karmaholic Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Do the rectangle ABCD and the square EFGH have the same area? ST 1 : AC = EG, AB = 1/2 * EH. ST 2 : The area of the triangle ABC is not equal to the area of the triangle EFG. I'll post the OA in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pach2212 Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 D I guess... Because the second statement says that the areas are unequal. And the using the first one, you can definitely get the ratio of the areas. I din't bother to calculate it though ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_cute Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Yeah, D it is. You can express the sides of the rectangle through the sides of the square and get the ratio of the areas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmaholic Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 Agreed . OA is D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_eastbay Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Agreed with D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeky Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Yeah, D it is. You can express the sides of the rectangle through the sides of the square and get the ratio of the areas... B ..i think here is what i get from stmt #1 AB^2 + BC^2 = EF^2 + EH^2 reducing 3/4 EH^2 = BC^2 - EF^2 This doesnt get any close to comparing areas --UNLESS i am missing something..let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrish Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Geeky, EFGH is square. So, EH=EF. You get the ratio of the other sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeky Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Geeky, EFGH is square. So, EH=EF. You get the ratio of the other sides. thanks Adrish --i missed on that detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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