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by maihuna » Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:48 am
The area of the triangle enclosed by lines y=37x+147, y=779x+147 and y axis is approximately equal to:

0
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147
750
800
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by krishnasty » Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:25 am
IMO A

explanation:
triangle --> 3 lines defined by
1. y=37x+147
2. y=779x+147
3. y axis ( x = 0)

to find out the point where the first 2 lines intersect the 3rd line, put x = 0 ( because they have to be on the y axis). hence, the meeting points become:
(0,147) , (0,147)

they both are same point. hence, means that there is no triangle.
hence, area = 0 ..i.e. A
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by Anurag@Gurome » Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:38 am
maihuna wrote:The area of the triangle enclosed by lines y=37x+147, y=779x+147 and y axis is approximately equal to...
Just note that y-intercept of both the lines are same. Thus the lines intersect on the y-axis and hence they do not form any triangle with the y-axis.

The correct answer is A.
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