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by ketkoag » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:46 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

OA: C
My answer is D.
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by figs » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:54 am
the minimum size must be bigger than 5.5

so the minimum area must be bigger than:

size1*zize1=5.5*5.5=30.25

so the area must be bigger than 30.25 and the most close and bigger is 33.75
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:34 am
ketkoag wrote: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

OA: C
My answer is D.
(D) is the correct answer, as 5.5 * 5.5 = 30.25.

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by ketkoag » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:49 am
source is GMAT sets
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