Quantitative-Geometry

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Quantitative-Geometry

by danjuma » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:48 am
1. What is the area of triangle ABC?

A. The measures of angles ABC, CAB and ACB are x, 2x and 3x.

B. The lenght of AC is 5.

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by narik11 » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:08 am
danjuma wrote:1. What is the area of triangle ABC?

A. The measures of angles ABC, CAB and ACB are x, 2x and 3x.

B. The lenght of AC is 5.

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From option 1: You can find the angles to be 30,60,90.
But u don't know the length of the sides to calculate the area.

From option 2: is insufficient.


From 1 and 2: you can find the sides using (1:V3:2) as the angles are 30,60,90.

Hence C