CAT Triangles Geometry Questions

In a $\triangle$ ABC , points $D$ and $E$ are on the sides $BC$ and $AC$ , respectively. $BE$ and $AD$ intersect at point $T$ such that $AD:AT = 4:3$ , and $BE:BT = 5:4$. Point $F$ lies on $AC$ such that $DF$ is parallel to $BE$. Then, $BD:CD$ is

ABCD is a rectangle with sides AB = 56 cm and BC = 45 cm, and E is the midpoint of side CD. Then, the length, in cm, of radius of in circle of $\triangle$ADE is

The coordinates of the three vertices of a triangle are: $(1, 2) , (7, 2)$ , and $(1, 10)$. Then the radius of the in circle of the triangle is

ABCD is a trapezium in which AB is parallel to CD. The sides AD and BC when extended, intersect at point E. If AB = 2 cm, CD = 1 cm, and perimeter of ABCD is 6 cm, then the perimeter, in cm, of $\triangle AEB$ is

The midpoints of sides $AB$ , BC , and $AC$ in $\triangle ABC$ are $M$ , N , and $P$ , respectively. The medians drawn from $A$ , B , and $C$ intersect the line segments $MP , MN$ and $NP$ at $X$ , Y , and $Z$ , respectively. If the area of $\triangle ABC$ is 1440sq cm, then the area, in sq cm, of $\triangle XYZ$ is

In a right-angled triangle $\triangle$ A B C , the altitude $A B$ is $5 \mathrm{~cm}$ , and the base $B C$ is $12 \mathrm{~cm}$. $P$ and $Q$ are two points on $B C$ such that the areas of $\triangle \mathrm{ABP}, \triangle \mathrm{ABQ}$ and $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}$ are in arithmetic progression. If the area of $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}$ is $1.5$ times the area of $\triangle \mathrm{ABP}$ , the length of PQ in cm , is

A triangle ABC is formed with AB = AC = 50 cm and BC = 80 cm. Then, the sum of the lengths, in cm, of all three altitudes of the triangle ABC is

In $\triangle ABC , AB=AC=12$ cm and D is a point on side BC such that $AD=8$ cm. If AD is extended to a point E such that $\angle ACB=\angle$ AEB , then the length, in cm, of AE is

A triangle is drawn with its vertices on the circle C such that one of its sides is a diameter of C and the other two sides have their lengths in the ratio $a: b$. If the radius of the circle is $r$ , then the area of the triangle is

Let $\triangle ABC$ be an isosceles triangle such that $AB$ and $AC$ are of equal length. $AD$ is the altitude from $A$ on $BC$ and $BE$ is the altitude from $B$ on $AC$. If $AD$ and $BE$ intersect at $O$ such that $\angle AOB = 105^\circ$, then $AD/BE$ equals

The length of each side of an equilateral triangle ABC is $3 \mathrm{~cm}$. Let D be a point on BC such that the area of triangle ADC is half the area of triangle $A B D$. Then the length of $A$ D , in cm , is

In triangle ABC, altitudes AD and BE are drawn to the corresponding bases. If $\angle BAC = 45^\circ$ and $\angle ABC = \theta$ , then $\frac{AD}{BE}$ equals

Suppose the medians $BD$ and $CE$ of a triangle $ABC$ intersect at a point $O$. If area of triangle $ABC$ is 108sq. cm., then, the area of the triangle $EOD$ , in sq. cm., is

Two ships are approaching a port along straight routes at constant speeds. Initially, the two ships and the port formed an equilateral triangle with sides of length 24 km. When the slower ship travelled 8 km, the triangle formed by the new positions of the two ships and the port became right-angled. When the faster ship reaches the port, the distance, in km, between the other ship and the port will

A circle of diameter 8 inches is inscribed in a triangle ABC where $\angle A B C=90^{\circ}$. If $B C=10$ inches then the area of the triangle in square inches is

Let $D$ and $E$ be points on sides $A B$ and $A$ C , respectively, of a triangle $A$ B C , such that $A D: B D=2: 1$ and $A E: C E=2: 3$. If the area of the triangle $A D E$ is $8 \mathrm{ sq } \mathrm{cm}$ , then the area of the triangle $ABC$ , in sq cm , is

In a triangle ABC, $\angle$ BCA = $50^\circ$. D and E are points on AB and AC, respectively, such that AD = DE. If F is a point on BC such that BD = DF, then $\angle$ FDE , in degrees, is equal to

The sum of the perimeters of an equlateral triangle and a rectangle is $90 \mathrm{~cm}$ the area, $T$ , of the triangle and the area, $R$ , of the rectangle, both in sq cm, satisfy the relationship $R=T^{2}$. If the sides of the rectangle are in the ratio $1: 3$ , then the length, in cm , of the longer side of the rectangle, is

From an interior point of an equilateral triangle, perpendiculars are drawn on all three sides. The sum of the lengths of the three perpendiculars is $s$. Then the area of triangle is

Let $ABC$ be a right-angled triangle with hypotenuse $BC$ of length 20 cm. If $AP$ is perpendicular on $BC$ , then the maximum possible length of $AP$ , in cm, is

In a triangle $ABC$ , medians $AD$ and $BE$ are perpendicular to each other, and have lengths $12 \mathrm{~cm}$ and $9 \mathrm{~cm}$ , respectively. Then, the area of triangle $ABC$ , in sq cm, is

Given an equilateral triangle $\mathrm{T} 1$ with side $24 \mathrm{~cm}$ , a second triangle $\mathrm{T} 2$ is formed by joining the midpoints of the sides of $\mathrm{T} 1$. Then a third triangle $\mathrm{T} 3$ is formed by joining the midpoints of the sides of $\mathrm{T} 2$. If this process of forming triangles is continued, the sum of the areas, in sq cm , of infinitely many such triangles $\mathrm{T} 1, \mathrm{~T} 2, \mathrm{~T} 3, \ldots$ will

In a circle with center $O$ and radius $1 \mathrm{~cm}$ , an arc $A B$ makes an angle 60 degrees at $O$. Let $R$ be the region bounded by the radii $\mathrm{OA}, \mathrm{OB}$ and the arc $AB$ . If $C$ and $D$ are two points on $OA$ and $OB$ , respectively, such that $\mathrm{OC}=\mathrm{OD}$ and the area of triangle $OCD$ is half that of $R$ , then the length of $OC$ , in cm , is

A triangle $ABC$ has area 32sq units and its side $BC$ , of length 8 units, lies on the line $\mathrm{x}=4$. Then the shortest possible distance between $A$ and the point $(0,0)$ is

Let $P$ be an interior point of a right-angled isosceles triangle $ABC$ with hypotenuse $AB$ . If the perpendicular distance of P from each of $A$ B, B C , and $C A$ is $4(\sqrt{2} - 1) \mathrm{cm}$ , then the area, in sq cm, of the triangle $A B C$ is