{"id":11301,"date":"2022-07-01T03:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/?p=11301"},"modified":"2022-07-01T03:21:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T21:51:03","slug":"abcd-is-a-trapezium-in-which-ab-dc-and-its-diagonals-intersect-each-other-at-the-point-o-show-that-aoover-bo-coover-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/abcd-is-a-trapezium-in-which-ab-dc-and-its-diagonals-intersect-each-other-at-the-point-o-show-that-aoover-bo-coover-do\/","title":{"rendered":"ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || DC and its diagonals intersect each other at the point O. Show that \\(AO\\over BO\\) = \\(CO\\over DO\\)."},"content":{"rendered":"
Given<\/strong> : A trapezium ABCD, in which the diagonals AC and BD intersect each other at O.<\/p>\n To\u00a0 Prove<\/strong> : \\(AO\\over BO\\) = \\(CO\\over DO\\)<\/p>\n Construction<\/strong> : Draw EF || BA || CD, meeting AD in E.<\/p>\n Proof<\/strong> : In triangle ABD, EF || AB<\/p>\n By basic proportionality theorem,<\/p>\n \\(DO\\over OB\\) = \\(DE\\over AE\\)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 …………(1)<\/p>\n In triangle CDA, EO || DC,<\/p>\n By basic proportionality theorem,<\/p>\n \\(CO\\over OA\\) = \\(DE\\over AE\\)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 …………..(2)<\/p>\n From (1) and (2), we get<\/p>\n \\(DO\\over OB\\) = \\(CO\\over OA\\)<\/p>\n \\(\\implies\\)\u00a0 \u00a0 \\(AO\\over BO\\) = \\(CO\\over DO\\)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Solution : Given : A trapezium ABCD, in which the diagonals AC and BD intersect each other at O. To\u00a0 Prove : \\(AO\\over BO\\) = \\(CO\\over DO\\) Construction : Draw EF || BA || CD, meeting AD in E. Proof : In triangle ABD, EF || AB By basic proportionality theorem, \\(DO\\over OB\\) = \\(DE\\over …<\/p>\n