GMAT Prep

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GMAT Prep

by josephcho77 » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:07 am
What is the greatest possible area of a triangular region with one vertex at the center of a circle of radius 1 and the other two vertices on the circle?

A. squ. root 3/4
B. 1/2
C. pi/4
D. 1
E. squ. root 2



Can you help to solve this problem?
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by cindyqtran » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:09 am
is the answer B?

since we know that one of the side is 1, so the largest length of the other side is 1. so A = 0.5bh = .5*1*1 = .5

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by josephcho77 » Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:00 pm
Yes, the answer is B.

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