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The water tank shown is a prism with 3 rectangular faces and 2 equilateral triangular faces. Each triangular face has height 6, and the water surface is parallel to the face ABCD. If the volume occupied by the water is half the volume of the water tank, which of the following is closest to the length of x ?

(A) 1.73
(B) 2.83
(C) 3.46
(D) 4.24
(E) 5.20

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The water tank shown is a prism with 3 rectangular faces and

by fskilnik@GMATH » Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:58 am
fskilnik@GMATH wrote:Image

GMATH practice exercise (Quant Class 17)

The water tank shown is a prism with 3 rectangular faces and 2 equilateral triangular faces. Each triangular face has height 6, and the water surface is parallel to the face ABCD. If the volume occupied by the water is half the volume of the water tank, which of the following is closest to the length of x ?

(A) 1.73
(B) 2.83
(C) 3.46
(D) 4.24
(E) 5.20
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$$?\,\, \cong \,\,x$$

$$\frac{1}{2}\,\, = \,\,\frac{{{V_{{\text{water}}}}}}{{{V_{{\text{tank}}}}}}\,\,\mathop = \limits^{\left( * \right)} \,\,\frac{{{S_{\Delta EFG}} \cdot FH}}{{{S_{\Delta EAD}} \cdot DC}}\,\,\,\mathop = \limits^{FH = DC} \,\,\,\frac{{{S_{\Delta EFG}}}}{{{S_{\Delta EAD}}}}\,\,\,\mathop = \limits^{\left( {**} \right)} \,\,\,{\left( {\frac{x}{6}} \right)^2}\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,\frac{x}{6} = \frac{{\sqrt 2 }}{2}$$
$$\left( * \right)\,\,{\text{formula}}\,\,{\text{given}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left( {**} \right)\,\,{\text{similarity}}\,\,{\text{property}}$$

$$? = x\,\, = \,\,3\sqrt 2 \,\, \cong \,\,3 \cdot 1.41 = 4.23$$

The correct answer is therefore (D).


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