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Help needed in sloving these questions from PS1000

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by kand2112 » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:00 pm
Hi all,

I have attached two question from PS1000 question series. I am not sure how to solve these. If anyone knows the solution plz help.

Thanks for the help in advance.

Thanks,
Nigel
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by opengmat » Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:04 pm
Solution for Problem 1:

Length of arc BCD = 2*r [given]
We already know,
[2*pie*r / 360] = 2*r / Angle BAD

which gives, Angle BAD = 120
For the Triangle BAD the two arms are equal (radius) BA = AD
So, x = 180 - 120 / 2 = 30

Let me know if this helps,

Choose, B


Solution for Problem 2:

Cogs and Wheel problem -

Total circumference / the cog size = 2*pie*3 / (pie/16) = 96
The number 96 gives for cogs and cog space in between, divide by 2 = 48
Choose C.

Let me know if this helps,
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by roy_priya » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:50 pm
How did you get

length of arc BCD = 2r
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by rros0770 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:11 pm
I agree with your solution for the second one OpenGmat. I did it a different way, but your solution is a lot smoother and shorter.

Roy, arc BCD is given as 2r. It's a bit tricky at first glance though. It says AB=BC=CD. Well AB is the radius of the circle (A is the center of the circle and B is a point on the circle). Now BC is half of the whole arc BCD and CD is the other half of arc BCD. SO:

AB=r because it's the radius
BC=r because it's equal to AB
CD =r because it's equal to AB

So arc BCD is really BC+CD, which is r+r, which equals 2r

Hope that helps a bit
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