Year 8 Geometry Part 3
Year 8 Geometry Part 3
4. In the figure below, ABCD is a rectangle. E and F are mid-points of AD and CE,
respectively. If the area of ΔBDF is 7.5 cm2, find (in cm2) the area of rectangle ABCD.
𝐵𝐷 𝐶𝐸 𝐴𝐹 1
5. Given that the area of ΔABC is 1 and = = = , what is the area of ΔDEF?
𝐶𝐷 𝐸𝐹 𝐹𝐷 2
6. In the figure shown below, the area of ΔABC is 8cm2, AE = DE and BD = 2CD.
Find the total area of the shaded regions.
10. Two circles with centers 𝑀 and 𝑁 are tangent to a line ℓ at 𝐴 and 𝐵, respectively, as
shown in the figure below.
Given that 𝐴𝐵 = 24 , 𝑀𝑁 = 25 and quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝑁𝑀 has an area of 300, evaluate the
product of the radii of the two circles.
11. A circle is inscribed in a triangle of side lengths 3,4 and 5.
What is the radius of the circle?
12. 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a right-angled triangle where ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = 90°. A circle with radius 𝑟 is inscribed
inside Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶.
Given that 𝐴𝐵 = 27 and the area of Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 90, find the area of the shaded region.
Leave your answer is terms of 𝜋.
13. In an equilateral ΔABC, D and E are points on BC and AB respectively. Given that
BD = AE and AD and CE intersect at point F, find ∠DFC.
14. The side length of square ABCD is 2√15 . E and F are midpoints of AB and BC,
respectively. AF intersects DE and DB at M and N.
Find the area of ΔDMN.
15. In sector AOB, line segment AB has length 18cm. OA and OB are tangent to the two
circles and arc AB is tangent to the circle with centre C.
Given that the circle with centre C has a radius of 6 cm, find the radius for the circle with
centre D.
16. In triangle Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶 , the perpendicular bisector of 𝐵𝐶 intersects the segment 𝐴𝐶 and
extension of 𝐵𝐴 at 𝑀 and 𝑁, respectively.
Given that the circumscribed circle of Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶 has a radius of 6 and centre 𝑂, find the value
of 𝑂𝑀 ∙ 𝑂𝑁.
17. Given an equilateral triangle, what is the ratio of area of its inscribed circle to the area of
its circumscribed circle?
18. The chord AB, common to the circles with centres m and n, has length 2√3.
It forms 1 side of an equilateral triangle inscribed in circle m and 1 side of a right
hexagon inscribed in circle n. Find the ratio of the areas of both circles.
19. It is known that circles with centres O1 and O2 are tangent at point M.
AB and CD are external tangents to both the circles.
Given that O2/E ⊥ O1/A , ∠AO1C = 120° and O2B = 1cm, find the area of the shaded
region.
Leave your answer in terms of 𝜋.