary angles.
m(∠AOC) + 65o = 180o ……. Substitution
m(∠AOC) = 115o
Exercise 5C
1. Find the length of the side of a rhombus whose diagonals are of length
6cm and 8cm D C
D C
Figure 5.26 square
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5.1.1. Polygons
In this subunit you will see the different types of polygons, simple, convex and
concave polygons. But most of our discussion will be on convex and concave
polygons. Polygons are classified according to the number of sides they have.
Activity 5.5
Figure 5.27
3. The following pictures are made from polygons. Copy the tables below and fill
the blank space correctly.
Figure 5.28
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For picture A For picture B
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F C
Q
B P
A
(a) (b)
Figure 5.31 Shows the number of diagonals that can be drawn from one vertex.
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E D
W
Z R F C
A B
Y X
(a) (b)
Figure 5.32 Shows the number of all possible diagonals that can be drawn from
all vertices of the polygon XYZWR and ABCDEF.
Activity 5.6
1. Look at the polygons in Figure 5.32 above and list down all the possible diagonals in
a. Polygon RXYZW.
b. Polygon ABCDEF .
2. Draw an octagon and list down all the diagonals that can be drawn from all vertices.
( Name the vertices A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H).
3 Triangle
4 Quadrilateral
5 Pentagon
6 Hexagon
7 Heptagon(septagon)
8 Octagon
9 Nonagon
10 Decagon
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Exercise 5D
Solve each of the following word problems.
1. How many possible diagonals are there in a polygon of 80 sides.
2. What is the number of sides of a Dodecagon?
3. What is the number of sides of an Icosagon? E D
4. Look at Figure 5.33 to answer the following
questions.
a. Name all vertices of the polygon. F C
b. Name the opposite side of .
c. Name all diagonals that can be drawn
A B
from vertex B.
Figure 5.33 polygon
d. How many interior angles does the polygon have?
e. Name the polygon.
5.1.2. Circles
Group Work 5.2
Solve each of the following word problems.
1. Use compasses to draw your own circles.
2. Draw acircle of radius 3cm.
In your circles draw and label.
a. a diameter e. a semicircle Circumference
Figure 5.34
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Note: i. a circle is usually named by its center. In Figure 5.35 the circle
can be named as circle O.
ii. a chord of a circle is a line segment whose end points are on the
circle. In Figure 5.35 the line segment are chords of
the circle.
iii. a diameter of a circle is any chord that passes through the center,
and denoted by ‘d’. It is the biggest chord of a circle. In Figure
5.35 the chord is a diameter of the circle.
iv. a radius of a circle is a line segment that has the center as one
end point and a point on the circle as the other end point, and
denoted by ‘r’. In Figure 5.35 the line sement are
radii of th circle, (radii is the prular from of radius).
v. circumfrence of a circle is the complete path around the circle.
From the above discussion AB = d = a diameter and O is the centre of the circle.
i.e AO = OB = r = radii.
Therefore, AB= AO + OB ….. The length of a segment equals the sum of the
lengths of its parts that donot overlap.
d = r + r ……. Substitution
d = 2r ……. Collect like terms
Hence, the diameter ‘d’ of a circle is twice the radius r.
i.e. d = 2r or
The part of the circle determined by the line through points D and E is called
an arc of the circle. In Figure 5.35 we have arc DCE and arc DZE,
Notation: Arc DCE and arc DZE is denoted by DCE and DZE respectively where
D and E are end points of these arcs.
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Exercise 5E
Solve each of the following problems
1. In a circle of radius 3cm,
a. draw a chord of 3cm.
b. draw a chord of 6cm. what can you say about this chord?
c. can you draw a chord of 7cm?
2. If in the following Figure 5.36 below O is the center of the circle, then
a. , , and are radii of
the circle. A
b. and are diameter of the B
O
circle.
C
c. and are chord of the circle.
D
d. and a pair of parallel lines.
Figure 5.36
A B
Figure 5.37
Finally what do you guess about the sum of the measures of interior angles of
a triangle ABC.
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Remember that: The following key terms are discussed in your grade six
mathematics lessons.
60°
Solution:
a. 60o + = 180o …... Definition of straight angle
= 60o – 60o + = 180° – 60°…. Subtracting 60 from both sides
= 120o …….. Simplifying
b. 40o + + 60o = 180o …. Definition of straight angle
+ 100o = 180o
= 100 – 100o = 180° – 100° ….Subtracting 100 from both sides
o
Figure 5.39
Figure 5.40
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A
Proof: Let ABC be a x y
triangle and
be the
measures of its
interior angles. B C
We want to show that:
Figure 5.42 triangle
Statements Reasons
1. Draw a line passing through A 1. Construction
and parallel to
2. x + 2. Definition of straight angle
3. x = 3. Alternate interior angles
4. 4. Substitution
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A B
When = 20o
m(∠A) = 2 =
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Proof: let ABC be a triangle with extended to form an exterior angle. Let
be degree measures of the interior angles of triangle ABC and
be the degree measure of the exterior angle.
We want to show that:
B
Remote interior
angles Exterior angle
A
Figure 5.44 triangle
Statements Reasons
1. 1. Supplementary angles
2. 2. Angle sum theorem
3. 3. Substitution
4. 4. Subtracting from both sides
Example 9. Calculate the value of the variables in Figures 5.45 below.
A
b.
a. 72° w
x 52°
y
y
56° x D z 41°
B
C
Figure 5.45
Solution:
a. m(∠ABC) + m(∠BCA) + m(∠CAB) = 180o …….. Angle sum theorem.
56o + x + 72o = 180o ………. Substitution.
x + 128o = 180o
x = 180o – 128o
x = 52o
Now m(∠ABC) + m(∠BAC) = m(∠ACD) …….. Theorem 5.5.
56o + 72o = y ……… Substitution.
128o = y
Or y = 128o
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b. y + x + w + 52o = 360o
y + 52 + w + 52 = 360o …………… x = 52o measures of vertically.
opposite angles
y + w + 104 = 360o
y + y = 256 o ……… W = y (measures of vertically opposite.
angles are equal) and substitution.
o
2y = 256
y = 128o
Thus z + y + 41o = 180o ………. Angle sum theorem.
z + 128o + 41o = 180o ………… Substitution.
z = 180o – 169o
z = 11o
Exercise 5F
1. Find the degree measures of marked angles in Figure 5.46 below ( the letters
a – h represent degree measures of the angles).
B
a 60° f g
A
C b 70° e55° h F
E
cd
D
Figure 5.46
2. Find the degree measures of the marked angles in Figure 5.47 below.
p
v
50° q 125° u w x
r s t 65°
85°
Figure 5.47
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3. Find the degree measure of the marked angles in Figure 5.48 below.
32°
Figure 5.48
B
4. In Figure 5.49 to the right if
m(∠ADB) = 70o and
m(∠BCA)= 30o, then what
is m(∠CBD)?
70° 30°
• C
A D
Figure 5.49
f
e
Figure 5.50
Challenge Problem D
6. In Figure 5.51 given to the right, m(∠ABC) =
48°
32o, m(∠BHE) = 42o and m(∠ADE) = 48o.
C
Find m(∠NAD).
H
42°
32°
B
N A E
Figure 5.51
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7. In Figure 5.52 given to the D
E
right , 42°
o
m(∠BCA) = 108 . Find m(∠B) C
and m(∠A). 108°
A B
Figure 5.52
95°
x 88°
98°
94°
153° 140°
Figure 5.54 hexagon
140°
Figure 5.57
If you draw all the diagonals from one vertex of a convex polygon, you will find
non–overlapping triangles and you can also find that the sum of the measures of
the interior angles of the polygon by adding the measures of all interior angles of
these triangles in the polygon. Look at Figure 5.58 and count the triangles
formed triangles in each polygon. Apply the angle sum theorem triangles in each
polygon and try to find the sum of the measures of all the interior angles of each
polygon.
A
A B E B
D C
D C
B C
B
A C
A D
H D
F E
Figure 5.58 G E
F
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Can you find a formula which will help you to find the sum of the
?
measures of all the interior angles of any given convex polygon?
Hence = 720o
Table 5.3 Number of sides of a polygon and the respective sum of degree measures
of all its interior angles.
Number of sides Number of triangles formed Sum of degree measures of
of polygon by diagonals from one interior angles
vertex
3 1 1 × 180o = 180o
4 2 2 × 180o = 360o
5 3 3 × 180o = 540o
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6 4 4 × 180o = 720o
7 5 5 × 180o = 900o
8 6 ?
9 7 ?
10 8 ?
n n-2 ?
You might have noticed that for an n – sided polygon the number of triangles
formed is 2 less than the number of sides n. If that is so you can write the
following:
Since you have already seen that the sum of the measures of the three angles of
a triangles is 180o, you can make the following generalization.
The formula for the sum, S of the measures of all the interior angles of a
polygon of n sides is given by S = (n – 2) 180o.
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Definition 5.14: Apolygon whose all angles are congruent (of the same
size or measure) is called an equiangular polygon.
60°
60° 60°
Example 12. Find the sum of the measures of all the interior angles in a
polygon having 30 sides.
Solution:
n = 30
S = (n – 2) × 180o ……… Given formula
S = (30 – 2) × 180o ………… Substitution
S = 28 × 180o ……………… Simplifying
S = 5040o
Therefore; the sum S, of the measures of all the angles of the polygon is 5040o.
Example 13. If all the angles of a polygon with 40 sides are congruent, then
find the measure of each angle of the polygon.
Solution:
n = 40
let y be the measure of each angle of the polygon.
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Then the sum of the angles of the polygon on one hand is:
S = 40y ………. Equation 1
On the other hand, the sum of the angles is given by the formula:
S = (n – 2) × 180o …….. Equation 2
Equating equation(1) and Equation(2) we get:
40y = (n – 2) × 180o
40y = (40 – 2) × 180o
40y = 38 × 180o
y=
y = 171o
so each of the 40 sides has a measure of 171o .
Solution: For a pentagon the sum of the measures of the interior angles is 540o
Thus x + -
x + x + 20o + x – 15o + 2x +
13x = 1010o
x=
Therefore, the value of x is
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Example 16. Find the degree measure of each interior angle of a regular,
a. 6 – sided polygon.
b. 18-sided polygon.
Solution:
-
a. The degree measure of a regular polygon =
-
= …….. For n = 6
=
= 120o
-
b. The degree measure of a regular polygon =
-
= …….. For n = 18
= 16 × 10o
= 160o
Example 17. If the sum of the measures of all the interior angles of a polygon
is 1440o, how many sides does the polygon have?
Given: S = 1440o
Required: let n = the number of sides of the polygon?
n–2=
n–2=8
n = 10
So, the polygon has 10 sides.
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Exercise 5G
1. Find the sum of the measures of all the interior angles of a polygon with the
following number of sides.
a. 12 b. 20 c. 14 d. 11
2. Find the sum of the measures of each interior angles of:
a. a regular pentagon. c. a regular hexagon.
b. a regular octagon. d. a regular 15 sided figure.
3. Can a regular polygon have an interior angle of:
a. 160o ? b. 135o? c. 169o? d. 150o?
Exaplain why?
4. An octagon has angles of 120o, 140o, 170o and 165. The other angles are all
equal. Find their measures.
5. The measures angles of a hexagon are 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x and 9x. Calculate
the size of the largest angle.
6. The angles of a pentagon are 6x, (2x + 20o), (3x – 20o), 2x and 14x. Find x.
7. The interior angle of a polygon is 100. The other interior angles are all equal
to 110. How many sides has the polygon?
8. In Figure 5.63 to the right, what is
a b
the sum of the measures of angles
given by a, b, c, d, e and f.
f c
e d
Figure 5.63
g
d
f e
Figure 5.64
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10. Find the values of .
70°
112°
120°
Figure 5.65
Challenge Problem C
E
11. In Figure 5.66 shown, c e
prove that the sum of all the
interior angles is equal to A a b B
two right angles.
d
D
Figure 5.66
12. In Figure 5.67 given to the right,
what is the sum of the measure of h
angles given by a, b, c, d, e, f, g, i g
h and i?
a f
c d e
b
Figure 5.67
h, i and j. j
50° f 25°
20° h i
g
Figure 5.68
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5.3. Measurement
There are only three special polygons, other than the rectangle (square) whose
areas are considered important enough to investigate. These polygons are the
triangles, the parallelogram and trapezium. The area of any other polygon is
found by drawing segments as to divide it into a combination of these four
figures.
The area of a triangle tells us how many unit squares the triangle contains. To
find the area of a triangle, you need to know the base and the height of the
triangle.
From grade six mathematics lessons you remember that triangles were classified
according to the lengths of their sides and the sizes of their angles.
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Write the names of the triangles given below.
C C
b. C c.
a.
A B
A B A B
Figure 5.69 Types of triangles
You will see how the area of each triangle given above shall be computed.
First you will revise on the area of a right triangle. To compute the area of such
types of figures you will apply the knowledge of the area of rectangles. (see
Figure 5.70). You already know that if the sides of a triangle are ‘a’ and ‘b’ then
the area A of the rectangle is given by:
A a B
Figure 5.70 rectangle
Note: In the rectangle ABCD shown in Figure 5.70 above the sides and
of triangle ABC are respectively called the base and the height or
altitutde.
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? How can you find the formula for the area of a triangle?
B
Now you will see how the area of a
triangle shall be computed. For this
h
you are going to use the knowledge
you have acquired before. Consider
the following two triangle A C
D d
You know that in Figure 5.72 the b
altitude/height/ divides the triangle in Figure 5.72 Acute angled triangle
A C
D
b
Figure 5.74
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Example 18. Find the area of an isosceles right angled triangle with length of
legs 7cm.
7 cm
Thus, a (ΔABC) = (AB × BC)
=
B C
7 cm
=
Therefore, the area of isosceles right angled triangle is cm2.
C
Example 19. In Figure 5.75 to the right,
the outer triangle has base
C′
C'
8cm and height 7cm.
7 cm
A′
A' B′
B'
A B
8 cm
Figure 5.75
a. Calculate the area of the outer triangle. The base and height of the inner
triangle are half those of the outer triangle.
b. Calculate the area of the inner triangle.
c. Calculate the area of the shaded part(region).
Solution:
a. a(ΔABC) = ……………. Theorem 5.7
= ……… Substitution
= 28 cm2 …………… Simplifying
b. a (ΔA'B'C') =
=
= 7cm2
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c. a(shaded region) = a (outer triangle) – a(inner triangle)
= 28cm2 – 7cm2
= 21cm2
Example 20. In Figure 5.76 below with AB = 12cm and if the vertex
C is moved to E by 3cm, then what is the area of the shaded
region?
C Solution:
Let DE = x cm, then
Area of shaded region
E = a(ΔABC) – a(ΔABE)
= -
A B
D = 6x + 18 – 6x
Figure 5.76
= 18
Therefore, the area of the shaded region is 18cm2.
Example 21. Find the area of the shaded part of the Figure 5.77 given below.
Solution:
a (shaded part) =
20 cm =
= 600 cm2
Therefore, the area of the shaded region is
60 cm
Figure 5.77 600cm2.
A c B
Figure 5.78
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Example 22. If the perimeter of the isosceles
A
triangle ABC shown in Figure
5.79is 14cm and its base side is
x x
6cm, what is the length of its equal
sides?
B C
6 cm
Figure 5.79
Solution:
Let x = the length of the equal sides(in cm)
Since the perimeter of a triangle is the sum of the lengths of its side,
Then x + x + 6 = P
2x + 6 = 14
2x = 8
x=4
Thus, the lengths of its equal sides are 4cm each.
Exercise 5H
16cm 6 cm
Figure 5.80
5m
Figure 5.81
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3. What is the area of the triangle?
cm
1 cm
Figure 5.82
A B
Figure 5.83
A
5. What is the perimeter and area of
to the right Figure 5.84. 5 cm
4.2 cm
3 cm
B C
7 cm
Figure 5.84
Challenge Problem D
6. In Figure 5.85, EFN is a straight line.
Find the area of ΔDEF.
7 cm
E 5 cm x cm N
F
Figure 5.85
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4 cm
8 cm
D E
10 cm
A B
14.5 cm
Figure 5.86
3. The area of a trapezium is 276cm2. The altitude is 12cm and one base is 14cm
long. Find the other base.
? How can you find the formula for the area of a trapezium?
= (b 1 h) + (b 2 h) …AF = CE = h B F
C
= (b 1 + b 2 ) Figure 5.87
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A 6 cm B
Example 23. What is the area of the
following trapezium Shown in
4 cm
Figure 5.89.
Solution: D
1 cm E 6 cm 3 cm
C
F
Let b 1 = 6cm, b 2 = 10cm and h = 4cm
Figure 5.89
Then A = (b 1 + b 2 )
A= (6cm + 10cm)
A = 2cm (16cm)
A = 32cm2
Therefore, the area of the trapezium is 32cm2.
D E C
6 cm F 6 cm
Figure 5.90
Thus P (trapezium ABCD) = AB + BC + CD + DA …….. Perimeter
= 12 cm + 10cm + 24cm + 10cm
= 56 cm
Therefore, the perimeter of the trapezium ABCD is 56 cm.
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Exercise 5I
2x + 3y
1. Find the perimeter of the trapezium
in Figure 5.91
x+y+9 2x + y
if x = 9 and y = 7.
3x - y
Figure 5.91
2. The area of a trapezium is 35cm2. Find its altitude if the beses are 6cm and
8cm. D C
3. If the area of the trapezium ABCD
5 cm 5 cm
is 30cm2, find the value of b 1 .
(see Figure 5.92). A B
E F
Figure 5.92
5.3.3. Perimeter and area of Parallelogram
Activity 5.8
1. Find the area A of parallelogram PQRS S R
Figure 5.93
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Hence, the a(ABCD) = a (ΔADC) + a(ΔABC)
= (DC × AE) + (AB × BF)
= bh + bh ……….. DC = AB = b because opposite sides
of a parallelogram have equal length
= bh
= bh
Therefore the area of the parallelogram = length of base × the perpendicular
height between this base and its opposite side.
Example 25. The area of a parallelogram is 48cm2. Find its altitude if the base
is 6cm.
Solution: A( parallelogram) = bh ……………….Theorem 5.9
48cm2 = 6cm × h ………… Substitution
Then h = ……………… Dividing both sides by 6
h = 8cm
Therefore, the height of the parallelogram is 8cm.
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Example 26. The perimeter of the parallelogram is 46 cm. Find the sum of the
lengths of its sides.
Exercise 5J
D Q
C
3. ABCD is a parallelogram in
which AB = 3cm, BC = 12cm
and the perpendicular from B to P 12cm
2.5cm
AD is 2.5cm. Find the length of
the perpendicular from A to CD. A B
\
3cm
Figure 5.97
Challenge Problem
4. The lengths of the two altitudes of a parallelogram are 4cm, 6cm and the
perimeter of the parallelogram is 40cm. Find the lengths of the sides of the
parallelogdram.
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a) b)
c)
Figure 5.98
Center
Figure 5.99
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Introducing (pi)
If you compare the answers to the class Acitivity 5.9 with that of your friends,
you should find that for each circle the circumference of a circle divide by its
diameter is approximately equal to 3.14. The actual value is a special namber
represented by .
You can not write the exact value of because the number is a non –
recurring or non-terminating decimal which is found some where between
3.141592 and 3.141593.
Figure 5.100
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Example 27. Find the circumference of a circle with diameter 6cm.
(Hint = 3.14) .
Solution: C = d
• 6 cm •
C= × 6cm = 3.14 × 6cm = 18.84cm
Solution: C = 2 r
C = 2 × 3.14 × 5cm O 5 •
C = 31.4 cm
Figure 5.102
Exercise 5K
1. Find the circumference of the circle with each of the givn diameters below.
Write your answers to three significant digits. (Take =3.14)
a. 4cm c. 8cm e. 2.5cm
b. 10cm d. 12cm f. 8.25cm
2. Find the circumferences of the circles with the radii given below. Write your
answers to three significant digits (Take = 3.14).
a. 8cm c. 12cm e. 3.6cm
b. 50cm d. 2.5cm f. 8.26cm
3. Ahmed’s bike wheel has a circumference of 125.6cm. Find the diameter and
the radius of the wheel.
4. A piece of land has a shape of
semicircular region as shown in
Figure 5.103 to the right . If the
distance between points A and B A B
200m
is 200 meteres, find the perimeter
Figure 5.103
of the land.
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5. Find the perimeter of the field
whose shape is as shown in
Figure 5.104 to the right. The
arcs on the left and right are
semicircle of radius 100m and
Figure 5.104
the distance between pairs of
end points of the two arcs is
equal to 200 m each.
A
Challenge Problem
6. In Figure 5.105 to the right
find the perimeter of the
quarter circle.
O B
14 cm
5.3.5. Area of a circle
Figure 5.105
Activity 5.10
1. Find the areas of the circles with radius:
a. 8cm b. 5cm c. 10cm d. 12cm
2. Find the areas of the circles with these diameters:
a. 18cm b. 20cm c. 16cm d. 17cm
As you have seen, in the previous lessons, the area of a plane figure can be
determined by counting unit squares fully contained by the figure. You have seen
this when you were discussing about the area of a rectangle. In this lesson you
will learn how to find a formula for finding the area of a circle. To find the
formula for the area of a circle the following steps is very important.
Step i: Draw a circle with radius 4cm.
Step ii: Draw diameters at angles of 20o to each other at the center to divide the
circle in to 16 equal parts. Carefully cut out these 16 parts.
Step iii: Draw a straight line. Place the cut – out pieces alternately corner to
curved edge against the line. Stick them together side by side and close
enough.
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It would be very difficult to cut out the parts of the circle if you used 1o between
the diameters, but the final shape whith the same color shade the sectors that are
labelled by odd numbers as shown would be almost an exact rectangle.
a) b)
1 2 3 4 1 3 5 11 15
7 9 13
16 5
radius(r)
15 6
14 7 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
13 8
12 1110 9
In Figure 5.106 (b) the two longer sides of the rectangle make up the whole
circumference d or 2 r, so one length is r. The width is the same as the radius
of the circle, r.
So the area of the rectangle = length × width
= r×r
= r2
This is the same as the area of the circle, so
Area of acircle = A = r2
Theorem 5.11: The area of a circle whose radius r unit long is given by
A = r2 or A = = since
Solution: A =
A=
A=
A = 16 Therefore, the area of a circle is 16 .
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Example 30. In Figure 5.107 to the right , find
A
the area of the quarter circle of radius
8 cm. (use 3.14) .
8 cm
1
Solution: The given figure is of a circle with
4
radius 8 cm.
O B
A= 8 cm
A= Figure 5.107
A=
A = 50.24cm2
Therefore, the area of the quarter circle is 50.24cm2.
25 cm 8 cm 10 cm
8 cm
35 cm 35 cm 10 cm
a. c.
b.
Figure 5.108
Solution:
a. Area of the outer circle =
=
=
=
= 961.625 cm2
and area of the inner circle =
=
=
=
= 490.625cm2
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Therefore, area of the shaded region = area of outer circle – area of inner circle
= (961.25 – 490.625)cm2
= 470.625cm2
Therefore, the area of the shaded region is 470.625cm2.
b. Area of the circle =
=
=
=
= 961.625cm2
and area of the square = S2
= (8cm)2
= 64cm2
Therefore, area of the shaded region = area of a circle – area of a square
= (961.625 – 64)cm2
= 897.625cm2
c. Area of the circle =
=
=
=
= 78.5cm2
and area of the square = S2
= (10cm)2
= 100cm2
Therefore, area of the shaded region = area of a square – area of a circle
= (100 – 78.5)cm2
= 21.5cm2
Hence, the area of the shaded region is 21.5cm2.
Example 32. If the area of a circle is 154cm2, then find its circumference
.
Solution:
i. To find the radius; begin with
A= and put A = 154 cm2
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Therefore, = 154cm2
r2 = 154cm2 ×
r2 = 49cm2
r × r = 7cm ×7cm
r = 7cm
ii. To find the circumference; use the formula
C = 2 and put r = 7 cm,
C=2×
= 44cm
Therefore, the circumference of the circle is 44cm.
Example 33. What is the radius of a circle whose curcumfierence is 48 cm.
Solution:
C=2
48 = 2
Then r =
Therefore, the radius of the circle is 24cm.
Exercise 5L
1. Find the area of a semicircle whose radius is 2.4 cm.
2. Find the area of a circle if x = 12
and y = 3, see Figure 5.109 to the x – 3y
O
right.
Figure 5.109
Figure 5.110
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4. As shown in Figure 5.111 to the right if the
two small semicircles, each of radius 1 unit
with centres O′ and O′′ are contained in the
bigger semi-circle with center O, So that
O′, O and O′′ are on the same line, then O′ O O′′
what is the area of the shaded part? Figure 5.111
5. How many square meters of brick pavement must be laid for a 4meter wide
walk around a circular flower bed 22 meters in diameter?
6. If the radius of a circle is twice the radius of another circle, then find the ratio
of the areas of the larger circle to the smaller circle.
7. Find the radius of the circle if its area is:
a. 144 cm2 b. 324 cm2 c. 625 cm2 d.
8. Find the diameter of a circle if its area is:
a. 100 b. 16 c. 400
Challenge Problem
9. In Figure 5.112 the radius of the bigger circle is R
Figure 5.113
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5. A, B, C, and D are four solid shapes. E, F, G, and H are four nets. Match the
shapes to the nets, (see Figure 5.115).
In grade 5 and 6 mathematics lesson you learnt how to compute the volume of a
rectangular prisms. In this sub-section you will become more acquainted with
these most familiar geometric solids and you will learn how to compute their
surface area in a more detailed and systematic ways.
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Prisms
A prism is a solid figure that has two parallel and congruent bases. Depending on
the shape of its base a prism can be triangular, rectangular and soon.
bases where as AE, BF, CG and DH are Figure 5.117 rectangular prism
Note: The total surface area is the sum of the areas of all the faces,
denoted by AT.
? What is a net?
To derive a formula for the surface area of a right prism, we can use the
net of the prism. For example consider a rectangular prism in Figure
5.118 below.
Top
Top
Front
Left
Back
Back
Front
Right
Left
Right
Bottom
Bottom
w w w
w
Figure 5.118
The surface of a rectangular prism consists of six rectangles. Pair wise these
faces or rectangles have equal size, i.e. the front and the back, the right side and
the left side and the top and the bottom are rectangles having the sam size.
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Thus
Area of front face = Area of back face= h
Area of left face = Area of right face = wh
Area of top face = Area of bottom face= w
The lateral surface area is the sum of the areas of all lateral faces, i.e. lateral
surfaces area (A S ) = the sum of the areas of all lateral faces.
or = Area of front face+ Area of back face+ Area of left face+
area of right face.
= h + h + wh + wh.
= 2 h + 2wh.
= 2h (
= ph ……..where p = Perimeter of the base.
Total surface area (A T ) = + area of two bases.
= 2 h + 2wh + 2 h.
= A S + 2A B …… Where A B = Area of the base.
Method I E w = 3cm
= 4cm H
Solution: Fig 5.119 Rectangular prism
First find the lateral surface area:
= ABFE + BCGF + CDHG + ADHE
= (5cm × 3cm) + (5cm × 4cm) + (5cm × 3cm) + (5cm × 4cm)
= 15cm2 + 20cm2 + 15cm2 + 20cm2
= 70cm2
Next find the base area:
A B = EFGH + ABCD
= 4cm × 3cm + 4cm × 3cm
= 12cm2 + 12cm2
= 24cm2
Therefore, total surface area(A T ) = + 2A B
= 70cm2 + 24cm2
= 94 cm2
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Method II
= 2h( + w)
= 2 × 5cm(4cm + 3cm)
= 10cm(7cm)
= 70cm2
A T = 2( w + wh + h)
= 2(4cm × 3cm + 3cm × 5cm + 4cm × 5cm)
= 2(12cm2 + 15cm2 + 20cm2)
= 2(47cm2)
= 94cm2
Therefore in both cases (method I and II) we have the same lateral surface area
and total surface area, you can use either method I or II but the final answer does
not change.
Example 35. Find the surface area(Total surface area) of the following right
Triangular prism in which the base is right angled triangle.
Solution:
First find the lateral surface area: C′
Upper base
Lower base
Figure 5.122
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Lateral surface
Upper base r
Upper base
Exercise 5M
1. If the edge of a cube is 4cm, then find:
a. its lateral surface area.
b. its total surface area.
2. A closed cardboard box is a cuboid with a base of 63cm by 25cm. The box is
30cm heigh, calculate the total surface area of the box.
3. The lateral surface area of a right circular cylinder is 120cm2 and the
circumference of the bases is 12cm. Find the altitude of the cylinder.
4. The total surface area of a right circular cylinder is 84 and the altitude
is 11cm. Find the radius of the base.
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Challenge Problem 6 cm
2 cm
5. In Figure 5.125 to the right find:
a. Lateral surface area
b. Total surface area
h = 5 cm
Area of base
Volume of a cylinder = base area × height
r
Volume: V = ABh
V= h
Figure 5.131
Example 40. Find the volume of a circular cylinder shown in Figure 5.132
below. Leave your answer interms of . 3 cm
Solution:
V=
V= 8 cm
V=
Therefore, the volume of the cylinder is .
Figure 5.132
Example 41. The volume of a circular cylinder is . Find the height of
this cylinder, if its base radius is 2 cm.
Solution:
V=
r=
V=
Then h =
h=
Therefore, the height of the cylinder is 12cm.
Exercise 5N
Figure 5.133
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2. The volume of a triangular prism is 204cm3. If its height is 24 cm, then find
the area of its base.
3. Calculate the volume of the triangular
prism Given in Figure 5.134 to the right .
3 cm 8cm
h = 7 cm
4m 6cm
4m 4m 8 cm
Figure 5.135
Quadrilateral
Parallelogram Trapezium
Square
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2. Aquadrilateral is a four-sided geometric figure boundad by line
segments.
3. Table 5.4
Name shape Properties
Parallelogr - Opposite sides are
am congruent.
- Opposite angles are
congrunet.
- The diagonals bisect each
other.
- Two consecutive angles are
supplementary.
- Opposite sides are parallel.
Rectangle - Both pairs of opposite sides
are parallel.
- All angles are right angles.
- The diagonals are
congruent.
- Both pairs of opposite sides
are congruent.
Rhombus - All sides are congruent.
- The diagonals cut at right
angles.
- The angles are bisected by
the diagonals.
- Both pairs of opposite
sides are paralles.
- Opposite angles are
congrunet.
Square - All sides are congruent.
- All angles are right angles.
- The diagonals are equal
and bisect each other at
right angle.
- Each diagonal of a square
makes an angle of 45o with
each side of the square.
- Both pairs of opposite
sides are parallel.
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5. A convex polygon is a simple polygon in which each of the interior
angles measure lessthan 180o.
6. A concave polygon is a simple polygon which has at least one interior
angle of measure greater than 180o.
7. A diagonal of a convex polygon is a line segment whose end points
are non – consecutive vertices of the polygon.
8. A circle is the set of all points in a plane that are equidistant from a
fixed point called the center of the circle.
9. A chord of a circle is a linesegment whose end points are on the
circle.
10. A diameter of a circle is any chord that passes through the center and
denoted by ‘d’.
11. A radius of a circle is a linesegment that has the center as one end
point and a point on the circle as the other end point and denoted by
‘r’.
12. The formula for the number of triangle, (T) determined by diagonals
drawn from one vertex of a polygon of n sides is T = n – 2.
13. A polygon which is both equilateral and equiangular is called a regular
polygon.
14. The sum S of the measures of all the interior angles of a polygon of an
sides is given by S = (n – 2) 180o.
15. The measure of each interior angle of n – sided regular polygon is
-
.
16. Table 5.5
Name Shape Area Perimeter
(circumference)
Rectangle
A=a×b P = 2(a + b)
b
a
Square
A = S2 P = 4S
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Triangle
A= P=a+b+c
a c
h
b
Paralle
logram A = bh P = 2(a +b)
a
h
b
Trapezium
A= P = a + b1 + c + b2
a h c
Circle A=
C=2
d = =
=
r
17. A geometric solid figure is said to be right prism, if the parallel planes
containing the upper and lower bases and any line on the lateral edge
makes right angle with the edge of the base.
18. A net is a pattern of shapes (rectangles, triangles, circles or any shapes)
on a piece of paper (or card) and when correctly folded gives a model of
solid figure
19. A right circular cylinder is a cylinder in which the bases are circles and
aline through the two centers is perpendicular to radius of the bases.
20. Table 5.6 Here AS = area of lateral surface; AB = Base area, P = perimeter
of the base and AT = Total surface Area.
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Name Shape Area Volume
= 2h ( + w)
Triangular = ph V = AB h
prism =
= Ph
h
Rectangular = Ph V = AB h
prism h =2(
Or
w = Ph
Cube AT = V=
V = AB h
Circular r AT = =
Cylinder
h
A Lateral surface
h
B Lower base
h
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Miscellaneous EXERCISE 5
I. Write true for the correct statements and false for the incorrect ones.
1. Every rectangle is asquare.
2. Every rhombus is a rectangle.
3. Atrapzium is a parallelogram.
4. The diagonal of a parallelogram divides the parallelogram in to
congruent triangles.
5. Every square is a rectangle.
6. The angles of a rectangle are congruent.
7. All the sides of a parallelogram are congruent.
II. Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives.
1. In Figure 5.137 below the two lines and are parallel where t 1 and
t 2 are transuersal lines. What is the measure of the angle marked z?
t2 a. 72o
t1
b. 29o
c. 103o
74° d. 106o
29°
Figure 5.137
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4. Which of the following plane figures have always a perpendicular
diagonals?
a. Rectangle c. Rhombus
b. Trapezium d. parallelogram
5. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 2:3:5. What is the size of
the largest angle in degrees?
a. 90o b. 110o c. 45o d. 72o
6. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. The diagonal of a rectangle is longer than any of its sides.
b. If a parallelogram has equal diagonals, then it is a square.
c. The diagonals of a rhombus divide the rhombus in to four right
angled triangles of equal area.
d. Diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
7. 2x, 3x, 4x, 11x and 7x are measures of the interior angles of five
sided convex plygon, what is the measure of the largest angle in
degrees?
a. 200 b. 270 c. 366 d. 220
8. In Figure 5.138 below, the value of x is:
a. 60o 2x
b. 40o x
c. 50o
d. 65o
2x x + 60°
Figure 5.138
c. w = 2x k x
d. k = 144o
y 82°
Figure 5.139
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10. In Figure 5.140 below, if PQ and SR are parallel lines, then which one
of the following is false.
S R a. m(∠PSR) = 113
b. m(∠QRS) = 142
c. m(∠PQR) = 38
67° 142° d. m(∠PSR) = 38
P
Figure 5.140 Q
Figure 5.141
r
b. -
c. -
d. all are correct
Figure 5.142
13. What is the total surface area of a right triangular prism whose
altitude is 15cm long and whose base is a right angled triangular
with lengths of sides 6cm, 8cm and 10cm?
a. 360cm2 b. 408cm2 c. 420cm2 d. 440cm2
14. The altitude and the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder are
equal. If the lateral surface area of the cylinder is 72 , then the
length of the altitude is:
a. 2 cm b. 6 cm c. 6cm d. 36cm
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III. Work out problems
15. Trace all these shapes:
a) b) c) d)
Figure 5.143
16. Draw all the diagonals in each shape. (Make sure each vertex is joined
to every other vertex) (use Figure 1.143).
17. Copy this Table 5.7 and fill it in for each shape. (use Figures 5.143)
A
18. In Figure 5.144, of ΔABC, where
m(∠C) = 30, m(∠ABD) = 5x, 4x
m(∠A) = 4x. Find m(∠ABC) in
degrees.
30° 5x
C
B D
Figure 5.144
19. The measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon with n sides is
-
given by the formula:
Calculate the measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon with
a. 30 sides b. 45 sides c. 90 sides
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20 In Figure 5.145 below, find m(∠DBC) and m(∠CAD).
D C
37° 42°
E
50° 58°
A
B
Figure 5.145
C
21 In Figure 5.146, m(∠D) = 112,
bisects (∠CAB), bisects (∠CBA).
Find m(∠C). D
x 112° y
x y
A B
Figure 5.146
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