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Question 13 Marks
Draw a circle circumscribing a regular hexagon with side 5 cm.
Answer
 
Steps of Construction:
i) Draw a regular hexagon ABCDEF with each side equal to 5 cm and each interior angle 120º.
ii) Join its diagonals AD, BE and CF intersecting each other at O.
iii) With centre as O and radius OA, draw a circle which will pass through the vertices A, B, C, D, E and F.
This is the required circumcircle.
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Question 23 Marks
The bisectors of angles A and B of a scalene triangle ABC meet at O.
(i) What is the point O called?
(ii) OR and OQ are drawn perpendicular to AB and CA respectively. What is the relation between OR and OQ?
(iii) What is the relation between angle ACO and angle BCO?
Answer
 
i) O is called the incentre of the incircle of ΔABC.
ii) OR and OQ are the radii of the incircle and OR = OQ.
iii) OC is the bisector of angle C
∴ ∠ACO=∠BCO  
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[3 marks sum] - Mathematics STD 10 Questions - Vidyadip