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Hi everyone, I am struggling with this one, found the answer but I am looking for a fast way to do it ?
Can anyone help ?
Thanks in advance
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A small, rectangular park has a perimeter of 560 feet and a diagonal measurement of 200 feet. What is its area, in square feet? A. 19,200 B. 19,600 C. 20,000 D. 20,400 E. 20,800
The question you posted can be solved as follows: Given: (1) \(2x+2y=560\) (perimeter) --> \(x+y=280\) (2) \(x^2+y^2=200^2\) (diagonal, as per Pythagoras).
we know 560 is an integer (no fraction) and hence probability of sides of rectangle being integer is quite high 200 is diagonal - recognizing it from pythagorean patterns it seems to be a multiple of 10 (10 - 8 - 6) = 10 * 2 * 10 hence other sides of the pythagorean triplet will be: 8 * 2 * 10 and 6 * 2 * 10 = 160 = 120 bingo - (160 + 120 ) * 2 = 560 hence area = 160 * 120 = 19200
I have a small confusion. The diagonal is given and it divides the rectangle into two 30-60-90 triangles. Can't we find the measure of two other sides? What am i missing here???
I have a small confusion. The diagonal is given and it divides the rectangle into two 30-60-90 triangles. Can't we find the measure of two other sides? What am i missing here???
Does the diagonal of a rectangle always divide it into two 30-90-60 triangles ? Think again...!!!
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we know 560 is an integer (no fraction) and hence probability of sides of rectangle being integer is quite high 200 is diagonal - recognizing it from pythagorean patterns it seems to be a multiple of 10 (10 - 8 - 6) = 10 * 2 * 10 hence other sides of the pythagorean triplet will be: 8 * 2 * 10 and 6 * 2 * 10 = 160 = 120 bingo - (160 + 120 ) * 2 = 560 hence area = 160 * 120 = 19200
Yeah there has to be a shorter way to solve this one but where did you get the 10*2*10 stuff for each side on the (10 - 8 - 6)?
I have a small confusion. The diagonal is given and it divides the rectangle into two 30-60-90 triangles. Can't we find the measure of two other sides? What am i missing here???
Does the diagonal of a rectangle always divide it into two 30-90-60 triangles ? Think again...!!!
No I don't think so buddy, there's nothing clear when it is a rectangle. If its a square I'm pretty sure that the two right triangles that are divided by the diagonal are in fact two 45-45-90 triangles, but with the rectangle I don't think one can be sure about the angle
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It is a really good exercise.
Solving this one in a standard way brings a lot of confusion. In my opinion it is a helpful here to know, that a square has a biggest area if the sum of length of bases is the same. For example: If sum of bases is 8, the biggest possible area is 16, which is a square. (Other options 5x3=15; 6x2=12; 8x1=8)
Knowing this, we could easily eliminate answer choices that are other 200 because we know that diagonal is 200 and therefore the maximum area is 200^2/2 Moreover, knowing the rule of square diagonal we could remove 200, because square diagonal would be base * sqrt(2) (90-45-45 formula)
And also 196 is a (14*14) so this means that diagonal is not integer and we could remove it also.
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Bunuel wrote:
aljatar wrote:
Hi everyone, I am struggling with this one, found the answer but I am looking for a fast way to do it ?
Can anyone help ?
Thanks in advance
R.
A small, rectangular park has a perimeter of 560 feet and a diagonal measurement of 200 feet. What is its area, in square feet? A. 19,200 B. 19,600 C. 20,000 D. 20,400 E. 20,800
The question you posted can be solved as follows: Given: (1) \(2x+2y=560\) (perimeter) --> \(x+y=280\) (2) \(x^2+y^2=200^2\) (diagonal, as per Pythagoras).
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Bunuel wrote:
aljatar wrote:
Hi everyone, I am struggling with this one, found the answer but I am looking for a fast way to do it ?
Can anyone help ?
Thanks in advance
R.
A small, rectangular park has a perimeter of 560 feet and a diagonal measurement of 200 feet. What is its area, in square feet? A. 19,200 B. 19,600 C. 20,000 D. 20,400 E. 20,800
The question you posted can be solved as follows: Given: (1) \(2x+2y=560\) (perimeter) --> \(x+y=280\) (2) \(x^2+y^2=200^2\) (diagonal, as per Pythagoras).
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you can avoid a lot of work in this problem by recognizing that, with the info provided, the diagonal forms a triangle inside the rectangle with sides that have a 3:4:5 ratio.
diagonal = 200 2x + 2y = 560, or x + y = 280 a^2 + b^2 = c^2 for each the sides of the triangle
using the ratio 3:4:5 for sides, and knowing c = 200, you can deduce the following
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you can avoid a lot of work in this problem by recognizing that, with the info provided, the diagonal forms a triangle inside the rectangle with sides that have a 3:4:5 ratio.
diagonal = 200 2x + 2y = 560, or x + y = 280 a^2 + b^2 = c^2 for each the sides of the triangle
using the ratio 3:4:5 for sides, and knowing c = 200, you can deduce the following
a=120 b=160
160x120=19,200
A is the answer.
as the user above, how can you deduce that the ratio of the the sides is 3:4:5 ? (rather than just assuming and hoping to be right) is it always the case? will a diagonal cut the rectangle in these proportions?
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Bunuel wrote:
aljatar wrote:
Hi everyone, I am struggling with this one, found the answer but I am looking for a fast way to do it ?
Can anyone help ?
Thanks in advance
R.
A small, rectangular park has a perimeter of 560 feet and a diagonal measurement of 200 feet. What is its area, in square feet? A. 19,200 B. 19,600 C. 20,000 D. 20,400 E. 20,800
The question you posted can be solved as follows: Given: (1) \(2x+2y=560\) (perimeter) --> \(x+y=280\) (2) \(x^2+y^2=200^2\) (diagonal, as per Pythagoras).
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Hi All,
It's important to remember that nothing about a GMAT question is ever 'random' - the wording and numbers/data are always carefully chosen. Thus, you can sometimes use the 'design' of a prompt to your advantage and spot the built-in patterns that are often there.
Here, notice how ALL of the numbers are relatively 'nice', round numbers - even the diagonal is a nice number (and that doesn't happen very often when dealing with rectangles).... Since the answer choices are also round numbers, it's likely that the triangles that are 'hidden' in this rectangle are based on one of the common right-triangle patterns (in this case, the 3/4/5 - since 200 is a multiple of 5).
Using that knowledge to our advantage, IF we had a 3/4/5 and the diagonal was 200, then that would be '40 times' 5... so the other two sides would be 40 times 4 and 40 times 3: 160 and 120. With those two side lengths, we'd have a perimeter of 2(160) + 2(120) = 560... and that is an exact MATCH for what we were told, so this MUST be the situation that we're dealing with.
At this point, the area can be calculated easily enough: (L)(W) = (160)(120) = 19,200
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Hi All,
It's important to remember that nothing about a GMAT question is ever 'random' - the wording and numbers/data are always carefully chosen. Thus, you can sometimes use the 'design' of a prompt to your advantage and spot the built-in patterns that are often there.
Here, notice how ALL of the numbers are relatively 'nice', round numbers - even the diagonal is a nice number (and that doesn't happen very often when dealing with rectangles).... Since the answer choices are also round numbers, it's likely that the triangles that are 'hidden' in this rectangle are based on one of the common right-triangle patterns (in this case, the 3/4/5 - since 200 is a multiple of 5).
Using that knowledge to our advantage, IF we had a 3/4/5 and the diagonal was 200, then that would be '40 times' 5... so the other two sides would be 40 times 4 and 40 times 3: 160 and 120. With those two side lengths, we'd have a perimeter of 2(160) + 2(120) = 560... and that is an exact MATCH for what we were told, so this MUST be the situation that we're dealing with.
At this point, the area can be calculated easily enough: (L)(W) = (160)(120) = 19,200
while you got the answer correct here, i wonder why you assume that just because 200 is a multiple of 5, that there is a hidden 3-4-5 triangle? does this need be true? is this based on a property/rule that I'm overlooking?
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Hi LakerFan24,
GMAT questions are almost always built around a pattern (and sometimes more than one pattern), so part of approaching questions efficiently is to think about the inherent patterns that could be involved. In addition, the 'world of math' is full of patterns that you can take advantage of (Number Properties, formulas, etc.).
Here, we're dealing with a rectangular park, so if you 'cut' the park from corner to opposite-corner, you'll end up with two right triangles. As a thought experiment, I want you to choose two random numbers for the two legs of the right triangle. Using the Pythagorean Theorem (A^2 + B^2 = C^2), you can calculate the diagonal. Now, how often do you actually end up with an INTEGER for that diagonal. Choose a few pairs of random numbers for the legs and you'll see that usually the diagonal is NOT an INTEGER... but here, the diagonal IS an integer (its length is 200). The answer choices to this question are all integers, meaning that the two sides of the rectangle are almost certainly integers. So, we're dealing with triangles that have integers for ALL 3 SIDES. By extension, that means the two triangles are likely one of the common 'magic' Pythagorean Triplets (the 3/4/5, 5/12/13 or a multiple of one them - since those triplets have a diagonal side that's an integer).
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aljatar wrote:
A small, rectangular park has a perimeter of 560 feet and a diagonal measurement of 200 feet. What is its area, in square feet?
A. 19,200 B. 19,600 C. 20,000 D. 20,400 E. 20,800
Let L and W equal the length and width of the rectangle respectively.
perimeter = 560 So, L + L + W + W = 560 Simplify: 2L + 2W = 560 Divide both sides by 2 to get: L + W = 280
diagonal = 200 The diagonal divides the rectangle into two RIGHT TRIANGLES. Since we have right triangles, we can apply the Pythagorean Theorem. We get L² + W² = 200²
NOTE: Our goal is to find the value of LW[since this equals the AREA of the rectangle]
If we take L + W = 280 and square both sides we get (L + W)² = 280² If we expand this, we get: L² + 2LW + W² = 280² Notice that we have L² + W² "hiding" in this expression. That is, we get: L² + 2LW + W² = 280²
We already know that L² + W² = 200², so, we'll take L² + 2LW + W² = 280² and replace L² + W² with 200² to get: 2LW + 200² = 280² So, 2LW = 280² - 200² Evaluate: 2LW = 38,400 Solve: LW = 19,200
Answer: A
Cheers, Brent
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