Q10 of 20 Page 266

Construct a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, where AB = 6.5 cm, ABC = 110°, BC = 5.5 cm and AB || CD.

We need to construct the required quadrilateral, when three sides and one diagonal of a cyclic quadrilateral are given.


Steps of construction:


Step 1: Draw a line segments AB = 6.5 cm



Step 2: Through B draw BX such that ABX = 110°



Step 3: With B as centre and radius 5.5 cm, draw an arc intersecting BX at C.



Step 4: Draw the perpendicular bisectors of AB and BC intersecting each other at O.



Step 5: With O as centre and OA (= OB = OC) as radius, draw the circumcircle of Δ ABC.



Step 6: From C, draw CY such that CY || AB, which intersects the circle at D.



Step 7: Join AD.



Thus, ABCD is the required cyclic quadrilateral.


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