Page:The Elements of Euclid for the Use of Schools and Colleges - 1872.djvu/381

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
EXERCISES IN EUCLID.
357

given circle, the sum of the two is least which make equal angles with the tangent at the point of concourse.

201. C is the centre of a given circle, CA a radius, B a point on a radius at right angles to CA; join AB and produce it to meet the circle again at D, and let the tangent at D meet CB produced at E: shew that BDE is an isosceles triangle.,

202. Let the diameter BA of a circle be produced to P, so that AP equals the radius; through A draw the tangent AED, and from P draw PEC touching the circle at C and meeting the former tangent at E; join BC and produce it to meet AED at D: then will the triangle DEC be equilateral.

III. 20 to 22.

203. Two tangents AB, AC are drawn to a circle; D is any point on the circumference outside of the triangle ABC: shew that the sum of the angles ABD and ACD is constant.

204. P, Q are any points in the circumferences of two segments described on the same straight line AB, and on the same side of it; the angles PAQ, PBQ are bisected by the straight lines AR, BR meeting at R: shew that the angle ARB is constant.

205. Two segments of a circle are on the same base AB, and P is any point in the circumference of one of the segments; the straight lines APD, BPC are drawn meeting the circumference of the other segment at D and C; AC and BD are drawn intersecting at Q. Shew that the angle AQB is constant.

206. APB is a fixed chord passing through P a point of intersection of two circles AQP, PBR; and QPR is any other chord of the circles passing through P: shew that AQ and RB when produced meet at a constant angle.

207. AOB is a triangle; C and D are points in BO and AO respectively, such that the angle ODC is equal to the angle OBA: shew that a circle may be described round the quadrilateral ABCD.