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by sairamGmat » Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:46 am
The figure above shows the shape of a tunnel entrance. If the curved portion is of a circle and the base of the entrance is 12 feet across, what is the perimeter, in feet, of the curved portion of the entrance'?

(A) 9Ï€
(B) 12Ï€
(C) 9Ï€ * sqrt(2)
(D) 18Ï€
(E) 9Ï€ / sqrt(2)

OA is C
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by kvcpk » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:13 am
sairamGmat wrote:The figure above shows the shape of a tunnel entrance. If the curved portion is of a circle and the base of the entrance is 12 feet across, what is the perimeter, in feet, of the curved portion of the entrance'?

(A) 9Ï€
(B) 12Ï€
(C) 9Ï€ * sqrt(2)
(D) 18Ï€
(E) 9Ï€ / sqrt(2)

OA is C
Are you sure that the question is not missing soimething.
With only Chord length, many circles can be drawn.
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by gmatmachoman » Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:52 pm
kvcpk wrote:
sairamGmat wrote:The figure above shows the shape of a tunnel entrance. If the curved portion is of a circle and the base of the entrance is 12 feet across, what is the perimeter, in feet, of the curved portion of the entrance'?

(A) 9Ï€
(B) 12Ï€
(C) 9Ï€ * sqrt(2)
(D) 18Ï€
(E) 9Ï€ / sqrt(2)

OA is C
Are you sure that the question is not missing soimething.
With only Chord length, many circles can be drawn.

praveen bhai,
I think question is rite...I really tried a lot of combinations..but I would have easily picked C as we are sure perimeter will be less than 12 pi. So naturally I would have gone for C...

But i am really looking for a logical answer..
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by kvcpk » Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:07 pm
gmatmachoman wrote: praveen bhai,
I think question is rite...I really tried a lot of combinations..but I would have easily picked C as we are sure perimeter will be less than 12 pi. So naturally I would have gone for C...

But i am really looking for a logical answer..
Machoman Bhai,
Perimeter should be slightly greater than 12 pi. It cannot be less than 12 pi. Because, 12 is the chord lengtn.

I believe, there is some value missing in the picture.
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by selango » Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:34 pm
Praveen,

One doubt here.If we take curved portion fully as a circle then base is diameter.

Perimeter(ie)Circumference=Pi*d=12*pi

So the curved portion ll be slightly less than 12Pi

Am I right?
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