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16 Jul 2021, 04:24
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Quantity A |
Quantity B |
x |
y |
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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Question part of the project GRE Quantitative Reasoning Daily Challenge - (2021) EDITION
GRE - Math Book
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Re: x or y
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17 Jul 2021, 07:44
17 Jul 2021, 07:44
Let's understand the problem using two method (Refer below image for nomenclature)
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Method 1
Angles drawn by joining a point to other points on a line will be maximum (90º) when the point is connected using a perpendicular line and the angles will become (< 90º) smaller as we start going away from the perpendicular point
Ex: From point C if we start drawing lines to make angles on the line connecting ADB then ∠ABD = 90º, and angles will start becoming smaller as we start going farther from B.
So, ∠CAB < ∠CDB < ∠ABD
=> xº < yº
Method 2
Let's look it from C
Clearly, ∠BCD < ∠BCA
=> -∠BCD > -∠BCA
=> 90º - ∠BCD > 90º - ∠BCA
=> yº > xº
=> xº < yº
So, answer will be B
Hope it helps!
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Method 1
Angles drawn by joining a point to other points on a line will be maximum (90º) when the point is connected using a perpendicular line and the angles will become (< 90º) smaller as we start going away from the perpendicular point
Ex: From point C if we start drawing lines to make angles on the line connecting ADB then ∠ABD = 90º, and angles will start becoming smaller as we start going farther from B.
So, ∠CAB < ∠CDB < ∠ABD
=> xº < yº
Method 2
Let's look it from C
Clearly, ∠BCD < ∠BCA
=> -∠BCD > -∠BCA
=> 90º - ∠BCD > 90º - ∠BCA
=> yº > xº
=> xº < yº
So, answer will be B
Hope it helps!
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Re: x or y
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17 Jul 2021, 20:41
17 Jul 2021, 20:41
Directly , it can be seen that if one side of triangle is increased, then the formed angle is equal to sum of other two remaining angle, So, y is greater.
