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Understanding Quadrilaterals
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1.
Find the sum of interior angles of a regular polygon having 11 sides.
2.
What is the sum of the measures of the angles of a convex quadrilateral? Will this property hold, if the quadrilateral is not convex? (Make a non-convex quadrilateral and try!)
3.
Find the measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon with 18 sides.
4.
Find the measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon with 12 sides.
5.
Find the number of diagonals possible in regular hexagon.
6.
Take a regular hexagon, in the given figure
(a) What is the sum of the measures of its exterior angles x, y, z, p, q and r?
(b) Is X = Y = z = p = q = r? Why?
(c) What is the measure of each?
(i) exterior angle
(ii) interior angle
(d) Repeat this activity for the cases of
(i) a regular octagon
(ii) a regular 20-gon

7.
Given here are some figures.

Classify each of them on the basis of the following.
(a) Simple curve
(b) Simple closed curve
(c) Polygon
(d) Convex polygon
(e) Concave polygon
8.
Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram have equal measure. Find the measure of each of the angles of the parallelogram.
9.
The measures of two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 3 : 2. Find the measureof each of the angles of the parallelogram.
10.
Find x, in the following figures.

11.

Find x + y + z
12.
Examine the table. (Each figure is divided into triangles and the sum of the angles deduced from that).
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| Side | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Angle sum | 1800 | 2 x 1800-(4-2) x 1800 | 3 x 1800=(5-2) x 1800 | 4 x 1800=(6-2) x 1800 |
What can you say about the angle sum of a convex polygon with number of sides?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) n
13.
For which of the following quadrilaterals, diagonals are perpendicular to each other?
Parallelogram
Trapezium
Rectangle
Kite
14.
Prisha has a farm land, which is triangular shape. What is the sum of all the exterior angles taken in an order of the farm land?
90°
180°
360°
Cannot be determined
15.
ABCD is a quadrilateral, in which AB = 5 cm, CD = 8 cm and the sum of angles A and D is 180°. What is the name of this quadrilateral?
Parallelogram
Trapezium
Rhombus
Cannot be determined
16.
If the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 18 right angles, then the number of sides is
9
10
11
12
17.
Which of the following is not true for an exterior angle of a regular polygon with n sides?
Each exterior angle = \(\frac { { 360 }^{ 0 } }{ n } \)
Exterior angle = 180° - Interior angle
n = \(\frac { { 360 }^{ 0 } }{ Exterior\quad angle } \).
Each exterior angle = \(\frac { (n-2)\times 180^{ 0 } }{ n } \)
18.
In a kite, two pair of consecutive sides are equal.
19.
In trapezium, two sides are parallel.
20.
Diagonals of rhombus intersects at right angle.
21.
Diagonals of rectangle intersects at right angle.
22.
All trapeziums are kites.
23.
The adjacent angles of a parallelogram are _______
24.
If one diagonal of a rectangle is 8 cm long, length of the other diagonal is _______
25.
If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other, it is a ______
26.
The name of three-sided regular polygon is _______
27.
_______ is a regular quadrilateral.
1.
1620°
2.
The sum of the measures of all angles of a convex quadrilateral is 360°. Yes, this property holds, if the quadrilateral is not convex.
e.g. ABCD is a concave quadrilateral, but sum of the measures of its angles is 360°.

3.
We have, n=18
Each interior angle = \(\frac { { 180 }^{ 0 }\times (18-2) }{ 18 } =\frac { { 180 }^{ 0 }\times 16 }{ 18 } \)=1600.
4.
We have, n=12
Each interior angle = \(\frac { { 180 }^{ 0 }\times (n-2) }{ n } =\frac { { 180 }^{ 0 }\times (12-2) }{ 12 } =\frac { { 1800 }^{ 0 } }{ 12 } \)=1500
5.
∵ Number of sides in hexagon (n) =6
∴ Number of diagonals =\(\frac { n(n-3) }{ 2 } =\frac { 6(6-3) }{ 2 } =\frac { 18 }{ 2 } \)=9
6.
(a) We know that, the sum of the measure of the exrernal angles of any polygon is 360°.
Here, exterior angles are x, y. z, p, q and r.
∴ x + y + z + P + q + r = 360°
(b) Yes, x = y = z = p = q = r, because each of them is equal to 180° - ㄥa.
(c) (i) Here, all exterior angles are equal and their sum is 360°, so the measure of each exterior angle is x=\(\frac { 360^{ 0 } }{ 6 } \)=600.
(ii) All interior angles are also equal to each other, where interior angle is a = 180° - r [by linear pair]
∴ Measure of each interior angle = 180° - 60° =120°
(d) (i) The regular octagon having 8 equal sides.
∴ All the exterior angles have equal measure, say x.
Then, 8x = 360°
Since, sum of the measures of the external angles of any polygon is 360°.
x = \(\frac { 360^{ 0 } }{ 8 } \) = 450.
Therefore, measure of each exterior angle = 45° and measure of each interior angle = 180 ° - 45° =135°.
(ii) The regular 20-gon polygon has 20 equal sides.
∴ All the exterior angles have equal measure, say x. Then, 20x = 360°
Since, sum of the measures of the external angles of any polygon is 360°.
∴ x = \(\frac { 360^{ 0 } }{ 20 } \)=1 80
Therefore, measure of each exterior angle = 18°
and measure of each interior angle = 180° -18° =162°
7.
(a) Simple curve A plane figure formed by joining a number of points without lifting a pencil from the paper and without returing any portion of the drawing other than single points is called a simple curve or curve. In the given figures, simple curves are figures (i), (ii), (v), (vi) and (vii).
(b) Simple closed curve A closed curve, which does not intersect itself, is called a simple closed curve. In the given figures, simple closed curves are figures (i), (ii), (v), (vi) and (vii).
(c) Polygon A polygon is a closed curve formed by the line segments such that
(i) no two line segments intersect except at their end points.
(ii) no two line segments with a common end points are coincide. In other words, a simple dosed curve made upto only line segments is called a polygon. In the given figures, polygons are figures (i) and (ii).
(d) Convex polygon A convex polygon is a polygon in which each interior angle has a measure less than 180°. In other words, a polygon is convex, if noportion of their diagonals in their exterior. In the given figures, convex polygon is figure (ii).
(e) Concave polygon A concave polygon is a polygon, which atleast one interior angle has measure more than 180°, i.e. atleast one segment connecting two vertices is outside the polygon. In the given figure, concave polygons are figures (i) and (iv).
8.
Let ABCD be a parallelogram in which two adjacent angles
ㄥA and ㄥB have equal measure, say x .
Then, mㄥA = x and mㄥB = x
We know that, two adjacent angles in a parallelogram are supplementary.
mㄥA + mㄥB = 180° ⇒ x + x =180° ⇒ 2x =180°
⇒ x = \(\frac { 180^{ 0 } }{ 2 } \)= 900
So, mㄥA = 90° and mㄥB = 90°
Also, the opposite angles of a parallelogram are of equal measure.
Therefore, mㄥC = mㄥA = 90° and mㄥD = mㄥB = 90°.
9.
Let two adjacent angles A and B of a parallelogram ABCD be 3x and 2x, respectively.
Weknow that, the sum of two
adjacent tangles of a parallelogram is 1800
∴ ㄥA+ㄥB=1800
⇒ 3x + 2x = 1800
⇒ 5x =180° ⇒ \(\frac { 180^{ 0 } }{ 5 } \)= 360
Therefore, ㄥA = 3x = 3 x 360 = 1080
and ㄥB = 2x = 2 x 36° = 72°
Also, we know that, opposite angles of a parallelogram are of equal measure.
∴ ㄥC = ㄥA =108° and ㄥD = ㄥB = 72°
Hence, the angles of a parallelogram are ㄥA = 108°,
ㄥB = 72°, ㄥC = 108° and ㄥD = 72°, respectively.

10.
Let given polygon be
ABCDE It is clear that, AB is a straight line.
90° + ㄥ1 = 180°
[by linear pair angle]
⇒ ㄥ1 = 1800 - 900 = 900
Now, x +90° +60° +90° + 70° = 360°
The sum of the exterior angles of any polygon is 360°.
⇒ x + 3100 = 360°
⇒ x = 3600-3100= 50°
Hence, the measure of angle x is 50°.

11.
We know that, the sum of three angles of a triangle is 180°.

Let the given triangle be ABC.
∴ ㄥA + ㄥB+ ㄥC =180°
⇒ 300 + 900+ ㄥC=180° ⇒ ㄥC+1200=180°
⇒ ㄥC = 180° - 120° = 60°
Now, ㄥEBC + ㄥABC = 180° [by linear pair]
∴ x +90° = 180° ⇒ x = 180° - 90° = 90°
Similarly, ㄥFCA + ㄥACB = 180° [by linear pair]
⇒ y+600=180° ⇒ y=1800-600=120°
and ㄥDAB + ㄥBAC = 180° [by linear pair]
⇒ z + 30° = 180° ⇒ z = 180° - 30° = 150°
∴ x + y + z = 90° + 120° + 150° = 360°
Hence, the value of x + y + z is 360°
12.
From the given table, we observe that the sum of angles
(interior angles) of a polygon having m sides is (m - 2) x 180°.
(a) Here, number of sides of a polygon (m) = 7
∴ Sum of the angles of a polygon of 7 sides
= (7 - 2) x 180° = 5 x 180° = 900°
(b) Here, number of sides of a polygon (m) = 8 .
∴ Sum of the angles of a polygon of 8 sides
= (8 - 2) x 180° = 6 x 180° = 1080°
(c) Here, number of sides of a polygon (m) = 10
∴ Sum of the angles of a polygon of 10 sides
= (10 - 2) x 180° = 8 Xx 180° = 1440°
(d) Here, number of sides of a polygon (m) = n
∴ Sum of the angles of a polygon of n sides
= (n-2) x 180°.
13.
(d)
Kite
14.
(c)
360°
15.
(b)
Trapezium
16.
(c)
11
17.
(d)
Each exterior angle = \(\frac { (n-2)\times 180^{ 0 } }{ n } \)
18.
(a)
19.
(a)
20.
(a)
21.
(b)
22.
(b)
23.
Supplementary; adjacent angles of a parallelogram are supplementary.
24.
8 cm; [∵ in a rectangle, diagonals are of equal length]
25.
Parallelogram; since, in a parallelogram, diagonals bisect each other.
26.
An equilateral triangle; since, in an equilateral triangle, all the sides and angles are equal.
27.
Square; since, in a square all the sides and angles are equal.
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