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Comparison AB or BC
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09 Dec 2018, 13:02
09 Dec 2018, 13:02
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Quantity A |
Quantity B |
AB |
BC |
A. The quantity in Column A is greater
B. The quantity in Column B is greater
C. The two quantities are equal
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
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Re: Comparison AB or BC
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Carcass wrote:
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Quantity A |
Quantity B |
AB |
BC |
A. The quantity in Column A is greater
B. The quantity in Column B is greater
C. The two quantities are equal
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
Let's examine some possible case
Case i: It could be the case that ∆ADC is an isosceles triangle, which means ∆ADB and ∆CDB IDENTICAL triangles.
In this case, Quantity A EQUALS Quantity B
Case ii: It could be the case that ∆ADC is NOT an isosceles triangle, and we have something like this:
In this case, Quantity B is GREATER THAN Quantity A
Answer: D
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Brent
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Re: Comparison AB or BC
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16 Dec 2018, 03:25
16 Dec 2018, 03:25
Cannot we use the property that when two angles are equal , the sides opposite to the two angles will also be equal and hence in this case AB will always be equal to BC
