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18 Nov 2012, 08:19
you can break the triangle into 2 individual triangles, find the height and base for the one the left i.e. h=1 and b=-root(3)

therefore b^2+h^2=r^2---->1^2+root(-3)^2=r^2=4

r=2

Use this now to find the Height on the other side, the BASE will remain the same as root(-3)
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19 Nov 2012, 23:30
are you sure about $$\sqrt{3}$$ as the answer.
As per my calculations i got $$\sqrt{2}$$ as the answer.
If I am correct, then I will surely post my answer.
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19 Nov 2012, 23:47
That will come out to be 2.
Step 2: Observe the diagram. Since both OP and OQ are the radii, their measure will be 2 only.
Step 3: Draw a line parallel to x axis, from P to Q.
Step 4: Angle OQP and angle OPQ= 45
In the diagram attached, the angles marked X are 45 and 45 degrees.
Step 5: Draw a perpendicular from Q to x axis. The point at which it meets the X axis, mark it as A.
Step 5: The triangle OPA is a 45:45: 90 degree tiangle. This triangle has the property that the hypotenuese:side 1:side 2 will be in the ration $$\sqrt{2}$$:1:1.
Step 6: Since side 1(OA) and side 2(AQ) are equal, therefore let them be x. These will be equal to $$2/\sqrt{2}$$.
Step 7: The length of side 1 will come out to be $$2/\sqrt{2}$$ or simply $$\sqrt{2}$$.

Please let me know what my mistake, if my solution is wrong.
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20 Nov 2012, 00:51
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That will come out to be 2.
Step 2: Observe the diagram. Since both OP and OQ are the radii, their measure will be 2 only.
Step 3: Draw a line parallel to x axis, from P to Q.
Step 4: Angle OQP and angle OPQ= 45
In the diagram attached, the angles marked X are 45 and 45 degrees.
Step 5: Draw a perpendicular from Q to x axis. The point at which it meets the X axis, mark it as A.
Step 5: The triangle OPA is a 45:45: 90 degree tiangle. This triangle has the property that the hypotenuese:side 1:side 2 will be in the ration $$\sqrt{2}$$:1:1.
Step 6: Since side 1(OA) and side 2(AQ) are equal, therefore let them be x. These will be equal to $$2/\sqrt{2}$$.
Step 7: The length of side 1 will come out to be $$2/\sqrt{2}$$ or simply $$\sqrt{2}$$.

Please let me know what my mistake, if my solution is wrong.

your solution is wrong in Step 3. PQ is parallel to x axis is an assumption in the solution and has not been stated in question. Figures are not drawn to scale.
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Can someone explain how to do this problem.. I have no clue how to even start on this.

In the attached picture, from question OA = $$\sqrt{3}$$
PA =1

Thus OPA is a 30, 60, 90 triangle. where angle POA is 30.
Also angle POQ is 90, given in question.

therefore, angle QOB = 60
And hence, angle OQB =30

trianlge QOB is also 30, 60, 90 triangle. in which we know OQ =OP =2 (radius)
Therefore BQ = $$\sqrt{3}$$
and OB = 1

We need value of r which is BQ = $$\sqrt{3}$$

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agarboy wrote:
Can someone explain how to do this problem.. I have no clue how to even start on this.

In the attached picture, from question OA = $$\sqrt{3}$$
PA =1
Thus OA = 2

Thus OPA is a 30, 60, 90 triangle. where angle POA is 30.
Also angle POQ is 90, given in question.

therefore, angle QOB = 60
And hence, angle OQB =30

trianlge QOB is also 30, 60, 90 triangle. in which we know OQ =OP =2
Therefore BQ = $$\sqrt{3}$$
and OB = 1

We need value of r which is BQ = $$\sqrt{3}$$

Can you please explain the red part. It should OP i sppose.
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Check another approach for this problem.

Can we assume that coordinates of the center O are (0,0) here, can we always assume so?
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Check another approach for this problem.

Can we assume that coordinates of the center O are (0,0) here, can we always assume so?

From the figure it is clear that O lies at (0, 0). O is the point where x axis and y axis intersect in the figure.
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Point Q in I quadrant $$(1, \sqrt{3})$$; Point P in II quadrant $$(-\sqrt{3}, 1)$$; Point T in III quadrant $$(-1, -\sqrt{3})$$ (OT perpendicular to OP); Point R in IV quadrant $$(\sqrt{3},-1)$$ (OR perpendicular to OQ). Is it the case of reflection in Y axis ? I doubt that but still want to clarify.. Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 38894 Followers: 7737 Kudos [?]: 106181 [0], given: 11608 Re: Plane Geometry, Semicircle from GMATPrep [#permalink] ### Show Tags 10 Dec 2013, 06:40 ygdrasil24 wrote: Bunuel wrote: zz0vlb wrote: I need someone like Bunuel or walker to look at my statement and tell if this is true. Since OP and OQ are perpendicular to each other and since OP=OQ=2(radius) , the coordinates of Q are same as P but in REVERSE order, keep the sign +/- based on Quandrant it lies. in this case Q(1,\sqrt{3)}. In the figure above, points P and Q lie on the circle with center O. What is the value of s? Yes you are right. Point Q in I quadrant $$(1, \sqrt{3})$$; Point P in II quadrant $$(-\sqrt{3}, 1)$$; Point T in III quadrant $$(-1, -\sqrt{3})$$ (OT perpendicular to OP); Point R in IV quadrant $$(\sqrt{3},-1)$$ (OR perpendicular to OQ). Is it the case of reflection in Y axis ? I doubt that but still want to clarify.. No. $$(-\sqrt{3}, 1)$$ is not a reflection of $$(1, \sqrt{3})$$ around the Y-axis. The reflection of $$(1, \sqrt{3})$$ around the Y-axis is $$(-1, \sqrt{3})$$. _________________ Senior Manager Joined: 13 May 2013 Posts: 468 Followers: 3 Kudos [?]: 172 [0], given: 134 Re: In the figure above, points P and Q lie on the circle with [#permalink] ### Show Tags 11 Dec 2013, 12:51 In the figure above, points P and Q lie on the circle with center O. What is the value of s? This problem took be a bit to conceptualize but I got it as soon as I realized that the graph I was looking at wasn't drawn completely accurately. If you are to accurately graph the point -√3,1 on a piece of graph paper, you see that the angle it forms with regards to the origin (and the x plane) is less than 45 degrees. Because of this, and the fact that both points lie on the circle, and that the two radii form a 90 degree angle, Q must be higher on the circle than P. Upon looking at this graph, I thought that the x and y coordinates of Q would be the same (except positive) which is, I am sure, the intent of the test makers. The answer is simply the positive reciprocal of point P. B. 1 GMAT Club Legend Joined: 09 Sep 2013 Posts: 15457 Followers: 649 Kudos [?]: 209 [0], given: 0 Re: In the figure above, points P and Q lie on the circle with [#permalink] ### Show Tags 12 Dec 2014, 23:19 Hello from the GMAT Club BumpBot! Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. 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Point Q in I quadrant $$(1, \sqrt{3})$$; Point P in II quadrant $$(-\sqrt{3}, 1)$$; Point T in III quadrant $$(-1, -\sqrt{3})$$ (OT perpendicular to OP); Point R in IV quadrant $$(\sqrt{3},-1)$$ (OR perpendicular to OQ). Hi Bunuel Cant we do this by applying 45-45-90 getting distance between O and Q as 1/sqroot 3? As OP=OQ (radii)? but with this I get t/s=1/sqroot3. Pls advise Math Forum Moderator Joined: 20 Mar 2014 Posts: 2644 Concentration: Finance, Strategy Schools: Kellogg '18 (M) GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V44 GPA: 3.7 WE: Engineering (Aerospace and Defense) Followers: 128 Kudos [?]: 1473 [0], given: 789 Re: In the figure above, points P and Q lie on the circle with [#permalink] ### Show Tags 24 Jul 2015, 07:10 sinhap07 wrote: Bunuel wrote: zz0vlb wrote: I need someone like Bunuel or walker to look at my statement and tell if this is true. Since OP and OQ are perpendicular to each other and since OP=OQ=2(radius) , the coordinates of Q are same as P but in REVERSE order, keep the sign +/- based on Quandrant it lies. in this case Q(1,\sqrt{3)}. In the figure above, points P and Q lie on the circle with center O. What is the value of s? Yes you are right. Point Q in I quadrant $$(1, \sqrt{3})$$; Point P in II quadrant $$(-\sqrt{3}, 1)$$; Point T in III quadrant $$(-1, -\sqrt{3})$$ (OT perpendicular to OP); Point R in IV quadrant $$(\sqrt{3},-1)$$ (OR perpendicular to OQ). Hi Bunuel Cant we do this by applying 45-45-90 getting distance between O and Q as 1/sqroot 3? As OP=OQ (radii)? but with this I get t/s=1/sqroot3. Pls advise Let me try to answer this. $$\angle{POA} = 30$$ by following steps: In triangle POA, OA = $$\sqrt{3}$$, AP = 1, thus this triangle is a 30-60-90 (as the sides are in the ratio $$1:\sqrt{3}:2$$) triangle (either remember this or use trigonometry to figure it out!). 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Thanks very much for the clarification VeritasPrepKarishma,

this is contrary to the advice I have received before, and I will bear this in mind going forward.
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Hello all, I just got this question in my GMATprep practice test, and came looking here for an explanation afterwards.

I understand the math in the comments above, and why the answer is what it is. What concerns me, is that the image is not drawn to scale.
It did not say the image was not drawn to scale, and this is an official question, so why could I not assume the image was drawn to scale?

(When one has time to look at the question properly it is obvious that it is not drawn to scale - but I have up to now just been assuming that geometry questions are drawn to scale unless clearly indicated that they are not.)

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Thanks for the extra info, to me the bold/underlined part above is not met in this question though.
I will be more careful in the test, but I still feel this figure can be drawn much more accurately or should state that it is not accurate.
Clearly an image which makes √3 seem equal to 1 in length is not "as accurate as possible".
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Thanks for the extra info, to me the bold/underlined part above is not met in this question though.
I will be more careful in the test, but I still feel this figure can be drawn much more accurately or should state that it is not accurate.
Clearly an image which makes √3 seem equal to 1 in length is not "as accurate as possible".

I agree with you, I have always worked that way until now. Time for a change!
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