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by vinay1983 » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:51 pm
Tough Question for me.Any takeaways or generalizations from this?
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by theCodeToGMAT » Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:18 pm
Is the Answer C?

The reason for is : 3 + 2 + 4 + 5 = 14 < 15
hence, we cannot draw Pentagon for PT = 15

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by theCodeToGMAT » Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:29 pm
The Method to be used for this question is that you need to judge whether the PT is too large to be accommodated. Since 15 is soo big that if you try to draw PQ, QR, RS, ST over the line PT then also the PT is larger; So, its not possible that PT has measurement of 15.

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by [email protected] » Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:30 pm
Hi vinay1983,

This question is based on the Triangle Inequality Theorem, even though it's not a triangle.

Since the four sides that you DO know add up to 14, the final side must be < 14

So, 5 and 10 are possible, but 15 is not.

Final Answer: C

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by ahmedshafea » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:39 pm
sorry , Can you please clarify the math steps here?
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