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If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle? (1) ACD is a right triangle. (2) AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD. OA not given.
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07 Dec 2012, 11:51
joylive wrote: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle?
(1) ACD is a right triangle.
(2) AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD.
OA not given. The answer would be A. Statement 1 is sufficient because: Case 1: Angle ACD is a right angle then angle ACB has to be 180 - 90 = 90 degrees => ABC a right triangle Case 2: Angle CAD is a right angle then both angle ADC and ACD are less than 90 degrees. Hence Angle ACB is greater than 90 degrees hence ABC is not a right triangle Case 3: Angle ADC is a right angle then by similar logic ABC can not be a right triangle Statement 2 is insufficient because: if AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD then this only tells us that the angle ADC is the largest angle in the said triangle. Note that this angle CAN be 90 degree or less than or greater than 90 degree. Barring the first case we cannot conclusive say about the triangle ABC.
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07 Dec 2012, 12:05
Deepro wrote: joylive wrote: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle?
(1) ACD is a right triangle.
(2) AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD.
OA not given. The answer would be A. Statement 1 is sufficient because: Case 1: Angle ACD is a right angle then angle ACB has to be 180 - 90 = 90 degrees => ABC a right triangle Case 2: Angle CAD is a right angle then both angle ADC and ACD are less than 90 degrees. Hence Angle ACB is greater than 90 degrees hence ABC is not a right triangle Case 3: Angle ADC is a right angle then by similar logic ABC can not be a right triangle Statement 2 is insufficient because: if AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD then this only tells us that the angle ADC is the largest angle in the said triangle. Note that this angle CAN be 90 degree or less than or greater than 90 degree. Barring the first case we cannot conclusive say about the triangle ABC. I can see that you got 2 different answers for Statement I, so is this sufficient?
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Re: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle [#permalink]
08 Dec 2012, 02:01
Deepro wrote: joylive wrote: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle?
(1) ACD is a right triangle.
(2) AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD.
OA not given. The answer would be A. Statement 1 is sufficient because: Case 1: Angle ACD is a right angle then angle ACB has to be 180 - 90 = 90 degrees => ABC a right triangle Case 2: Angle CAD is a right angle then both angle ADC and ACD are less than 90 degrees. Hence Angle ACB is greater than 90 degrees hence ABC is not a right triangle Case 3: Angle ADC is a right angle then by similar logic ABC can not be a right triangle Statement 2 is insufficient because: if AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD then this only tells us that the angle ADC is the largest angle in the said triangle. Note that this angle CAN be 90 degree or less than or greater than 90 degree. Barring the first case we cannot conclusive say about the triangle ABC. Hi, Correct me if I'm wrong. 1. One of the unspoken rules in DS Questions is " The two options in the questions cannot contradict each other" 2. In your explanation for option 2, you have interpreted greatest SIDE for greatest ANGLE which are not the same. I doubt the diagram given in the Q is imagined by the person who posted the Q initially, because clearly, in the given picture AC is not the greatest side of the triangle ACD. In my opinion, the solution would be, Q statement gives us the detail, that ABD and ABC are triangles. option 1 states : ACD is a right triangle, which means one of the three angles is 90'.INSUFFICIENT. option 2 states: AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD. with this we can draw a triangle ACD with AC as the hypotenuse and angle ADC = 90' ( refer diagram 1). INSUFFICIENT. Now, with the given data together in both the options ABC may or may not be a right triangle.( refer diagram 2 and 3). In case of 2 - yes and in case of 3 - No. So, the answer is E. insufficient data. plz share your inputs. thank you.
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Re: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle [#permalink]
08 Dec 2012, 02:13
joylive wrote: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle?
(1) ACD is a right triangle.
(2) AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD.
OA not given. I guess the answer has to be B Statement 1/ Sum of the angles in a triangle = 180* & sum of ACD and ACB should equal 180* If ACD is 90* then ACB should also be 90* - ABC a right triangle but if DAC = 90* then other 2 angles of ACD must be less than 90* say ADC = 60 and ACD = 30 then ACB =150 and other 2 angles can be 10 and 20* - ABC is NOT a right angled triangle. Statement 2/ IF AC is greatest side the angle at D must be greatest among the 3 angles of the triangle. then the other 2 angles cannot be 90* or more if that's the case then ABC CANNOT BE right angled triangle. B is sufficient. Cheers
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Re: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle [#permalink]
08 Dec 2012, 04:12
joylive wrote: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle?
(1) ACD is a right triangle.
(2) AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD.
OA not given. IMO answer is B. The question is basically asking whether any of the angles in triangle ABC is 90. 1) Having told that ACD is a right triangle, doesn't confirms whether any of the angle in ABC is 90. The statement only lets us know that there is a 90 degree angle in ACD, but which one, we dont know yet. 2) This statement tells that angle D is the greatest so in other words it means that angles DCA or DAC cannot be 90. Moreover, since angle C will always be less than 90 degrees hence its supplement will always be greater than 90. Since one angle in ABC is already greater than 90, therefore either of the other two angles cannot be equal to 90. Sufficient. +1B
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Re: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle [#permalink]
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Marcab wrote: joylive wrote: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle?
(1) ACD is a right triangle.
(2) AC is the greatest side of triangle ACD.
OA not given. IMO answer is B. The question is basically asking whether any of the angles in triangle ABC is 90. 1) Having told that ACD is a right triangle, doesn't confirms whether any of the angle in ABC is 90. The statement only lets us know that there is a 90 degree angle in ACD, but which one, we dont know yet. 2) This statement tells that angle D is the greatest so in other words it means that angles DCA or DAC cannot be 90. Moreover, since angle C will always be less than 90 degrees hence its supplement will always be greater than 90. Since one angle in ABC is already greater than 90, therefore either of the other two angles cannot be equal to 90. Sufficient. +1B Yep B seems reasonable, A is definitely not the answer.
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The forum rule about OA is stringent. Please provide OA. Thanks
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Re: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle [#permalink]
10 Dec 2012, 10:14
Marcab wrote: Then why are you not posting the OA. Please do post it. Coz I don't have the OA, if I had it, I would have already have posted it.Got these Q's somewhere and trying to get the answer myself.
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Re: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle [#permalink]
11 Dec 2012, 04:15
joylive wrote: Marcab wrote: Then why are you not posting the OA. Please do post it. Coz I don't have the OA, if I had it, I would have already have posted it.Got these Q's somewhere and trying to get the answer myself. U shud have mentioned earlier :D
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Re: If ABD is a triangle, is triangle ABC a right triangle [#permalink]
11 Dec 2012, 10:05
sanjoo wrote: joylive wrote: Marcab wrote: Then why are you not posting the OA. Please do post it. Coz I don't have the OA, if I had it, I would have already have posted it.Got these Q's somewhere and trying to get the answer myself. U shud have mentioned earlier :D in fact joylive has done so. :D Cheers
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