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by radhika1306 » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:45 am
The sides of a square region, measured to the
nearest centimeter, are 6 centimeters long. The
least possible value of the actual area of the
square region is
A.36.00 sq cm
B.35.00 sq cm
C.33.75 sq cm
D.30.25 sq cm
E.25.00 sq cm
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by samirpandeyit62 » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:00 am
the smallest nos that can be rounded to 6 is 5.5

hence area is 5.5*5.5 = 30.25

Ans should be D
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by radhika1306 » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:54 am
OA is C
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by kajcha » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:13 pm
I would vote for 30.25. Similar thinking as sameer's.
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by niks_01.27 » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:19 pm
I also would go with 30.25.

Meanwhile, how accurate are answers on OA? I actually started studying last week only and am yet to buy OA-11.
regards
niks...
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by singhran » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:39 am
30.25 seems perfectly fine to me also
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