NCERT Solutions
Class 9 - Mathematics - Chapter 8: QUADRILATERALS
EXERCISE 8.1

Question. 1

If the diagonals of a parallelogram are equal, then show that it is a rectangle.

Question. 2

Show that the diagonals of a square are equal and bisect each other at right angles.

Question. 3

Diagonal \(AC\) of a parallelogram \(ABCD\) bisects \(\angle A\). Show that:

(i) it bisects \(\angle C\) also,

(ii) \(ABCD\) is a rhombus.

Answer:

(i) From \(\triangle DAC\) and \(\triangle BCA\), show \(\angle DAC = \angle BCA\) and \(\angle ACD = \angle CAB\), etc.

(ii) Show \(\angle BAC = \angle BCA\), using Theorem 8.4.

Question. 4

\(ABCD\) is a rectangle in which diagonal \(AC\) bisects \(\angle A\) as well as \(\angle C\). Show that:

(i) \(ABCD\) is a square,

(ii) diagonal \(BD\) bisects \(\angle B\) as well as \(\angle D\).

Question. 5

In parallelogram \(ABCD\), two points \(P\) and \(Q\) are taken on diagonal \(BD\) such that \(DP = BQ\). Show that:

(i) \(\triangle APD \cong \triangle CQB\)

(ii) \(AP = CQ\)

(iii) \(\triangle AQB \cong \triangle CPD\)

(iv) \(AQ = CP\)

(v) \(APCQ\) is a parallelogram

Question. 6

\(ABCD\) is a parallelogram and \(AP\) and \(CQ\) are perpendiculars from vertices \(A\) and \(C\) on diagonal \(BD\). Show that:

(i) \(\triangle APB \cong \triangle CQD\)

(ii) \(AP = CQ\)

Question. 7

\(ABCD\) is a trapezium in which \(AB \parallel CD\) and \(AD = BC\). Show that:

(i) \(\angle A = \angle B\)

(ii) \(\angle C = \angle D\)

(iii) \(\triangle ABC \cong \triangle BAD\)

(iv) diagonal \(AC = BD\)

NCERT Solutions Class 9 – Mathematics – Chapter 8: QUADRILATERALS – EXERCISE 8.1 | Detailed Answers