Question: ABC is an equilateral triangle, and point D is the midpoint of side BC. A is also a point on circle with radius r = 3. What is the area of the triangle?
(1) The line that passes through A and D also passes through the center of the circle.
(2) Including point A, the triangle intersects the circle at exactly four points.
“ABC is an equilateral triangle, and point D is the midpoint of side BC” - is a topic of the GMAT Quantitative reasoning section of GMAT. GMAT Quant section consists of a total of 31 questions. GMAT Data Sufficiency questions consist of a problem statement followed by two factual statements. GMAT data sufficiency comprises 15 questions which are two-fifths of the total 31 GMAT quant questions.
Solutions and Explanation
Approach Solution : 1
Statement (1) :
It states that the circle's center is intersected by the line that runs through A and D.
Triangle's area is not fixed because altitude can be any length between 0 and 6.
Therefore this statement is not sufficient.
Statement (2) :
It states that the triangle crosses the circle exactly four times, counting point A.
As a result, numerous triangles are possible to form.
Therefore this statement is not sufficient.
Combined:
There is only one way in which the triangle's altitude will be adequate when AD = 6
This is sufficient.
Correct Answer: (C)
Approach Solution : 2
From the picture given above, it is clear that both the statements alone are not sufficient.
Correct Answer: (C)
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