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A quadrilateral has sides 2,3,9....diagonals are at rt.angles.
Find all possible values of the 4th side....

17 Answers

1
raja ·

ye kya mazaak hai?
MCQ me itna kaun karega?

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Devil ·

Mishantda post ur soln.

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Arshad ~Died~ ·

wat i did to solve this question during the test was.....i divided the 2 diagonal into two parts each-lets say a a' b and b'
the then formed equations with pythagoras theorem.....three equations....compared it with the options to see which options suit the equations...from the equations i saw dat the square of the 4th side must be 5 less then or 5 more than 81.....so hence ticked root 76 and root 86....maybe my approach is not mathematically correct but it worked for me......

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Avinav Prakash ·

yup light...

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Avinav Prakash ·

hey..nishant bhaiya..its Avinav Prakash 4m Heritage....wat ive is that ...taken just x as the lone variable...n used pytha..3 small steps and 2 diff cases..and ans was √76 and √86.....

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Lokesh Verma ·

guys this one is not that calculation intensive...

Just revisit what i have written in #3.

Or else i will show you what can be done.

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Devil ·

Yup ronald, I know dat, but still I feel raja is r8.
As it is u have it not short enuf after eleminating those 4 variables - now to do it again with a new set of sides is worse than horrible....
Moreover Nishant bhaiya's method might make it shorter.

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Gone.. ·

@ raja : this is fiitjee aits,,karna padega.

@ avinav : ur probably right.

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Avinav Prakash ·

[im gettin √76 and √86 is it rite?

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Che ·

array bhai isey koi dekho...not getting any idea

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eragon24 _Retired ·

array sides change karkey dekho.....thodey aur ans aa jayengey

i mean to say wen sides with length (2 and 9 )are adjacent ....wen (9 and 3) are adjacent and wen (2 and 3) r adjacent

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eragon24 _Retired ·

aur bhi answers they kya?????[11][12]

is this a fiitjee aits q?

11
Devil ·

Obviously it was, but what abt the other answers?
Like √56 and √86 ?

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eragon24 _Retired ·

ok i think i got it......teh diagonals of the quadrilateral divide teh quadrilateral into 4 right angle traingles

so from pythagoras theo.

t2+u2=4....................i

w2+v2=81.................ii

u2+v2=9....................iii

i +ii - iii

we get

t2+w2=4+81-9=76

t2+w2=x2=76

x=√76

Wasnt it easy [3]

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Gone.. ·

i remember with proper working one ans √76 was coming.

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Che ·

array bhaiya is hint sey kuch kaam nai aaya :P...

that thing was in my mind......how to proceed after that ??

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Lokesh Verma ·

Think of this one geometrically.

First show (convince yourself) that 2 and 3 have to be the adjacent sides...

Then geometrically see how much you can slide the 2 sides 2 and 3 along the diagonal....

I hope this hint gives you a starting point [1]

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