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Economist says ballpark, but I would like to know the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to know the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to knoNw the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
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You are assuming in your calculations that EG = GF .
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reto wrote:
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to knoNw the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
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You are assuming in your calculations that EG = GF . In triangle GFM with GM perpendicular to BF.
The pain of non-native. I confused intersect with bisect. Mh, what should I say, pretty important Thanks, lessons learned.
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reto wrote:
Engr2012 wrote:
reto wrote:
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to knoNw the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
Thanks
You are assuming in your calculations that EG = GF .
The pain of non-native. I confused intersect with bisect. Mh, what should I say, pretty important Thanks, lessons learned.
I am not a big fan of ball parking in Quant as is done by Economist GMAT . I will ballpark/simplify my calculations but only based on some common sense rules. GNAT tutor's ballpaking methods are a bit more 'forced', IMO.
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Engr2012 wrote:
reto wrote:
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to knoNw the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
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You are assuming in your calculations that EG = GF .
Hello Engr2012 And why this assuming is wrong?
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Harley1980 wrote:
Engr2012 wrote:
reto wrote:
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to knoNw the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
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You are assuming in your calculations that EG = GF .
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to know the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
Thanks
Given: DC = 6, we need to find DI => DI = DC - IC
We know that EB = BF = 3(Isosceles, 45:45:90), hence EF =3\(\sqrt{2}\).
Extend HG to meet BC at O.
Since angle BGF = 90, angle FGO = 45. Also GOF = 90, Hence angle OFG = 45. Traingle OGF is also a (45:45:90 triangle)
Since GF = 3\(\sqrt{2}\) /2 => 1.5 \(\sqrt{2}\) => GO = OF = 1.5
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Harley1980 wrote:
reto wrote:
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to know the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
Triangle DGH is isosceles so its side \(HG = 4.5\)
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In your solution you are correctly find length of EG but we should subtract from AB not EG but IC which much less than EG.
Hello!
I am now reviewing this question. Why do you infer that EG = GF = GB ... I mean it is clear that EG = GF but why should it be also equal to the height of the triangle GB?
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reto wrote:
Harley1980 wrote:
reto wrote:
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to know the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
Triangle DGH is isosceles so its side \(HG = 4.5\)
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In your solution you are correctly find length of EG but we should subtract from AB not EG but IC which much less than EG.
Hello!
I am now reviewing this question. Why do you infer that EG = GF = GB ... I mean it is clear that EG = GF but why should it be also equal to the height of the triangle GB?
Thank you Sergii!
In the text in red above, you mean why in triangle EBF, the height GB = EG = GF ?
If this is the case then look below,
You know in triangle EBF, we have 45-45-90 triangle and angle EFB = 45. Draw the height GB such that angle BGF = 90.
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Engr2012 wrote:
reto wrote:
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to knoNw the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
Thanks
You are assuming in your calculations that EG = GF .
Assumption EG = GF looks valid because HGID is square and thus HD must be equal to DI, and hence AH and CI must be equal. so EG = GF must be true. Please correct me if i am wrong
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Everyone is making this problem way harder than it actually is. This problem does not require using sqrt(2) or any ballpark "guessing". If you split up the top triangle into a square and two triangles it should be easy to see the square has a side of 3/2 as well as the neighbor triangles. DI simply has length 6-3/2.
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Everyone is making this problem way harder than it actually is. This problem does not require using sqrt(2) or any ballpark "guessing". If you split up the top triangle into a square and two triangles it should be easy to see the square has a side of 3/2 as well as the neighbor triangles. DI simply has length 6-3/2.
Yes, I missed the fact that HGID is a square as well.
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dav90 wrote:
Engr2012 wrote:
reto wrote:
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The side of square ABCD is 6. The midpoints of AB and BC are E and F, respectively. If square HGID intersects EF at G, what is the length of DI?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5 E. 5.5
Economist says ballpark, but I would like to knoNw the calculations for this. What is wrong with my approach:
square HGID intersects EF at G. Triangle EBF is a 90-45-45 triangle and therefore the hypothenuse is: 3*sqrt(2). Half of 3*sqrt(2) would be a little more than 2. No lets subtract a little more than 2 from 6, which would equal a little less than 4. It does not make sense, because none of the answers are in this region.
Thanks
You are assuming in your calculations that EG = GF .
Assumption EG = GF looks valid because HGID is square and thus HD must be equal to DI, and hence AH and CI must be equal. so EG = GF must be true. Please correct me if i am wrong
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PolarCatastrophe wrote:
Everyone is making this problem way harder than it actually is. This problem does not require using sqrt(2) or any ballpark "guessing". If you split up the top triangle into a square and two triangles it should be easy to see the square has a side of 3/2 as well as the neighbor triangles. DI simply has length 6-3/2.
Wow, respect. Yes that seems like a useful approach. So expanding triangle EBF into a Square with side length of 6/2. Following this, half of the newly built square will be 3/2. KUDOS for that
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Even though if we make the traiangle to form a small square, where did 3/2 logic came from. Are you assuming "G" as the mid point of "EF". Pls explain.
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Even though if we make the traiangle to form a small square, where did 3/2 logic came from. Are you assuming "G" as the mid point of "EF". Pls explain.
Hello Shreeya24 We are not assuming: G is the mid point of EF because DHGI is a square and E and F are midpoints of AB and BC Try to move point G and you will see that if G is not a midpoint of EF then DHGI is not a square.
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Here's a faster explanation with almost no calculation involved, or what I thought:
GI splits EB in halves because of nature of the square which is symmetrical , therefor HG = 6 - 1/2 EB = 4.5.
Also, G must be the mid point of EF because if it's not, then you cannot fold the 2 squares into a bigger triangle with the biggest side being the diagonal.
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81% (02:28) correct 
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