CAT 1997 Question Paper Question 73

Question 73

In the given figure, EADF is a rectangle and ABC is a triangle whose vertices lie on the sides of EADF and AE = 22, BE = 6, CF = 16 and BF = 2. Find the length of the line joining the mid-points of the sides AB and BC.

Solution

From the above figure, $$\triangle$$ EBF and $$\triangle$$ABC are similar.
$$\frac{AC}{EF}$$=$$\frac{AB}{EB}$$


$$AC^2 = 8^2 + 6^2 = 100$$
So AC = 10

$$\frac{10}{EF}$$ = 2

EF = 5

Length of line joining mid-points will be = 5



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Comments
deepthiMAHENDAR Maheshuni

3 years, 7 months ago

I know this method

Diksha Jaiswal

3 years, 2 months ago

Plz elaborate once

Diksha Jaiswal

3 years, 2 months ago

How did 2 come?

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