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# In the figure above, what is the ratio KN/MN?

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In the figure above, what is the ratio KN/MN?

(1) The perimeter of rectangle KLMN is 30 meters.
(2) The three small rectangles have the same dimensions.

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What is the ratio KN/MN?

(1) The perimeter of rectangle KLMN is 30 meters. Clearly insufficient as numerous combinations of sides will make a perimeter of 30.

(2) The 3 small rectangles have the same dimensions --> let the shorter sides of small rectangles be $$x$$ and longer side be $$y$$, so $$KN=LM=y$$ and $$MN=x+y$$. Also two smaller sides add up to bigger side, so $$x+x=2x=y$$ (LM, or KN, which is $$y$$ equal to the sum of 2 shorter sides). $$\frac{KN}{MN}=\frac{y}{x+y}=\frac{2x}{x+2x}=\frac{2}{3}$$. Sufficient.

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thank you i missed that part where

"Also two smaller sides add up to bigger side"
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05 Jun 2015, 11:33
Hi All,

This is a great 'pattern-matching' question, and you can TEST VALUES to prove that the pattern exists.

Since this is a DS question, we can't trust that the picture is drawn to scale. While it certainly appears that the 3 smaller rectangles are the same size, we don't know that for sure.

We're asked for the ratio of KN to MN...

Fact 1: The perimeter of rectangle KLMN is 30 meters.

This gives us the dimensions of the larger rectangle, but we don't know the dimensions of its 2 sides.

IF...
KN = 3 and MN = 10, then the answer to the question is 3/10

IF...
KN = 5 and MN = 16, then the answer to the question is 5/6
Fact 1 is INSUFFICIENT

Fact 2: The three small rectangles have the same dimensions.

Now THIS is an interesting piece of information. Since the small rectangles are all exactly the same, we can see that in each of those smaller rectangles....TWICE the SHORT side = LONG side

IF...
Long side = 2 and Short side = 1, then the answer to the question is 2/3

IF...
Long side = 4 and Short side = 2, then the answer to the question is 4/6 = 2/3

IF...
Long side = 3 and Short side = 1.5, then the answer to the question is 3/4.5 = 2/3

Fact 2 is SUFFICIENT

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26 Jan 2017, 07:24
Statement (2) gives us a lot, including what we need to answer the question.

2) The three small rectangles have the same dimensions.

First, we now know that all 3 shapes are rectangles. Second, we know that they're identical rectangles.

Let's label all the short sides w and the long sides l.

From the diagram, we can now see that 2w is the same as l (since LM = KN), so we know the relationship between w and l.

So, let's go back to the original question:

What's KN/MN?

KN = l and MN = l + w

Subbing in l = 2w, we get:

KN = 2w and MN = 2w + w = 3w

and

KN/MN = 2w/3w = 2/3... sufficient.
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