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# In the floor plan of an executive's beach house above, the north and

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In the floor plan of an executive's beach house above, the north and south walls of the living room are parallel. What is the floor area, in square feet, of the bedroom?

A. $$450\sqrt{3}$$

B. 450

C. $$225\sqrt{3}$$

D. 225

E. It cannot be determined from the information given.

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In the floor plan of an executive's beach house above, the north and south walls of the living room are parallel. What is the floor area, in square feet, of the bedroom?

A. $$450\sqrt{3}$$

B. 450

C. $$225\sqrt{3}$$

D. 225

E. It cannot be determined from the information given.

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Mid point theorem, a line joining the mid point of two sides of a triangle is parallel and 1/2 the third side. Converse is also true.

Quora: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-proof ... nt-theorem

So, the bedroom is basically an equilateral triangle with sides 30. Now we can easily find the area.
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What are we not subtracting the area of the "shark fin" portion? Response would be appreciated.

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I think those are doors.
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Bunuel wrote:
In the floor plan of an executive's beach house above, the north and south walls of the living room are parallel. What is the floor area, in square feet, of the bedroom?

A. $$450\sqrt{3}$$

B. 450

C. $$225\sqrt{3}$$

D. 225

E. It cannot be determined from the information given.

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Make an parallel to the titled side of the living room from 30 feet (Middle of 60 feet)

Using similarity, the third side of the triangle=2*15=30ft.

Area of the triangle=$$\sqrt{3}/4*30*30=225\sqrt{3}$$ IMO, option C.
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27 Apr 2019, 05:38
bedroom area is equilateral ∆ side 30
30^2 *√3/4
IMO C $$225\sqrt{3}$$

Bunuel wrote:

In the floor plan of an executive's beach house above, the north and south walls of the living room are parallel. What is the floor area, in square feet, of the bedroom?

A. $$450\sqrt{3}$$

B. 450

C. $$225\sqrt{3}$$

D. 225

E. It cannot be determined from the information given.

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30 Apr 2019, 23:56

Solution

Given:
Let us name the point in the diagram as shown.
• AE = 30 ft
• BE = 30 ft
• CF = 15 ft
• AD = 30 ft
• CD = 30 ft

To Find:
• Area of Bedroom or ∆ ACD

Approach and Working:

Since EF is parallel to BC, So, two corresponding angles of ∆ AEF and ∆ ABC will be equal.

• ∆ AEF and ∆ ABC are similar triangles.
• Therefore, $$\frac{AE}{AB}$$ = $$\frac{AF}{AC}$$
• $$\frac{30}{30 +30}$$= $$\frac{x}{x+15}$$
o x = 15
o AC = x+ 15 = 30 ft

• Hence, ∆ ACD is an equilateral triangle since all the sides are equal.
o Thus, Area of ∆ACD = $$\frac{√3}{4} * 30^2$$ = 225√3

Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

Correct Answer: Option C
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02 May 2019, 17:18
Bunuel wrote:

In the floor plan of an executive's beach house above, the north and south walls of the living room are parallel. What is the floor area, in square feet, of the bedroom?

A. $$450\sqrt{3}$$

B. 450

C. $$225\sqrt{3}$$

D. 225

E. It cannot be determined from the information given.

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We see that a side of the smaller triangular kitchen is exactly half of the larger triangle that comprises of the bath, kitchen and living room (30 ft vs. 60 ft). Since the two triangles are similar, then the side of the kitchen that opens to the bedroom is 15 ft since the wall that borders the living room and the bedroom is 15 ft. Thus, the bedroom is in the shape of an equilateral triangle with side length of 30 ft. Therefore, the bedroom has an area of (30^2 x √3)/4 = 900√3/4 = 225√3 square feet.

Answer: C
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parallesim is what we need to pay attention in the beginning.
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20 May 2019, 18:00
Hi Scot/Payal,

What are we not subtracting the area of the "shark fin" portion? Response would be appreciated.
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Bunuel wrote:

In the floor plan of an executive's beach house above, the north and south walls of the living room are parallel. What is the floor area, in square feet, of the bedroom?

A. $$450\sqrt{3}$$

B. 450

C. $$225\sqrt{3}$$

D. 225

E. It cannot be determined from the information given.

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ankur_1988 wrote:
Hi Scot/Payal,

What are we not subtracting the area of the "shark fin" portion? Response would be appreciated.

EgmatQuantExpert Bunuel VeritasKarishma

I think the answer should be E unless the Q clearly specifies that the "shark fin" is part of the bedroom. We wouldn't have cared about the area of "shark fin" if we had 2 "shark fins" connected to the bedroom, one outside and one inside so that they could have cancelled each other out.

From the tags, it seems to be an official Q but I'm surprised that an official Q has this kind of ambiguity.

Any thoughts on that? Thanks!
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Hi Scot/Payal,

What are we not subtracting the area of the "shark fin" portion? Response would be appreciated.

The “shark fin” portions in the diagram tell us that there’s a door there and also tells us in which direction the door is opening. It’s the way technical drawings for floor plans are made. Considering also that we are told neither about the dimensions of the “shark fin” parts nor that those sections are actually quarter circles as they look, we can safely ignore those portions.
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Bunuel wrote:

In the floor plan of an executive's beach house above, the north and south walls of the living room are parallel. What is the floor area, in square feet, of the bedroom?

A. $$450\sqrt{3}$$

B. 450

C. $$225\sqrt{3}$$

D. 225

E. It cannot be determined from the information given.

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We can use mid point theorem. The side of the kitchen that opens to the bedroom is 15 ft, since the wall that borders the living room and the bedroom is 15 ft. Thus, the bedroom is in the shape of an equilateral triangle with side length of 30 ft. Therefore, the bedroom has an area of (30^2 x √3)/4 = 900√3/4 = 225√3 square feet.

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Solution

Given:
Let us name the point in the diagram as shown.
• AE = 30 ft
• BE = 30 ft
• CF = 15 ft
• AD = 30 ft
• CD = 30 ft

To Find:
• Area of Bedroom or ∆ ACD

Approach and Working:

Since EF is parallel to BC, So, two corresponding angles of ∆ AEF and ∆ ABC will be equal.

• ∆ AEF and ∆ ABC are similar triangles.
• Therefore, $$\frac{AE}{AB}$$ = $$\frac{AF}{AC}$$
• $$\frac{30}{30 +30}$$= $$\frac{x}{x+15}$$
o x = 15
o AC = x+ 15 = 30 ft

• Hence, ∆ ACD is an equilateral triangle since all the sides are equal.
o Thus, Area of ∆ACD = $$\frac{√3}{4} * 30^2$$ = 225√3

Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

Correct Answer: Option C

I dint know that they test 'similar triangles' on GMAT. Can you share how can we determine whether the two triangles are similar or not?
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