If the angle between two tangents drawn from an external point P

Subject

Mathematics

Class

CBSE Class 10

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 Multiple Choice QuestionsShort Answer Type

1.

The probability of selecting a rotten apple randomly from a heap of 900 apples is 0.18. What is the number of rotten apples in the heap?


2.

If a tower 30 m high, casts a shadow 10 3m long on the ground, then what is the angle of elevation of the sun?


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3.

If the angle between two tangents drawn from an external point P to a circle of radius a and centre O, is 60°, then find the length of OP.


                  

In the figure, PA and PB are two tangents from an external point P to a circle with centre O and radius = a

APB = 60°    ( given )APQ = 30°   ( tangents are equally inclined to the line                                  joining the point and the centre. )Now, OA  APIn right angled triangle OAP,sin 30° = OAOP 12 = aOPOP = 2a


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4.

What is the common difference of an A.P. in which a21- a7= 84?


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5.

A circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD. Prove that 

AB + CD = BC + DA


6.

Prove that the tangents drawn at the end points of a chord of a circle make equal angles with the chord.


7.

A line intersects the y-axis and x-axis at the points P and Q respectively. If (2, -5) is the mid-point of PQ, then find the coordinates of P and Q.


8.

If the distances of P(x, y) from A(5, 1) and B(-1, 5) are equal, then prove that  3x = 2y.


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 Multiple Choice QuestionsLong Answer Type

9.

Find the value of p, for which one root of the quadratic equation px2 – 14x + 8= 0 is 6 times the other.


10.

For what value of n, are the nth terms of two A.Ps.  63, 65, 67,…. and 3, 10, 17,….. equal?


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